E. Christopher Clark - Author and All-Around Geek http://www.echristopherclark.com/ News about and work from E. Christopher Clark, a New England-based author and all-around geek. en chris@clarkwoods.com Copyright 2012 2012-01-18T16:14:22+00:00 LOVE GONE BAD Returns to Studio 99 in Nashua http://www.echristopherclark.com/ecc/article/love_gone_bad_returns_to_studio_99_in_nashua http://www.echristopherclark.com/ecc/article/love_gone_bad_returns_to_studio_99_in_nashua#When:16:14:22Z On Sunday, February 12, 2012, I will be co-hosting “Love Gone Bad,” a special edition of Word@99. the spoken word series I occasionally host at Studio 99 in Nashua, New Hampshire. It’s an open mic, so please feel free to bring your own tales, songs, poems, and essays of breakups and heartbreak.

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]]> Storytelling, 2012-01-18T16:14:22+00:00 APOCALYPSE ANONYMOUS — New Play to Be Performed as Part of An Evening of Apocalyptic Theater http://www.echristopherclark.com/ecc/article/apocalypse_anonymous_part_of_an_evening_of_apocalyptic_theater http://www.echristopherclark.com/ecc/article/apocalypse_anonymous_part_of_an_evening_of_apocalyptic_theater#When:15:45:59Z Another new play of mine, Apocalypse Anonymous, has been selected to be performed as part of An Evening of Apocalyptic Theater at the Players’ Ring in Portsmouth, New Hampshire this March. The show runs Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays from March 9 through March 25. Apocalypse Anonymous will be directed by Jaqueline Martell. I’ll announce further details as they become available.

I should also note that I’ll be directing a play as part of that evening of theater. The play I’m in charge of is James Patrick Kelly’s “Bad Dogs.”

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]]> Plays, 2012-01-13T15:45:59+00:00 THE PIANO OF DEATH — New Play to Be Performed in Portsmouth, NH and Cambridge, MA in February 2012 http://www.echristopherclark.com/ecc/article/the_piano_of_death_new_play_in_portsmouth_nh_and_cambridge_ma_february_2012 http://www.echristopherclark.com/ecc/article/the_piano_of_death_new_play_in_portsmouth_nh_and_cambridge_ma_february_2012#When:16:15:14Z The Piano of Death, a new short play, will be performed twice in February 2012 to benefit the organization Astolat Arts. Astolat was founded by my fellow Bradford College survivor Crystal Lisbon, and I’m elated to be part of their debut. The performances will take place on February 4 at the West End Studio Theater in Portsmouth, New Hampshire and on February 19 at the Democracy Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts. In addition to the play, there will be music by the fantastic Mary Casiello. Stay tuned for details on how to attend.

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]]> Plays, 2012-01-05T16:15:14+00:00 Talking About Do Overs at A Winter’s Tale on January 22 http://www.echristopherclark.com/ecc/article/talking_about_do_overs_at_a_winters_tale_on_january_22 http://www.echristopherclark.com/ecc/article/talking_about_do_overs_at_a_winters_tale_on_january_22#When:14:21:59Z I’m proud to announce that I’ll be one of several storytellers speaking on the theme of Do Overs as A Winter’s Tale returns to the Red Door in Portsmouth, New Hampshire on January 22, 2012. Stay tuned for details on how to attend.

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]]> Storytelling, 2012-01-05T14:21:59+00:00 Featured Reader at Primal Tongue—November 3, 2011 http://www.echristopherclark.com/ecc/article/featured_reader_at_primal_tongue_november_3_2011 http://www.echristopherclark.com/ecc/article/featured_reader_at_primal_tongue_november_3_2011#When:17:09:09Z I’m excited to announce that I’ll be the featured reader at Primal Tongue on Thursday, November 3, 2011. Primal Tongue is the only monthly prose reading night in the Seacoast region of New Hampshire, and it’s held at Adelle’s Coffeehouse in Dover.

