Valdez is a magical little town near the southeastern edge of Alaska, not too far from Canada. About 4,000 people live here. This place boasts the most snow in Alaska and offers one of the most important ports, used for fishing and by the infamous oil industry (1989 Exxon spill).
I’m here for The 17th Annual Last Frontier Theatre Conference.
Many great playwrights, including Edward Albee (aka God), Arthur Miller, August Wilson, Lanford Wilson, John Guare, Horton Foote, and Tony Kushner, have attended and it is a great honor to be here.
Some heroes attending this year include: Kia Corthron, Richard Dresser, Marshall Mason, Dawson Moore, Timothy Daly, Y York, Gregory Pulver, Danielle Dresden, and actors Lee Brock, Glenn Morshower, Laura Gardner, and Frank Collison.
A staged reading of my play, Two Women On The Shore (named after and inspired by the Edvard Munch woodcut prints) will be performed later today, June 17, at the Valdez Civic Center.
This is the outdoor area of the Civic Center where we have lunch on sunny days and where the Champagne gala will be held on Saturday:
Some other Valdez pictures:
This moose wouldn’t stop staring at me the whole time I was in the dining room at The Totem Inn:
I don’t know why, but there is a disproportionate number of chiropractors here:
This was on the community board at the local bank:
Valdez certainly has character. Check out my psychadelic bathroom:
Yesterday after a successful rehearsal with my amazing actors I was returning to my hotel when a black rabbit crossed my path. If a black cat crossing your path is supposed to be a warning of bad luck then what does a black rabbit mean?
I love rabbits and cats and all animals – they’re delicious, especially when cooked. I’ll choose to take this to mean good luck since my staged reading is in a few hours.
