Making “Talking with My Dad.” It started with life events

October 21, 2014.Reading time 2 minutes.

The genesis of what you’ll see when you come to watch a performance of Talking with My Dad goes back to a warm March day in 1986. On that Easter Sunday so long ago, my father died of a heart attack while visiting my suburban Chicago home for Easter Sunday. The shock of losing a […]

Here’s a chance to support heart health by becoming a Talking with My Dad ticket buyer

September 24, 2014.Reading time 2 minutes.

Talking with My Dad is a play about heart disease and the pains it inflicts on a family haunted by it from generation to generation. It’s based on my own experience, losing my dad to a heart attack and almost dying because of a blocked artery myself. Those experiences have made me a fervent believer […]