Lisa Young

Jerry Schaefer as Holloman & Trent McMullen as Lawrence Lawrence & Holloman Starring Jerry Schaefer & Trent McMullen Written by Morris Panych Directed by Jane Ford A Scrim For Rent Production Morris Panych’s Lawrence & Holloman is a darkly comic tale about the destructive nature of envy. Holloman ( Jerry Schaefer ), a nebbish, awkward, sad-sack pessimist envies his “friend,” the handsome, energetic, self-adoring dimwit, Lawrence ( Trent McMullen ). What makes the play so wickedly funny is the element of “friendship.” Even though Lawrence and Holloman only met two days ago, Lawrence considers Holloman someone he can trust and confide in. If the characters were sworn enemies the play would fall flat. What also makes this show so hilarious is the play of opposites at work between the two characters. Pessimist/Optimist. Extrovert/Introvert. Intellect/Dunce. Blissful/Miserable. Holloman’s pessimism stems from his viewpoint that the world is a place wh...

It's Moosemeat time again. I will be reading one of my new stories. I like to begin with a quote that relates to what I'm going to read. Here are the quotes I found...(but I've decided to use a quote from Fight Club ). It is never too late to become what you might have been. ~George Eliot How full of trifles everything is! It is only one's thoughts that fill a room with something more than furniture. ~Wallace Stevens It may have happened, it may not have happened but it could have happened.  ~Mark Twain There are chapters in every life which are seldom read and certainly not aloud. ~Carol Shields There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered. ~Nelson Mandela A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it. ~Jean de La Fontaine There is a limit to how much you can change to be liked for who you really are. ~Robert Brault, Basically we are all looking...