Bill Irwin, the two-time Tony Award-winning actor (“Fool Moon,” “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?”) and accomplished clown performer, has adjusted his live audience art form to the era of the 21st century pandemic. How?
Staring at nothing, she lies on a plain white bed in a mental hospital in Berlin, Germany. In her more lucid moments, she claims to be Anastasia Romanov, youngest daughter of Czar Nicholas II and his wife Alexandra of Russia.
It happens to many people around the time you turn 40 years old. When you are reading the morning newspaper the text suddenly gets fuzzy. Time for reading glasses.
The headline in the Orange County Register couldn’t be clearer: “California Starts Reopening Today.” The following sub-headline was somewhat less clear: “Back to limited business: Strict rules accompany easing of state orders.”
The sound of his deadly cough bounces off the tiled walls of a darkened bathroom. Clutching a handkerchief to his face, the man stares at his image in the mirror–what to do? He glances down to see his drops of blood sliding down the inside of the basin towards the drain.
“… In the biggest mass public safety issue in the past 100 years, the Public Safety Committee didn’t meet or discuss the pandemic’s public safety issues through March and April even once.” – Bill Pearl
A reader recently shared the thought that “If you thought toilet paper was crazy, just wait until 300 million people all want a haircut appointment!” That got me to thinking about the things that will be different three or six months from now.
