Review: At Pasadena Playhouse
Review: At Pasadena Playhouse, ‘The Sound Inside’thrillingly unfurls like a series of puzzle boxes By Charles McNulty, Theater Critic | September 12, 2023 Amy Brenneman and Anders Keith in “The Sound Inside” at Pasadena Playhouse. (Mike Palma) On the surface, Adam Rapp’s “The Sound Inside” seems like a straightforward two- character play that tells an […]
Interview: Amy Brenneman Is At Home Sharing THE SOUND INSIDE
Interview: Amy Brenneman Is At Home Sharing THE SOUND INSIDE By: Gil Kaan | September 5, 2023 Next up at The Pasadena Playhouse, the Los Angeles premiere of Adam Rapp’sPulitzer Prize finalist The Sound Inside opens September 10, 2023 (with previews starting September 6th). Cameron Watson directs the cast of Amy Brenneman and Anders Keith, as […]
For Sam Fuentes: Parkland
For Sam Fuentes: Parkland. “silence is the language of god, all else is poor translation.” ― Rumi Before the dust settles, before the news cycle cycles through yet again, before the next shooting captures our short attention span and our president has another tantrum, here’s all I want to say: I was there. […]
I Take Care of Three People
I Take Care of Three People I take care of three people on a daily basis who are mean to me. I take care of my 91- year -old mother, who six years ago was still working as a judge in Connecticut, driving a car and living independently with my dad, her beloved husband […]
Russell L. Brenneman, a Connecticut environmental lawyer, teacher, and activist
October 14, 2016 Russell L. Brenneman, a Connecticut environmental lawyer, teacher, and activist, died peacefully at St. Vincent’s Medical Center, in Bridgeport, Connecticut, on October 10th. He was 88. Mr. Brenneman was born on August 15, 1928, in Springfield, Illinois, to Russell L. Brenneman, Sr., a banker, and Anita Seeds Brenneman, both of Columbus, Ohio. […]
About Last Night
April 5, 2016 About Last Night I had music in my house last night, a jam session that roused the heavens. There was freedom, and harmony and joy. And it happened next to the Thomas the Tank Engine table. My tribe from the east coast blew into town and we hung out all weekend. On […]
Deep Contemplation
March 16, 2016 Deep contemplation… Deep contemplation is always what’s in short order these days. In these days, of seeming world collapse – social, political, environmental – and social media pinpricks that don’t give you time to recover from another catastrophe. Deep contemplation, soothing brain waves that heal from the constant affront. It’s not […]
The Worst Mothering Moment Ever
January 20, 2016 The Worst Mothering Moment Ever There are so many, really, how to choose just one? The time I had to wrestle my tantrumming 3-year old daughter as the plane descended into JFK? The time I pretended to be asleep so that I didn’t have to weigh in with my squabbling […]
Little Resurrections
January 20, 2016 Little Resurrections The cry was deafening: “MOOOOOOOOM! MOOOOOOM! Something’s going on!!” Charlotte was upstairs getting ready for school. Her chore list includes feeding her beta fish Sammy Butterfly. Her yell jolted me out of my pre coffee haze and my stomach filled with dread. We’d recently lost a sweet, terrified […]
That Old Shame-y Feeling
October 26, 2015 That Old Shame-y Feeling My son has started a new school. We have ventured out from our scrappy, woefully underfunded public school (one with amazing people, amazing mission which in turn gave ME a sense of mission) to a well-funded fancy private school filled with people that I was prepared to […]