We moved around a lot, finally settled in Chicagoland. Catholic school. Divorces, remarriages, plenty of stepsiblings. French major in Cornell U, a semi-terrified year in Paris. Started a PhD progam in French Lit at Yale, defected to the Yale School of Drama and eventually got my doctorate in Dramaturgy and Dramatic Criticism, which was published as Three French Comedies by Yale University Press.
Wrote theater criticism for The Village Voice, American Theatre, and Yale Theatre. Worked in regional theatres as a Literary Manager/Dramaturg for about fifteen years. more...