Welcome to the Interview

For 18 years, I owned an advertising agency. (I still get to work there and love it more now that I don't own it.) "Gosh, People Come And Go So Quickly Here."Like Dorothy observed in Oz, there was too much turnover for my taste. Most of the employees...

Welcome to the Interview

For 18 years, I owned an advertising agency. “Gosh, People Come And Go So Quickly Here.” Like Dorothy observed in Oz, there was too much turnover for my taste. Most of the employees left for ordinary reasons. People said “That’s the way things...

The Wumpus

I don't know what to think of this fellow.Sometimes, entertainment shouldn't be funny. The Odd Couple is about despondency, divorce, anger management, obsessive compulsive disorder, and slovenliness — yet it is a hit comedy every time it is staged. The movie...

Take-Home Final Examination

“If you are teaching the same thing in the same way after five years, then you lack either ambition or imagination.”— Noam ChomskyI taught marketing at CCAD years ago. After five years I felt burned out and the course felt stale — at least to me. So, I...

In Praise of Arnett

Arnett Howard has "bowed out" of The Odd Couple. My friend and teacher — and accomplished director, actor and founding member of Available Light [Theatre] — Ian Short will step into the role…and perform on opening night one week from tonight.Now...