I remember being SO excited for the launch of the first Space Shuttle in 1981. I must have been in sixth grade. If I recall correctly, I was on the bus listening to a small radio when I learned that the first launch attempt was scrubbed at the last minute. We watched the second attempt…
Hey! Want me to take her for a bit? In a few hours we’ll be heading to the airport to send the girl to her MFA program at the London Academy of Music & Dramatic Art. Similar:Alas for You (Godspell, Stage Right)Three weeks ago tonight, I got an email …DramaJournalists should not amplify the…
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“While my dad has always spoken lovingly and fondly of his old Camaro he sold for my ‘diaper money’ he was never sour about it,” Jared confesses. “There wasn’t negativity about it. He wasn’t sad. He wasn’t angry. He talks about the selling of the car like it was a duty.” This diaper money Camaro…
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Talkback session after the matinee and my brother and faculty colleagues after the evening performance. Audiences were gasping, laughing nervously, exclaiming sotto voce about “fingerprints!” and “the key!“ and “Was that *supposed* to happen?” and “This is *good*!” @thepublicpgh #dialm #understudy (We knew well in advance Carolyn would be performing yesterday.) My daughter informed me…
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The cast of comical, quirky characters are most enjoyable. Marigold (Carolyn Jerz) is hilarious as the new age, love child who always sees the best in everybody and everything. Jerz floats, whirls, and glides across the stage. She’s delightful and believable in her role. Her presence on stage brings lightness and spreads joy. —Burgh Vivant…
Carolyn Jerz lights up the stage from her first entrance, almost literally. Dressed in bright colors and elaborately coiffed, with her face made up so pale white that it glows (think Björk meets Catherine O’Hara in Beetlejuice), Jerz imbues the role of spiritualist and yoga enthusiast Marigold with an outsider energy that is otherworldly, larger than life,…
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Carolyn was in this short movie, conceived and produced in 48 hours, executed in a single unbroken take (with mesmerizing camera motion). If you can spare about 8 minutes, I think you’ll enjoy what you see! Similar:Understanding 9/11: A Television News ArchiveStunning collection of thousands of hour…CultureAs a student journo, naturally I covered the visit…