Get ready Scott Caan fans!

Scott's play, 'No Way Around But Through' will be at the Falcon Theatre in Burbank, California June 1-July 8

Falcon Theatre and The Mineral Theater Company is proud to present the world premiere of No Way Around But Through written by Scott Caan and directed by Val Lauren. This dark romantic comedy stars Bre Blair (Make It Or Break, NCIS), Scott Caan (Hawaii Five-O, Entourage), Robyn Cohen (Gravity, The Life Aquatic), Lainie Kazan (My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Desperate Housewives) and Val Lauren (24, Sal)

When Jacob (Scott Caan) discovers that his girlfriend Holly (Robyn Cohen) might be pregnant, he drags his friend Frank (Val Lauren) into the maddening wormhole that is his psyche, a venture that lands them on the doorstep of Lulu (Lainie Kazan): Jacob’s mother and the matriarch of madness herself. However, Holly and her friend Rachel (Bre Blair) are one step ahead of them. No Way Around But Through is a dark, thoughtful and quirky romantic comedy about facing the inevitable dysfunctions of life and love head-on, and a reminder to never let where you’ve been get in the way of where you’re going.

more info here



You KNOW I'm going to be there for this! Tickets go on sale May 4th and I'm going to try to get preview night tickets. They're only $27

I'm doing something I never thought I'd do...

giving writing tips to a relative novice writer. I have no idea if my tips are any good, but this person found me on FF.net and I'm so desperately trying to keep her from following so many of the writers on there.

So far, my favorite tip that I've given her is:

Word length is your choice. You don't want to fall into the habit of using words that the characters wouldn't use (on the show) or that you wouldn't use. Also, there's no use in using a $4 word when a $2 word will do. What I mean by that is, big words that make people have to think or look up what they mean (unless they're in another language) doesn't make for a pleasant reading experience.

I've had some reading experiences where I was into the story, but then the characters began speaking in ways they wouldn't or using words that leave me scratching my head going "o.O whut?!" so then I look up the word and it's like why not just use the "dumb" version of that same word? This isn't some technical university book.

I really hope everything I tell her makes sense and helps her. what I've read of her story so far (all ~800 words of it) has the potential to be a pretty good story.