I’m appearing as William Roper, St. Thomas More‘s Lutheran son-in-law, in a production of A Man for All Seasons, presented by the Pasadena Theatre Company at the Chesapeake Arts Center in Brooklyn Park, Maryland. Our show closes this weekend (though we’re doing a school show next Tuesday morning, tomorrow a week). This is one of [...]
Archive for April, 2009
We Are All of Us Called to Be Heroes
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Acting, C.S. Lewis, Spirituality, Theatre, Theology & the Arts on April 27, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Offending the Audience
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Acting, Theatre, Theology & the Arts on April 20, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Several of us theatre artists have been having a passionate discussion on offending the audience, and other matters relating to the place of art and the responsibilities of artists, on Scott Walters’ blog, which I’ve found so valuable (see this post) that I’ve added him to my blogroll. Scott puts his finger precisely on the [...]
Cole’s Top 10 Reading List
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Books, C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien on April 13, 2009 | 3 Comments »
My good friend Tyler from high school is a restaurant manager at a top restaurant in New York City. Since I’ve moved to Baltimore, I don’t get to see him and his new wife (also a culinary professional) as much as I’d like. This week, Tyler asked me about a reading list, thoughtful books I’d [...]
He is Risen!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Spirituality on April 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In honor of our Risen Lord, here is St. John Chrysostom’s Easter Sermon, from the Internet Medieval Sourcebook, from which today’s Easter litany at my church was taken: The Easter Sermon of John Chrysostom Pastor of Constantinople (~400 AD) Is there anyone who is a devout lover of God? Let them enjoy this beautiful bright [...]
Trailer for The Narnia Code
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Acting, C.S. Lewis, Lewis Scholars, Oxford, Theology & the Arts on April 11, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Bruce Edwards has the trailer for The Narnia Code on his blog. The Narnia Code is the new BBC documentary inspired by Michael Ward’s book Planet Narnia, which claims that each of the seven Chronicles of Narnia was based on one of the seven medieval heavenly bodies. According to Bruce’s post, the documentary “debuts in [...]
The Fellowship Family-Friendly!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Acting on April 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Fellowship, the Lord of the Rings gamer film I shot the concept poster for, has been awarded the Dove Family Seal of Approval! The Dove Foundation review is here. The film’s manuscript was reviewed, as it’s still in pre-production. You can learn more about the film here. ETA: Our director, Ron Newcomb, is featured [...]
The Green Book
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Books, C.S. Lewis on April 6, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Last summer, I attended the first of two Summer Seminars-in-Residence at the Kilns. This one was led by Dr. Christopher Mitchell, the Director of the Wade Center at Wheaton College. There were about a dozen of us who attended the seminar. The first weekend in February, eight of us got together for a reunion at [...]
