AN HONOR
I’m pleased to say that I was again asked to be included in Who’s Who of American Women, in the 2008 Edition.

NEW ENERGIES
I have been accepted to the Colrain Poetry Manuscript Conference in Colrain, Massachussetts. I’ll be going there in early May to develop my poetry manuscript, “The Hook In The Heart.”

I’ll also be at The Last Frontier Theatre Conference in June in Valdez, Alaska. There I will teach a seminar with my husband, John: Writing The One-Person Play.

LITTLE HEART
My play about the life of artist Corita Kent will have readings in NY late this year and LA in early ’09. Check back for more information. Little Heart is based on the life of artist Corita Kent (1918-1986) who gained international fame in the 1960’s for brilliant serigraphs which burn with her passion for social justice. Corita was artist, nun, teacher, advisor to presidents, and champion of the rights of religious women. As the play and the 60’s unfold, we watch this complex woman struggle with hierarchy, communal life, fame and the torture of spiritual doubt.

WOMEN ON FIRE
I just got word that my play Women On Fire has gone into another printing. You can order it at Samuel French.

I’M IN LOVE
With words, and always have been. I love their looks, their sounds, their meanings and their impact. In large part, my life as creator is an exploration of ways to share this pleasure through my own voice and body in poetry, prose, calligraphy, theatrical pieces and writing for children.

Words are precious. They convey much of our human experience, and, more poignantly, our attempts to share it with one another. This ongoing effort to express, to describe, to envision, to explain, to reason, to instruct, to entertain, to create entire worlds is something that moves me deeply. For that reason I am interested in anything which helps clarify or amplify meaning.

At this website you can explore some of the places my journey has taken me.

As Zatz, one of my characters says, “A day without words is like……”