I have been officially "in residence" for two-and-a-half weeks, and I feel like the days have been well-spent. I've seen a bunch of local theatre, read 15+ plays, generated a lot of rough pages, finessed a piece I hadn't touched in almost a year and watched (mostly quietly) as the production of "Handled" at Creighton University takes shape. I also took the occasion of having ready contact with college students to host a table read of my most-close-to-complete new full-length

If you went away to college, you have fond feelings for your college town. It's just how it works. This past weekend, I arrived in Omaha to participate in the last half of the rehearsal process for the world premiere of my play "Handled," at Creighton University. Both the play and the place have a particular hold on my heart. I get to be a Playwright in Residence, too, which means all kinds of cool stuff, some of which I get to make up myself. I've attended two rehearsals so