About Me

I was born in Massachusetts, grew up (mostly) in Iowa, went to college in Texas, and subsequently lived in Los Angeles, Houston, Chicago, Birmingham, and now Greenville.

I’ve acted professionally in many plays (and two films and a couple of commercials), taught drama at a public elementary school, played saxophone in a two-man band, co-founded two theatre troupes, worked at financial institutions, built custom furniture, worked at film and theatre festivals, and washed windows at Julie Andrews’ house.

I have a beautiful wife and two cute children.

And I like to write.

Which reminds me…

Some of the things I’ve written include:

Numerous Personality Profile pieces for Greenville Journal, Creative Loafing, MetroBeat.

Numerous news pieces about the Real Estate industry for Greenville Journal, GSA Business Journal.

A news piece for Presbyterian News Service.

Numerous Theatre, Film and Dance Reviews/Previews/Interviews/Features for Greenville Journal, Creative Loafing, MetroBeat.

Numerous CD Reviews for Film Score Monthly, All Music Guide, Creative Loafing.

Blog posts for Film Score Monthly.

Regular posts about theater and television for The Examiner.

I’ve also written text for a museum exhibit, press releases, marketing correspondence, website content, seminars, brochures, and solicitations.

I also wrote the music & lyrics for “Love Theme from This Week in Science,” a song used as the theme tune of the science news radio show/podcast. It’s often played at the end of the broadcast, for instance in this episode.

Other Selected Writing Credits

Documentary Scripts

One Hundred Years On Top Piper Roofing

Award Finalists Presentation Liberty Fellowship

Threads of Victory:Upcountry South Carolina During WWII Upcountry History Museum

Spearhead: More Than Just A Camp Greenville County Recreation District

Where Angels and Mortals Meet Friends of Oakdale Cemetery

Theatre/Film

Clear Lake: The Rock ‘n Roll Reunion Centre Stage South Carolina

Night Train Gambler’s Theatre

Stigmata (w/Julie Sims) BoBo Step Productions

Fiction

I’ve had short stories published in both print and online magazines. Here’s a link to a list of my fiction.

Awards & Achievements

Short story “Commandments” included in Literary Sinatra course at Central Connecticut State University and analyzed in the book A Storied Singer: Frank Sinatra as Literary Conceit by Gilbert L. Gigliotti [2002]

Documentary film Threads of Victory received Merit Award from American Association of Museums [2008]