Every spring, we New Leafers talk about how busy we’re going to be over the summer, and how this year, we’re not going to let the ball drop; this summer, we’ll keep up with all the work so we’re not completely backlogged at the start of the next season (we generally start rehearsals for our […]
I was so nervous.
I had done my research. It looked great on paper. But meeting, live and in person, for the first time, is always scary. Part of me is totally cool and level-headed, telling myself that this evening is just about getting to know each other, trying to find out if we’re a good […]
Tonight we are having a birthday party for New Leaf Theatre. We are 7 years old. We are learning to write cursive, riding our bicycle - without training wheels - with a skinned left knee, and missing two front teeth. Also, I just had a birthday. I am 20 years older than New Leaf. I’ll […]
Writing is hard.
Even in the best circumstances, when you’re inspired, or writing something purely creative, imaginative, fluid or formless, it’s still tricky business. There’s the self-doubt, the “violence of articulation” (as Momma Anne says) when you take that first step into the void, discovering tone, word choice, grammar, punctuation - so many things can derail you from […]
This morning my cell phone rang and my stomach dropped the way it has learned to do in the past month when I see a number I recognize as belonging to the Park District. We’ve been further embroiled in the contract battle this week - remember when we were so jubilant that we were going […]
