Guest blogger Lee Trull writes that it’s tough to get into the holiday spirit for Dallas Theater Center’s A Christmas Carol when its 82 degrees during rehearsals.

I recently finished directing my first play. Now that I have hindsight, I can see the mistakes I made and the lessons I’ve learned.

Guest blogger and Kitchen Dog Theater company member Lee Trull looks back at the hoops he jumped through to work with the theater group known for, “intense table work, crazy theater games and an acting style described by company members as “full contact acting.”

Guest blogger Lee Trull is Associate Artist with the Dallas Theater Center and a member of the Kitchen Dog Theater Company.
For weeks now, I’ve been wanting to interview my friend – and fellow Kitchen Dog Theater and Dallas Theater Center company member – Christie Vela about directing boom at Kitchen Dog. But she’s just too [...]

Guest blogger Lee Trull is Associate Artist with the Dallas Theater Center and a member of the Kitchen Dog Theater Company.
On a recent trip to the left coast, I attended a party at a house near the beach.
The party was populated by a group of young actors and writers that I admired, most of whom [...]

Guest blogger Lee Trull is Associate Artist with the Dallas Theater Center and a member of the Kitchen Dog Theater Company.
Jihad Jones and the Kalishnikov Babes at Kitchen Dog Theater is in its third week, and I will be seeing it tonight for the third time. It’s fast paced, funny, topical and fresh. However, the [...]

Guest blogger Lee Trull is Associate Artist with the Dallas Theater Center and a member of the Kitchen Dog Theater Company.
I’ve been running around all week asking people to come to the new play readings at Kitchen Dog Theater, and I keep getting the same response: “I haven’t even heard of this.”
Well, you have now.
For [...]

Ethan Rains (left) Michael Federico and Lulu Ward star in Jihad Jones and the Kalashnikov Babes at Kitchen Dog Theater. Photo: Matt Mrozek

Guest blogger Lee Trull is Associate Artist with the Dallas Theater Center and a member of the Kitchen Dog Theater Company.
Ethan Rains made the trek from sunny L.A. to sunny Dallas [...]

Guest blogger Lee Trull is Associate Artist with the Dallas Theater Center and a member of the Kitchen Dog Theater Company.
Recently, Kitchen Dog Theater announced the slate for its 2009 – 10 season. It is jammed packed with new work. Each play is bold, funny and appealing. Each writer, save the many years dead [...]

Great to have guestblogger Lee Trull on board today, and hopefully, in the future. Lee is Associate Artist with the Dallas Theater Center, and a member of the Kitchen Dog Theater Company.
Two years ago when my co-adapter, Leah Spillman, and I first set out to adapt Titus Andronicus for Kitchen Dog Theater, our first [...]