Josh Wilson

Heard a very fine performer at the Willow Creek Arts Conference Friday morning.  Josh Wilson is a West Texan (Lubbock) who stands up there all by himself and creates full band and choir sounds with a looping station that's just as cool as cool can be.  A fine guitarist and singer, he strikes me as …

Thinking about Actors

In about a half hour, I start my day of teaching at the Willow Creek Arts Conference in Chicago.  As I prepared for my classes, two of which center on actors and directing, I was reminded of something that has been easy to lose sight of over the past couple of years:  I love actors.  …

The Apollo of Bellac

After an incredibly long week of work, Anjie and I settled in at an unairconditioned theatre on the UW Campus to take in a rare treat - an afternoon of one-act plays.   We know one of the MFA grad students in the Professional Actor Training Program at the University of Washington, and we  were there …

The Devil Made Me Do It?

Anybody remember Flip Wilson?  Check it out, it's still pretty funny. Tomorrow at the NW Church, I'm going to be talking about how Jesus took on his enemies, what he did in relation to them, what action he took.  As in what verb did he practice.   Needless to say, the first enemy to talk about …