November 1998 – I accompanied my father, grandfather, and uncle to a relative’s ranch in Laytonville, California, a three-hour drive North of San Francisco. We spent a week in a cabin, hunting (well, not me) and enjoying nature. It was gorgeous. August 30th, 2007 - GTC Dramatic Dialogues performs at Sonoma State University in Rohnert Park, California, for the first [...]

Stolen from Ed (thanks).

I woke up in Dubuque with a scratchy throat and fuzzy head. Oh, shit, I thought, I’m getting sick. Last year, I had gotten sick near the beginning of the tour and discovered that there is no pain more incapacitating than sinus congestion in an airplane. I had made it through this tour unscathed only to [...]

We arrived in Dubuque without a whole lot of free time before the show, which would be at 7:00 PM, which meant a 6:00 PM call time. We gave ourselves a few minutes in the hotel before hitting the road. I came across a TV station called The Tube which was showing a concert video [...]

On the way to Dubuque, we stopped near Des Moines for lunch among a cluster of fast food restaurants across the street from Adventureland, USA. Sam and I wanted Taco Bell, and Amber and Bethany opted for Subway. Sam and I dropped them off at Subway and headed down to the combination Taco Bell/KFC. I ordered [...]

On the way from Canton, MO, to Lincoln, NE, we passed through St. Joseph again, prompting a strange and intense deja vu. We ate at Culver’s. We pressed on. After touring for over a week, Lincoln was the first real city we visited. Our client, Nebraska Wesleyan University, put us up at the Cornhusker Marriott [...]

Holy crap, Canton is small. We rolled into town with just enough time to check into the hotel and grab food before the show.  I asked the guy at the front desk if he had any recommendations for a restaurant that might be amenable to Bethany’s allergy-driven needs, and he laughed. “You’re in Canton. You went [...]

I arose early Wednesday morning to visit the bank. I was getting to like this having the car keys thing. Our show, a Hybrid, went decently. It was our first show without Michael there, and it was thankfully uneventful. As driver, I decided to educate myself about restaurant options in the area. It should be [...]

Tuesday was devoted solely to transportation. We drove from Fulton to Kansas City, Missouri, where we dined at IHOP and dropped Michael off at the airport. We were sad that Michael was leaving our party, but ecstatic that, in his absence, we only had four people in our rented Sebring with their attendant luggage. The extra space (in [...]

In 1947, former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill delivered his famous “Iron Curtain” speech on the campus of Westminster College in the small town of Fulton, Missouri. He had been invited by former President Harry Truman, a Missouri native, who was also in attendance. In the 1960′s, the ruins of the Church of St. Mary the Virgin, [...]