Just had the first day of rehearsal for my next project, the darkly comic “Criminal Genius” by George Walker (I’m directing this one). If you’ve never read him, he’s a fantastic writer. The play is absolutely hilarious. It takes a look at the seedy underbelly of petty crime in America, and the societal problems to blame (Walker is Canadian). We open October 27th at TheatreFIRST in Oakland (www.theatrefirst.com).