What Really Matters – One Mother’s Story

Jan 18, 2014 | On Writing, Past Notes, Reviews

Yesterday, I was at my daughter’s school. One of her teachers nicely asked about my forthcoming book. Here’s what I said: “The book is set in the 14th century – the Middle Ages – it’s about a former nun who has lived in secret for 10 years. Then her son is...

Poem: Paradise Lost – a contemporary adaptation

Jan 19, 2013 | On Writing, Past Notes, Poetry

Paradise Lost: A Contemporary Adaptation Ned Hayes   Book I lines 1-75 Calling the Angel of Song Let’s agree to tell the truth, for once, about that first time: the deadly fruit They ate that night, the lethal lust that spreads still through the universe, An...

Gay marriage plight plays out on Olympia stage

Sep 21, 2012 | Theater

Published in The Weekly Volcano Fall show ties in with election year By Christian Carvajal on September 20, 2012 For artists and actors known primarily for work with competing Olympia theater companies to band together, a show would have to be something special, and 8...

OLYMPIA’S OWN STARS COME OUT FOR “8” THE PLAY

Sep 18, 2012 | Theater

ACTORS FROM EVERY STAGE IN SOUTH SOUND TO APPEAR IN HISTORIC READING & PERFORMANCE  by Alec Clayton In California, George Clooney, Brad Pitt and Jamie Lee Curtis took the stage to read the play “8” in 2011. In Olympia, our own “star” performers – among them Clarke...

Glossolalia: Collected Poems

Jan 15, 2012 | Current Ned Note, On Writing, Past Notes, Poetry

Glossolalia: speaking in tongues is a powerful poetic exploration of the last years of the 20th century, spoken in a multitude of interlocking tongues. A deep exploration of human experience, ranging from loss and genocide to joy and childbirth, Ned Hayes uses a...

Capital Playhouse building for future

Dec 7, 2010 | Past Notes, Theater

Published in The Olympian, December 2010 CRAIG SAILOR; STAFF WRITER DECEMBER 07, 2010 11:33 AM   Capital Playhouse, Olympia’s endangered musical theater, has pulled itself out of its immediate financial crisis and has named new management as it reorganizes....