Aristotle/Alexander at The Getty Villa
When star philosopher Aristotle accepts the coveted position of court tutor for an adolescent Alexander The Great, an intellectual battle of wits between teacher and student collides with high stakes […]
Essays (et al)
Plasticity Opens Off Broadway
Cutting edge neuroscience meets multimedia immersion in this unique theatrical experience opening January 17th at Greenwich House Theater. BUY TICKETS
A Trilogy of Plays now available
Available for the first time from Smith & Kraus, the complete texts for the award-winning plays, The Common Air, Unequalibrium and Desperelics, written by Alex Lyras and Robert McCaskill, produced […]
Best Men’s Monologues of 2019
Two of my favorite monologues from Desperelics were published in this years ‘Best’ series from Smith & Kraus: “Pushing Paper” and “Remember Everything.” Available now on Amazon.
Love Nietzsche at The Blank Theatre
Plasticity Wins Ovation Award
Congrats to Corwin Evans on his Ovation Award for Best Video/Projection Design. Very special thanks to Istros Media and Tim Arnold for their invaluable contributions.
Plasticity Nominations & Awards
Plasticity earns Ovation Nominations for Best Video Projection Design and Best Sound Design and wins SCENIE for Best Solo Show Production.
Praise For Plasticity
Reviews are in! TKTS @ www.PlasticityThePlay.com
Plasticity Opens January 27th
In this multimedia production, a comatose man recreates his identity by delving deeply into his memories, while a hovering circle of doctors and loved ones populate the medical and legal drama, forming scheming camps over grave […]
The Dope on Ancient Olympians
As the Rio Olympics captivate us with fantastical feats of athleticism, it’s hard not to reflect on the glorious origins of the Greek Olympiad, dating back to 776 BC, and […]
Riding The Gravitational Wave
Thirty thousand years ago on a beach in South Africa, a clan of cavemen and women, and their adorable cave babies and bratty cave tweens, lay on hairy backs, […]
Missive From Morocco #6 – Anatomy of an Assassination
I died last night. Literally… “General Yuya” bit the dust and that’s what you get when you refuse loyalty to a child king. Tutankhamun may have been the chosen pharaoh of […]
The Dope on Dope
The New York Times editorial board recently and wholeheartedly endorsed the legalization of marijuana. Stop the presses. Break out the herb grinder. Prepare to add a little more vapor to […]
Small Swigs From The World Cup
The World Cup intensifies, bringing the planet earth together to witness what our host nation so elegantly calls fu-chee-bol. It’s been a rewarding tournament, but in a perfect world, a few […]
Streaming Burnout
For those out there yet to hop on the Burnout Bandwagon, just a quick “alert” to let you know there’s almost no room left. Everyone’s knee deep in it, whether it’s socially […]
Shark Fins and Royal Perseverance
Los Angeles is a notoriously fickle town. Perhaps it comes with territory to over hype the shit out of something and then bail on it the moment it under performs. […]
The Internet Thingy and the Technopocalypse
Prepare yourself for a zeitgeist shift. Or don’t prepare. The transition will update automatically. Your “things” are already smarter than you… All kinds of objects, from highway entrances to clothing […]
Look Out Multiverse, Here We Come
Since the Industrial Age kicked off three hundred years ago, our glorious species has been gleefully pillaging and polluting the planet with the impunity most often reserved for maladapted viruses– […]
I’m Walkin’ Here!
As a decade long New York transplant, there’s nothing more galvanizing than witnessing downtown Los Angeles come to life– explode, might be a better adjective– with nationally recognized restaurants, brand […]
Google Brain, On Sale Now
Flip on any screen that plays a moving image and you’ll see a fast spreading cultural meme in films, TV series and TED talks alike: human beings are integrating technology […]
Jelly Roll Blues and Antigravity
So the facts are out, and the news is devastating. If you’ve been living in a cave and haven’t heard, brace yourself: Jellyfish born in space have “massive vertigo” when […]
Hurry Up Right Now Too Late You Missed it!
Anyone else getting the sinking feeling that no matter what you achieve in life it’ll be quickly lost in the spiraling eddy of data-overload that now engrosses every aspect of […]
Notes From The Underground: LA vs NYC subways
Yeah, LA’s got a subway. Make all the jokes you want. Skip riding it. Inhale gridlock fumes while inching forward at 2 miles an hour instead. We’ll be thrilled to […]
The World Is My Recliner
We’ve all seen Wall-E, right? It’s starting to feel like if the film wasn’t animated it could be a documentary about the near future. The floating fatsos in their all encompassing […]
Epic America, Happy 273rd
There’s nothing more patriotic than a July 4th roadtrip up Rt. 1 along the literal edge of America to put all the miniscule bullshit of your life into immediate perspective. […]
Human Exceptionalism And The Zombie Apocalypse
Now that we’ve Zombified ourselves to death in tv and film– Wikipedia lists 641 individual titles– let us pause and contemplate our fascination with the denigration of the human race […]
Five For A Buck
There used to be a bar I loved. There have been many over the years. Almost all of them were dives and there ain’t an ounce of irony in that […]
Talking Timbuktu
You have to marvel at a culture that prides itself on intolerance, denial and annihilation. No, this is not another rant on our gridlocked, be-uncooperative-at-any-cost US Senate, though they do […]
Here’s the (Sandy) Hook
Why is it easier for a teenager to get a semi-automatic weapon and enough bullets to level a school full of children than it is to get a case of […]
When “Blank” Friday Comes…
It got a little misty in the hours after Thanksgiving dinner. A marine layer filled the air just enough to blur the omnipresent police flashers as a gaggle of cops redirected […]