By Way of Introduction

Me as Corin in a 2012 production of As You Like It

Greetings! In this blog, a new venture for me, I hope to document some of my musings on Shakespeare, costume and scene design, directing, acting, and who knows what else. I'm in my forties, but let me tell you, fifty is so close I can smell it. And as our good friend William once said, it is the rankest compound of villainous smell that ever offended nostril. (Actually, I loved my twenties better than my teens, my thirties better than my twenties, etc.) 

Here's my story (the abridged version):

—student in the 80s and 90s at Welch College (TN), Bob Jones University (SC), the University of Oklahoma, and the National Shakespeare Conservatory (NYC)

—thirty-ish of Shakespeare’s amazing roles including Hamlet, Henry V,  Richard II, Iago, Touchstone, Malvolio, Caliban, Costard, and Don Armado

—more directing and design credits (plays, operas) than years I am old
—founder of a non-profit, The Greenville Shakespeare Company

—current favorite Shakespearean play is an original adaption of Richard III that I've subtitled The Terrible Reign, which will take place in November of 2012 (posts to follow)