On the eve of his 18th birthday, The Younger Son hatches a scheme. He’s aching for a romp in the wild unknown, and wonders whether his inheritance might be tapped early to make it happen. He gives his elder brother the right of first refusal to get in on…
read moreWhile in line for customs in Toronto on my way back from hanging out with Morris Ertman in Rosebud last October, I initiated a conversation with an older gentleman who was also in line. This was a famous man whose face I immediately recognized. The tag on his luggage…
read moreDuring the upcoming weeks you can stream each of the seven episodes of the newly released Prodigal God, The Story, right here on the blog. Here’s episode one for starters.
Episode One
“There once was a man who had two sons…” Our story begins before the beginning, conjuring the early days when…
read moreFor the first time ever, you can take in the whole story of Prodigal God in one sitting, and we’re confident you’ll be gripped. The Story version is now available featuring Morris Ertman as your storyteller. Take a 2 hour journey into the prodigal world through Morris’ soothing and feisty narration…
read moreWhile writing the blog post about Bono and Spiderman on Broadway a couple months back, I was mindful that the Prodigal God team had over one year earlier gone public about a big ambitious plan that didn’t work out as expected.
Some of you may have heard (on national TV…
read moreTuesday, November 8th, 2011
WORDS, WORDS, WORDS, Part Three of Three
The story version of Prodigal God is a fusion of three different types of writing. It’s a series…
Monday, October 31st, 2011
WORDS, WORDS, WORDS, Part Two of Three
Now about playwriting. Last summer, I was finishing up a rewrite of a play I had written twelve…
Monday, October 24th, 2011
WORDS, WORDS, WORDS, Part One of Three
In the past year, I’ve done more writing than I have since the first time I was in grad…