October 27, 1977. Abilene, Texas. Mid-afternoon, I get a call from my sister who is working for a local radio station. She's got two extra tickets for the Doobie Brothers concert at Taylor County Coliseum that night. Would I like them? Sure, I say, sounds fun. The girl I was semi-dating at the time was …
The Near-Taproot Fire
So I'm sitting at the coffee shop at 6:10, when a prayer request from one of the women at church comes across my desktop. Something about a 3-alarm fire near 85th and Greenwood, and that my good friend Scott Nolte is being interviewed. It takes a minute to register. I go to KING 5 News' …
A Reputation for a “Yes Face”
This was a question we asked at church on Sunday. It's a different way to phrase the old question of legacy: what do you want to be remembered for? What heritage do you want to leave your kids? After all is said and done, what will your legacy be? One man had a fascinating answer …
Notes from a September Week
So I took a week off from blogging. It was full week, as they all are. Rehearsals for Enchanted April (Taproot Theatre, opening this Friday) continue to go well. I will, of course, be terrified as we move through opening weekend...I always am the first few times around with an audience. But that will pass, …
Watching My Friends Work
Last Friday night, Greenwood held it's monthly 2nd Friday artwalk. As part of that event, Taproot Theatre staged its own entry: the making of a portrait. The artist was my good friend Sam Vance, and his subject was another good friend, Nikki Visel. The impetus for this was a scene from Taproot Theatre's next offering, …
JEFF BERRYMAN 