The Art of the One Act

At long last, I received copies of The Art of the One Act, an anthology that contains my play "Milk."

This book has been three years in the making, maybe more. It is massive, pricey ($35) and beautifully printed and designed. It is also a weird connection to my other writerly side, as a playwright.

I wrote this one-act back in 1999 for the San Diego Actors Alliance Festival...Lissa was to be in it but she felt uncomfortable because the female lead was based on Christine, my ex- and her friend, and she didn't feel good "playing" her friend.

It later went on to Moving Arts in LA for their 2000 festival at the LA Theater Scenter. They did an excellent job, different from mine. It has been produced in a few other festivals, and once again in San Diego, in a production where Liv, yes Liv!, played the female lead...how curious to have her "play" Christine, and how odd that now, in many ways, Liv and Christine are the same (both seeking meaning and truth in spiritual matters and blaming the men in their life for all their problems).