So…it was 19 years ago, in September 1990, when my first play–Controlled Burn–opened. And, with year 20 coming up, I thought I’d sort of look at what’s gone down with the playwriting. Frankly, the stats kind of knocked me over: I’ve written around 53 plays, 25 of which have been full-lengths and 33 of which have been produced (several have been produced multiple times, so my total production rate is slightly higher than that). That means around a 62% of the plays I’ve written have been produced–not too bad for a goofy kid from Selma, Oregon. In other words, I write about 2.7 plays per year, even though I work full-time, and I’m a semi-professional photographer, serious gardener, and, of late, guitar player.

Now, I’m not saying all those plays were good. But still….

Makes tired just thinking about it, much the less doing it. Maybe I’m getting the hang of this writing thing.