Please come out and see me read if you’re in the area, then stick around for the open mic that follows.

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]]> Storytelling, 2011-10-27T17:09:09+00:00 New Story in MILL CITY STORIES: TALES OF LOWELL & THE MERRIMACK VALLEY in 2012 http://www.echristopherclark.com/ecc/article/new_story_in_mill_city_stories_tales_of_lowell_the_merrimack_valley_in_2012 http://www.echristopherclark.com/ecc/article/new_story_in_mill_city_stories_tales_of_lowell_the_merrimack_valley_in_2012#When:15:06:01Z In the spring of 2012, a new story, “Hard to Find,” will appear in Mill City Stories: Tales of Lowell & The Merrimack Valley, an anthology being published by Sons of Liberty Publishing. Stay tuned for details on how to get a copy.

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]]> Other Books, 2011-10-21T15:06:01+00:00 New Story in ENTELECHY INTERNATIONAL in Late Fall or Early Winter http://www.echristopherclark.com/ecc/article/new_story_in_entelechy_international_in_late_fall_or_early_winter http://www.echristopherclark.com/ecc/article/new_story_in_entelechy_international_in_late_fall_or_early_winter#When:12:57:08Z In late fall or early winter, Entelechy International: A Journal of Contemporary Ideas will publish a new short story of mine, “All The Roads, Well Traveled or Not.” Stay tuned for details on how to get a copy.

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]]> Down the Cape, 2011-08-02T12:57:08+00:00 What I’m Writing http://www.echristopherclark.com/ecc/article/what_im_writing_summer_2011 http://www.echristopherclark.com/ecc/article/what_im_writing_summer_2011#When:03:55:24Z If you look below, you’ll find updates on a play I’m doing, a film I helped write, and an album I produced in 28 days. But I’m a writer, first and foremost. So, what have I been writing?

Well, at the moment, much of my writing time is devoted to my blog, Geek Force Five. But I have spent much of the early part of this year working on short stories, things that I can (and have) sent out to magazines and anthologies to raise my profile. And soon, soon I plan to begin work on two new scripts for the stage: a short play to be considered for inclusion in An Evening of Apocalyptic Theatre, and a full-length work I’ve been tinkering with for years that puts a modern twist on Oedipus Rex.

I am also, of course, hard at work finding a home for my finished novel, Down the Cape. So, if you’re an agent or a publisher who’d like to work with me on bringing that into the world, .

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]]> Down the Cape, Plays, 2011-06-23T03:55:24+00:00 Acting in AT MY WINDOW in September http://www.echristopherclark.com/ecc/article/acting_in_at_my_window_in_september http://www.echristopherclark.com/ecc/article/acting_in_at_my_window_in_september#When:03:00:24Z At My Window press photo by Kathleen Cavalaro

The acting bug that I caught last fall has returned with a vengeance. This September, I’ll be returning to the stage at The Players’ Ring in Portsmouth, New Hampshire alongside my Evening of Steampunk and Robot Theater co-star Elizabeth Locke in a new play, At My Window, written by the talented Kathleen Cavalaro, who is also responsible for the gorgeous photo above.

The play will be directed by Brian Kelly and runs from September 2 through September 18. More details can be found on the Website for the Players’ Ring.

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]]> Plays, 2011-06-21T03:00:24+00:00 Acting in and Writing for SAM COFFIN DIES LAUGHING http://www.echristopherclark.com/ecc/article/acting_in_and_writing_for_sam_coffin_dies_laughing http://www.echristopherclark.com/ecc/article/acting_in_and_writing_for_sam_coffin_dies_laughing#When:03:07:34Z

On Wednesday, June 15, 2011, Sam Coffin Dies Laughing, the 48 Hour Film Project for 2011 by the Purple Finch Moving Picture Society, was released to the world. I had a number of small acting roles in the piece — see if you can spot them all — and also received writing credit for a small bit of “Shakespeare-like” dialogue uttered in the film. It was a blast, as Purple Finch projects always are.

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