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1984 at the Aurora Theatre!
Well, it's finally happening! After being produced around the Unites States and the world my 1984 is FINALLY getting produced in my part...
Michael Gene Sullivan
Apr 26, 20232 min read
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Bus Ride Home
So on the way home from the closing of "Clue" at SF Playhouse last night, loaded down with cards and all the crap I had in my dressing...
Michael Gene Sullivan
Apr 23, 20233 min read
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Colonization
I am not the first or thousandth person to say this, but as we continue to deal with the violent, impoverishing, and divesting...
Michael Gene Sullivan
Mar 21, 20231 min read
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Squid Dream
A while ago I had a particularly interesting dream. At least to me. I dreamt I was in a room somewhere, probably D.C., because nearby...
Michael Gene Sullivan
Feb 19, 20234 min read
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Confidence
Today I was talking to my son about confidence. I was telling him how important it is to not allow your decisions to be overly influenced...
Michael Gene Sullivan
Feb 13, 20231 min read
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Kings and Queens are assholes.
I was in a meeting recently and someone asked us all, as part of our check in, “What plant best represents you?” (I guess it was a...
Michael Gene Sullivan
Feb 10, 20232 min read
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We Are The Space Monsters
For thousands of years a great many humans believed that everything revolved, both physically and spiritually, around humans. It was all...
Michael Gene Sullivan
Feb 9, 20234 min read
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Leave your house to an artist
Dear Everyone Who Knows Some Cool, Older, Artist-loving Person Who Owns A Home in San Francisco and Can Forward This to Them: Let's face...
Michael Gene Sullivan
Feb 8, 20232 min read
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Fundraising vs. Theatre
I was listening to an interview with Steve Jobs from the mid-1990’s in which he was talking about how successful companies can...
Michael Gene Sullivan
Feb 7, 20233 min read
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Well, yeah.
Somebody recently asked me why I don't smoke, and I told them that smoking didn't make any sense. They then asked to me if I try to only...
Michael Gene Sullivan
Feb 5, 20231 min read
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Resisting Arrest
So here's what happens: The police, in their efforts to protect privilege and property, designate some disempowered "perpetrator" guilty...
Michael Gene Sullivan
Feb 3, 20232 min read
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Nostalgia ain't what it used to be.
Why have the British, in their last few elections, voted increasingly for a political Party and political philosophy that is so clearly...
Michael Gene Sullivan
Feb 2, 20233 min read
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Debt
What does the United States produce? Well, we make a lot of weapons, we produce a lot of greenhouse gasses, we churn out propaganda. But...
Michael Gene Sullivan
Jan 31, 20233 min read
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Racialized Cartoon Voice Casting
Yet Another thing on the long list of Shit That Pisses Michael Off As An Actor: Racialized Cartoon Voice Casting. Here's what I mean: Far...
Michael Gene Sullivan
Jan 28, 20233 min read
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Never trust a resume
One of the things most interesting about taking the train a long distance is the people. They are normally nice, thoughtful, and...
Michael Gene Sullivan
Jan 25, 20231 min read
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Chapter 1: Michael Dies
Chapter 1: Michael Dies. Chapter 2. Michael’s consciousness survives the death of his body, and he finds himself in a vast, beautiful...
Michael Gene Sullivan
Jan 25, 20236 min read
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Hot Chocolate
I was so prepared for a freezing Chicago visit. It’s cold - technically below freezing - but I have yet to really miss the gloves I...
Michael Gene Sullivan
Jan 24, 20235 min read
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It was a dark and stormy...
The knife was on the table. The gun was in the drawer. Poison in the decanter. And the beef. And the soup. Glass was in the ice cream....
Michael Gene Sullivan
Nov 1, 20221 min read
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The Great Khan (pt. 1)
Man, this has been an interesting couple of years. When the pandemic hit back in 2020 I had a play, 1984, playing in four theaters in two...
Michael Gene Sullivan
Mar 24, 20222 min read
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The False Choice Between Two Evils, or the Fall of the Lord of the Bling
So, Sam and Frodo are on their way to Mordor... (For the non-Lord of the Rings fans out there DON’T CLICK OFF THIS YET! I have a non-nerd...
Michael Gene Sullivan
Feb 23, 20205 min read
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