Sep 24, 2025 | Current Ned Note, On Writing, Past Notes, Theater
Learning A piccolo played, then a drum. Feet began to come – a part of the music. Here comes a horse, clippety clop, away. My mother said, “Don’t run – the army is after someone other than us. If you stay you’ll learn our enemy.” Then he came, the speaker. He stood...
Apr 16, 2022 | Current Ned Note, Theater
Easter Vigil, also called the Paschal Vigil or the Great Vigil of Easter, is a liturgy held in traditional Christian churches as the faithful wait to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ. The Great Vigil is held in the hours of darkness between sunset on Holy...
Aug 27, 2020 | Current Ned Note, Past Notes, Theater
“This low-rent Lear raging on his Twitter-heath has proven that the phrase malignant buffoon is not an oxymoron.” — George F. Will, The Washington Post The perfectly satirical story of our age, King Donald is the shockingly prescient story of our time, a...
Sep 3, 2019 | On Writing, Past Notes, Theater
The Mueller Report Presented By: Oly Arts Location: Washington Center Main Stage ONE DAY ONLY — FREE A non-partisan event open to all, created as a public service. A complete and full public reading of the redacted version of the Office of the Special Counsel’s...
Aug 30, 2019 | Current Ned Note, Past Notes, Theater
I recently helped to organize a day-long reading of the complete Mueller Report at the Washington Center for the Performing Arts. A number of local theatrical artists and local elected public officials participated in the event, and it was a great success. A...