I’m thrilled to announce that a concert film of me performing my comic monologue The Mathematics of Change is now available on DVD! Directed by my brother Jake, filmed by famed cinematographer Hiro Narita, and with beautiful music by Marco d’Ambrosio, the Math movie captures me in the lofty confines of the Mathematical Sciences Research … Read more
I’m thrilled to announce that my book Red Diaper Baby: Three Comic Monologues has just been released as an audiobook, narrated by my very own self! It was really fun to record these three shows — at Berkeley’s legendary Fantasy Studios, no less — and I hope it’s a really entertaining experience to listen to … Read more
I’ve started practicing the oboe again — as part of the long development process towards my next theatrical piece, Sea of Reeds (a commission by the Shotgun Players in Berkeley, in collaboration with my long-time producer, Jonny Reinis, and director, David Dower). And so all the sensations of oboe-playing — which I haven’t done regularly … Read more
Last Thursday I had the remarkable, perplexing, and wistful experience of returning to Princeton University, my almost alma mater. The occasion was a performance of my monologue The Mathematics of Change, as part of the J. Edward Farnum Lecture Series (co-sponsored by the Princeton Math Dept.). This was my first time back at Princeton since … Read more
A dog was barking, furiously, as we began our 100-mile bike ride on Saturday, March 10. It was about 6:30 in the morning in Solvang, California, and my Team In Training (TNT) teammates and I were thrilled to finally be starting the Solvang Century after months of training. The dog was in a house on … Read more