Can we be courageously inclusive without risking our ability to pass on a precious, religious or cultural identity to future generations?  That’s the fundamental question that captured me as I read the libretto of Meet Me There: An Interfaith Musical. It was then pushed aside by an even more pressing question: what do we risk if we don’t practice courageous inclusivity? 

Opening of The Music Man by the Washington Park Playhouse in Albany, NY This is the first post in my Building Blocks of a Musical series,...

Photo by Javardh on Unsplash I have a lot of things on my heart and spinning through my mind today. On Saturday, our 10-day run of...

Photo by Michael van Gorkum on Unsplash One of the things I find most challenging about building beloved community through musical...

Photo by Erik Mclean on Unsplash I’ve mentioned a couple times in this newsletter that I am co-directing a community production of...

Concept art by Sage Booher for The Princess and the Witch I’m writing this today because last week, we blocked the Chava scene in Fiddler...

When you are using musical theatre to build Beloved Community, every aspect of putting on a show becomes an opportunity. Even an issue as...

Fiddler on the Roof -- National Tour Photo I’m such a big fan of happy endings, that you might wonder why Fiddler makes my list, despite...