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THAT’S WHAT FRIENDS ARE FOR
Well, there’s another controversy brewing in the theater world about… Racism. I know. From my thankgodI’msortaretired perch, I absorb the almost daily barrage of accusatory skirmishes in the entertainment industry with the same degree of dismal intensity that I watch political pundits discussing a presidential candidate eating cats. There’s something terribly not normal about the…
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THE OPERATING ROOM
I had surgery a couple of weeks ago, and also an epic self tape audition due 2 days later.. I decided to choose my time wisely while waiting in a room with probably a dozen people behind thin curtains on hospital beds, and use the um, opportunity, to memorize 3 scenes and a new song…
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I NEVER THOUGHT I’D LIVE IN A TOWN…
Well, I never thought I’d live in a town in New Jersey, or a town for that matter. I thought I’d live in Manhattan kinda forever, but when I met Tom, my world changed and the possibility of buying a house became a reality. I had basically spent my adult life chewing my way up…
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THE SOUNDS OF SILENCE
ACTORS EQUITY RESPONSE TO THE LARGEST SLAUGHTER OF JEWS SINCE THE HOLOCAUST: Silence. Actors Equity has been quite busy getting quite political in the last few years.. in many ways as a diversion to dwindling jobs for members and the union’s lack of a coherent strategy in dealing with Covid, the proliferation of non union…
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SHELL GAME
After many articles sounding the alarm in the press about regional theaters closing, cutbacks to staff and the overall dire financial state of the regions, a pod of artistic directors from across the country have gotten together to form a group to petition lawmakers to save theater. Again. They’re asking for more money from the…
Robert DuSold
Using my voice
Robert DuSold 