Don and Peg Doman

A staged reading is a rehearsed read-through of a script, performed in front of a seated audience. About a week ago I got an email from my friend. A few months ago my cousin Lavinia Hart introduced a long time theater friend to Peggy and me. I believe “Lindy” and Dale Westgaard studied acting together […]

Ages ago I was attending a Friday night dance at the University of Puget Sound. It was the final dance until fall. The last number from the band began playing. I saw two girls standing together, one tall, one short. I simply asked, “Would you like to dance?” The shorter one kept looking at me […]

I had just finished delivering an order to a customer making their day. It was cold, really cold, and raining with a threat of snow. The wind was strong enough to make me wobble outside of my car. Instead of turning off Highway 99 for Milton, I continued on to the Poodle Dog. Inside I […]

I have long been a advocate of Archaeology Magazine. It’s fun reading about how we all eventually became the animals that we are. My favorite section is entitled AROUND THE WORLD By Jason Urbanus. I like those articles because quite often they have a section on the Pacific Northwest. I think it is interesting to […]

The Musical Rent is based on the Giacomo Puchinni opera, “La bohéme”, set in Parisian poverty, but now in the 1990’s. The play consists of poor musicians, aspiring entrepreneurs, actors and street performers trying to make a life in NYC’s East Village. It involves scenes of sexuality, drug use and the haunting deaths from HIV/AIDS. […]

Homes and yards. They get older not from years perhaps, but more from neglect. Our best friends had a neighbor who not only neglected the exterior of their house, but the inside of the house just became what my mother would have called a “sling room.” The more things that come into a room and […]

I loved the single scaffold-style set for “JERSEY BOYS”. It allowed me to see Iris McBride hard at work and all over the place. I got my tickets from Iris, I saw her setting up three chairs in the front row for ticket holders and could see her beating the drums on tune after rock […]

I love my family. We’re close, and when we have friends they tend to get closer as well. I just want to share a story about my son, Ray Junior. My name is not Ray and Ray is not a real junior, but we’ll get to that soon enough. Our home has it’s family alternatives, […]

I’m going to share this upcoming play at Dukesbay Theater before I forget about the  . . . the a  . . . now where was I? Many of us as we grow older get more forgetful. Worrying about it makes it worse. The play “Taking Leave” gives us much to be concerned about but […]