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"The Heir" for iO Theater's Vidiocy Competition

“The Heir” for iO Theater’s Vidiocy Competition

This is the most complex video project I've done to date, and my ego can't watch it enough. I actually laughed out loud when I later saw "Midnight in Paris" and marveled at how well Mark was able to reproduce the Hollywood soft focus and romantic comedy montage. Also, the...
Fro Yo

Fro Yo

Last fall a few friends and I had some free time during the week. We pooled our creative resources and ... made a video about frozen yogurt. We wear sailor hats. So if you like sailor hats and frozen yogurt, this video is for you.

Praise for The Davenports

Athletes often say they don’t read the papers. They don’t listen to their critics. Not to make generalizations, but they’re probably lying. I read the papers. And while I don’t often have critics at my shows, when they show up I read their words. Lately, they’ve been particularly kind about The Davenports, an improvised soap opera. The show is Chicago Reader Recommended: “It’s a silly, absurd, dizzying show–but, unlike actual soap operas, you can follow it without help from your Aunt Tammy.” It was also a theater pick for Time Out Chicago, who liked our “bitch-slapstick soap-opera exploits.” That’s a compliment, right? Right. If you need further reason to come out, here’s a video that features us all looking very intense: The Davenports Intro
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M. Stop: Gay Street, Knoxville, Christmas Night

M. Stop: Gay Street, Knoxville, Christmas Night

The Regal Riviera was added a couple of years, and allows current residents to carry on the old tradition of walking along Gay Street, turning under a flashing marquee, and getting lost in a grand story.
20!!: Make Goals, Not Resolutions, Keep Exclamation Points Coming

20!!: Make Goals, Not Resolutions, Keep Exclamation Points Coming

Aside from helping news-starved magazine editors and Today Show correspondents, resolutions are typically as manufactured and meaningful as Boss's Day Celebrations. Each New Year I prefer to lay out goals.
Cappex College Fit Kit

Cappex College Fit Kit

When I first moved to Chicago I worked for the then-fledgling college admissions site Cappex.com. I created a host of marketing materials - trade show collateral, direct mail, video - aimed at college admissions officers, guidance counselors and high school students. But perhaps my favorite was the Cappex College Fit Kit.
Knoxville News-Sentinel Op-Ed: Election Night 2008, Chicago's Grant Park

Knoxville News-Sentinel Op-Ed: Election Night 2008, Chicago’s Grant Park

This is an op-ed piece written after the 2008 election and features coverage from Chicago's Grant Park on election night.

The Sunsphere, Wikipedia and Me

I am very proud to be cited in Wikipedia in the article on what may be my favorite structure ever: The Sunsphere. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunsphere It references a piece I wrote back in college for the Knoxville News-Sentinel on how the Sunsphere was dealing with an infestation of Starlings.