I have been working on Mysteries since February 8 (and earlier) as producer and actor...over 6 months of my life dedicated to this project...what insight have I been given? What have I learned? What has the been the impact on the audience?

First of all, I have to say that playing Adam has been an extremely liberating experience. I have enjoyed it tremendously and have found great comfort at times in being naked in front of an audience. I look forward to applying the mud/clay to my body in preparation for the performance and the time spent backstage with Dawn (EVE) has become a ritual of sorts. It seems logical that Adam and Eve would be ape-like and covered in the earth from which they sprang forth.

I don't know if I have answers for everything. I think I started out with an idea of what this production might be and it has turned out to be something different and surprising. I am still highly suspicious of all things religious and find most organized religions hypocritical and self-serving. I still find the far right to be on a march towards fascism and yet here I am after 6 months loath to let go of these stories. Perhaps because at the core they are simply good stories to tell around the campfire. Perhaps because at their core they say something about us. Perhaps because they touch people in different ways and that is fascinating to me. Perhaps because they are mythic and like myths they end up being simple stories about humans and their interactions with divine-like figures.

Do I find spiritual comfort or guidance in these biblical myths? Not particularly. BUT I do find them infinitely interesting because time and again they have been used to push forward one agenda or another for good and not so good.

I hope these stories have been as interesting to watch as they have been to perform.