Is Jimmy Stackpool Singing Too?
Originally performed in Solo Homo 7, produced by NewTown Writers at Strawdog Theatre’s Hugen Hall Cabaret, June 22-24, 2009.
“My head is leaking every known fluid it holds: blood, snot, spit, and tears….”
The Death of a Jock
Originally performed in Solo Homo 5, produced by NewTown Writers at Live Bait Theatre, Chicago, March 2007.
“Back in my day, those of us who wore black trench coats to high school did think about shooting our enemies–but we didn’t actually fucking do it! Instead, we wrote poetry….”
The Two Turns of Table 12: A Waiter’s Tale
Most recently performed in Working Stiffs 5, produced by NewTown Writers at Bailiwick Art Center, Chicago, June 2006. An earlier version was performed in the inaugural Working Stiffs, June 2002.
It must be a full moon, because I’ve had few odd characters in my section tonight.
The PB Club
Originally performed in Solo Homo 4, produced by NewTown Writers at Bailiwick Art Center, Chicago, March 2006.
Cub Scout meetings are fun! But in their own way, the meetings we hold in my friend Bill’s basement beforehand are even more exciting….
Teeter Todd
Originally performed in Solo in Blue, produced by Blue Moon Studio Theater at Kate the Great’s Book Emporium, Chicago, February 2006.
Collegiate friendship, love, and sex…in a primitive era of the Internet.
Route 36
A poem originally presented/read as part of Working Stiffs 4, produced by NewTown Writers at Bailiwick Art Center, Chicago, June 2005.
Once upon a time, my brother and I delivered the Detroit News….
Silencing the Creaks
Originally performed in Solo Homo 3, produced by NewTown Writers at Bailiwick Art Center, Chicago, February 2005. An edited version appears in , Swell, NTW’s online literary journal.
My grandmother was definitely crucial in the development of love of theatre and art. I do love her, despite her wanting me to go back to church and be straight….
The Residents
Originally presented/read as part of Working Stiffs 3, produced by NewTown Writers at Bailiwick Art Center, Chicago, June 2004. A revised version of the piece appears in Off the Rocks, Volume 12, published by NewTown Writers, December 2005.
For two summers in college, I worked grounds crew at a cemetery. A car ride through the grounds with my father 10 years later brings life full circle.
Even Me
Originally peformed in Solo Homo, produced by NewTown Writers at Bailiwick Art Center, Chicago, April 2003.
I’m a gay man, but a man nonetheless. And you know what, a lot of girls are into men. This is the tale of two of them.
