Santa is in the holiday spirit

Santa is in the holiday spirit

After performing Tues. morning for an audience of bussed-in schoolchildren, the cast sang a Christmas carol (with the kids) that raised the roof, and I (Santa) answered such sweet questions from the boys and girls. It looked like a fifth of the house or more had...
A Midsummer Night’s Dream in 1975

A Midsummer Night’s Dream in 1975

One little confession: When I returned to acting onstage after nearly a half-century since I played Bottom in a Reno stage production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream in 1975, all my performances of my one-man hazing-prevention plays were stage readings. I honestly...
Going once, twice, sold

Going once, twice, sold

I don’t gamble, but if I did my adrenaline might skyrocket as it did the night I entered an online Great North Auction for the stamp collection of the late Russell Hobart Green Jr. of Fairbanks. I knew exactly what was in the collection and had a pretty good sense of...