When was the last time you listened to Appalachian Spring? Well, what are you waiting for? It’s perfect for writing overdue thank you notes for your five-year-old’s birthday party right after returning from the Last Frontier Conference in Valdez, Alaska.
Standing in Valdez at midnight, you can see this:
or this:
or this:
or this:
In a word, the conference is summer camp for playwrights, with massive doses of theater and creative energy in a supportive community. It lasts nine days, every region in the country represented. It’s inspiring to meet people from small Alaskan towns totally dedicated to theater. Albee started it but is long gone; I’m told things are more open and democratic now. Dawson Moore, the current conference head, is a sweetheart.
Here’s my Lincoln, the tender and passionate Frank Collison, and his lovely spouse, Laura Gardner:
Here’s some friends I made:
Sweet dream. You know, I actually drank some whiskey.
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