It's a poetry blog now
Neither the wilted hemlock top nor the upright spruce nor a leaf of the madrona
Has moved an inch
In the still still air
After the thunder and brief rain
I’ll stay motionless here in the humidity as well.
American Buffalo in Marysville
If you've taken an acting class, you might have done an Uta Hagen exercise requiring you to perform a two-minute slice of life. Just you, on stage, silently doing something you might do on an ordinary day. Maybe you're ironing. Maybe you're making a sandwich. The point is for the audience to see you acting naturally. It's not as easy as it sounds. American Buffalo , now playing at Red Curtain Foundation for the Arts in Marysville starts out with an Uta Hagen exercise, basically. Scott B. Randall plays Donny Dubrow, the owner of a junk store. Before the house lights even fade down, Donny comes on stage and begins doing what he might do on any typical morning. He has his coffee cup in hand. He straightens up this. He looks at that. He takes a small trash can out into the alleyway and empties it. He goes out the front door to get the morning newspaper. It's engrossing to watch all the things he does and guess or conclude why he does them. It's a pe
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