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Matchbook bio: I live in Seattle,
where I work at The 5th Avenue Theatre, and also occasionally as a freelance writer, mostly on theater and the arts. I grew
up in Alaska, in the town of Sitka, which had approximately 21 miles of road and some spectacular scenery. After high school
I attended the University of Kent in Canterbury, England, as an undergraduate, the University of York as a graduate, and after
a brief hiatus the Central School of Speech and Drama on their directing course.
I came to Seattle and within six
months I was writing theatre criticism for the Seattle Weekly, where I was soon promoted to head theatre critic, largely because
the guy who was nominally doing that job was a moody old coot who had sort of grown tired of theatre anyway.
I
worked at the Weekly for six years, while continuing to write and direct theatre at the rate of one or two shows a year. I
also became the President of the Washington Chapter of the Northwest Playwright's Guild, as well as running a regular playwright's
group.
Six years ago I quit the job at the Weekly, tired out of the world of arts journalism, and how it
set a barrier between myself and the local theatre community. I was gratified to have come away with some great memories,
a couple of state journalism awards, and some good friends.
From late 2003 to early 2005 I was the artistic director
of the late lamented Theatre Babylon, where we managed to produce a year and a half of great plays before losing our venue
the Union Garage to an impressive mass of bureaucratic red tape.
From then to now it's been theater, sometimes
as my night job and for the last couple of years as my day job, where I worked as the PR Manager for Seattle's 5th Avenue
Theatre, a gorgeous historic building that produced a full season of fully-staged musicals. It was a fun job--though even
after two years I really I still find I prefer theatre where no one spontaneously bursts into song or leaps into a choreographed
dance number. Currently I'm working on several scripts and a couple of interesting theatre productions, one of which,
"My Time with the Lady," is gearing up for a remount at Seattle's Market Theatre this April.
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