Actor Bios for Your Town’s Fourth Production of “Shrek: The Musical”
I keep trying to bring up how none of us know our new lines or fit into our new costumes, but Duncan just keeps shouting, “That’s showbiz, baby.”
Troy Doetch is a profoundly Deaf writing teacher from Rockford, Illinois. His work has been featured in McSweeney’s and Points in Case. His son likes his stories about hungry robots.
I keep trying to bring up how none of us know our new lines or fit into our new costumes, but Duncan just keeps shouting, “That’s showbiz, baby.”
Some write to live out a fantasy that they were never granted: revenge on Frankie Wick, who pantsed them in Ms. Dakota’s class in the 9th grade.
Come on, these kids only have so much grit before they get completely fatigued.
"A true friend doesn’t complain that they can’t give you their hoodie because their undershirt has an old stain.” --Anonymous
I assure you that there is no better place to be than in a rickety metal porch swing slowly ascending to the sky!
Recite a mantra of personal affirmation loudly so that if someone were in the linen closet, they could hear you, but they’re not, so don’t worry.
I didn't think much of it when we got a tip that the script was sitting in the bottom of a wastebasket in a Starbucks bathroom on Milwaukee Ave.
What do you want me to say? That I'm sorry for sending an email when your mental energy is devoted to teaching during a pandemic? I am.
You’ll know that our vegetables are straight from the earth because they will be covered in dirt, sand, and little white stickers with barcodes.
Turn on a television set in a dark room, dial into a channel that only plays static, and place both your palms against the glass.
The grocery store is like a math classroom come to life. This fact is true even as the global food supply chain crumbles.
I would like the board to be aware and consider the fact that my house is a piece of garbage and I am rotting inside of it.