Megan's Civil War gingerbread nuts (1860).

Megan (one of the actresses in my staged play reading, "Reveille!") took it upon herself to make some cookies for the event at Trimborn Farm on September 25th - an authentic Civil War recipe, mind you. I barely ate a piece of salami and cheese at the event (nerves). But I tried Megan's gingerbread nuts at home...very tasty.

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"Reveille!" party pics!

The staged play reading of my one-act, "Reveille!", on Saturday, Sept. 25th was a huge success. 105 family and friends turned out in the threshing barn at Trimborn Farm in Greendale to witness my "coming out" party (it was the first playwriting event I've had in WI since moving back here last September from Los Angeles).

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Jas and I with Dave Hranicka.

Uncle Bob, his brother Rick and me.

Jas and I with the Nowak's, Schmidt's and Hranicka's!

Me with actresses Megan Turner (foreground), Marty Norton and fiddler John Losiniecki.

Dean and Leslie Keller from Iowa.

Bev Schmidt, Aunt Ev (Ircink) Nowak and Barb Hranicka.

The Nowak's! Uncle Bob (left) and sister, Bev, and brother Rick.

Gary Schmidt (left), Dave Hranicka (middle) and my brother. My guess is they're talking about hunting or fishing. Dave and his wife, Barb, flew in from MN to be at the reading. Nice.

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A "Reveille!" thank you...from the playwright.

The staged play reading of my one-act, "Reveille!", on Saturday at Trimborn Farm in Greendale, WI was a great success. I'd like to thank the following people:

Anne & mark Stuehn, Aurora stanton and denise kazar, arthur and dana ircink, monique ircink and 2 friends, Bethany britton (trumpeter) and mom and brother, Uncle Bobby & Myron and Gail Datka and their baby, Bruce and Cindy Hranicka, Uncle Butch & Aunt Susie and Lisa & Marsha Datka and Lisa's husband Joe, Cherryl and ron thomason and ron's brother and sister-in-law, cindy Huber, cindy kennedy-lesky and friend, dan schramm (fiddler), Dean (guitarist) and leslie and brenda Keller, Donovan and maria and gwyneth Glover, Frank Lenton, Kathy Lenton, Gary & Mary Saunders, Dave and Barb Hranicka, jason ircink, jim & ryan sickels, Jim (guitarist) and Shannon Keller, Joe nowak and Ashley, John losiniecki (fiddler), Justyna, Aunt Karen Rummel, Kim & John & Breanne & Haley Ellie and Breanne's boyfriend, Uncle Fred & Aunt Barb Koehler’s, kenny koepsel, Marty Norton (actress), melissa from Trimborn Farm and her mom, Matt schmidt, Megan (actress) & Steve and Lincoln and Harry Ginsberg, Mom and dad, Nancy and friend from Stir Crazy, Uncle Bob & Aunt Ev Nowak, Mike Nowak, Rick and Sue and Theresa Nowak, Uncle Rocky & Aunt Margie, Gary & Bev Schmidt, Bernie and Mary Beth Schroedl, Scott and Ashley Schmidt, Scott shramel, char, mark & mary from Soulstice Theater, Steve & Renee Olson, steve and marti from Summerstage Delafield, Uncle Fran & Aunt Mary Ircink, scott richter from Supermassive Productions, the Weber clan(3), paula, Faith and friend and Mrs. Patrick Lynch.

The attendees above...without you this night would not have been special. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

Special thanks to my brother Jason for helping with special effects and hauling props, my mother for preparing, hauling and serving food, all my aunts for helping set-up the food & clean-up, Uncle Butch and Uncle Rocky for providing props and Uncle Rocky for handing out programs (and for his surprise pumpkin), Joe Nowak for the wine, Aunt Ev for the hot pot and cookies, Megan Ginsberg's Civil War cookies, Jim & Ryan Sickels for carving pumpkins, and Steve Ginsberg for taking care of the raffle and name tags.

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"I'm gettin' married in the morning..."

Well, I'm not. But "Dowd" might be...if he makes it through the Civil War in one piece. Megan Turner and I portray girlfriend/boyfriend in my one-act drama, "Reveille!", which is being performed as a staged play reading September 25th at Trimborn Farm in Greendale, WI. Also stars Marty Norton as "Catherin".

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Three Faces of Jeff. "Reveille!"-style.

Three sides of me as seen in the staged play reading of my one-act drama, "Reveille!", which takes place in 1863 Virginia. This invitation-only event takes place at the historic Trimborn Farm in Greendale, Wisconsin on September 25th. 102 RSVP's. Thanks Megan ("Amanda") for taking the shots!

"Dowd" (above), the love interest of Amanda.

Me as a Confederate soldier wearing shell jacket and forage cap. Sergeant stripes not yet sew on. Mom?!!

"Stumper", 1860's style, with western coat and beaver skin top hat.

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Bethany the trumpeter-ess.

So, the final musician I needed for my staged play reading in a week and a half is my trumpeter. Push comes to shove, I was gonna play "Reveille" and "Taps" on the harmonica. But I placed an ad on Craigslist and in two days, Bethany contacts me...willing and able to perform for my one-act, "Reveille!" , performing September 25th at Trimborn Farm in Greendale.

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John the Fiddler.

You can't have a play set in 1863 Virginia without a fiddler, can ya? John Losiniecki, from Milwaukee, will be accompanying the Cedar Rapids' Kellers on their gui-tars for the premiere staged play reading of my one-act drama, "Reveille!", performing September 25th at Trimborn Farm in Greendale.

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Amanda & Catherin. "Reveille!".

"Catherin" (left), played by Marty Norton, and "Amanda", played by Megan Turner Ginsberg, star in the staged play reading of my one-act drama, "Reveille!", which takes place in 1863 Virginia. This invitation-only event takes place at the historic Trimborn Farm in Greendale, Wisconsin on September 25th. 95 RSVP's. Family, close family friends and friends. It will be quite an evening.

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A pair a mean, talented sombitches.

Dean Keller (left) and Jim Keller. Father and son. Posing for their cast headshots. They're playing the gui-tars for the staged play reading of my one-act, "Reveille!", the last weekend in September at Trimborn Farm in Greendale, WI.

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TGIF! presents...Mendelssohn's Overture to "A Midsummer Night's Dream". Op. 21.

Headed to Cedar Rapids, Iowa today for the weekend to see The Classics at Brucemore: "A Midsummer Night's Dream" and to have a read-thru of my one-act play, "Reveille!", with actresses, Marty and Megan. I'm producing a staged play reading of the play in September at Trimborn Farm in Greendale, WI.

It's been 12 years (since I moved to Cali) that I'd seen The Classics at Brucemore. I'm excited.

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