I am a semi-retired software engineer/manager who is now running a small musical theater group in San Francisco. I was married twice but I am now divorced, I have two grown kids and two wonderful young grand kids who live in Denver. Theater has always been my passion and I am lucky to be able to do this full-time now after spending my entire career in high tech software companies.

我为什么加入 Couchsurfing

I love to travel and as a retiree/manager of a non-profit arts company, while I have a comfortable income I don't have the resources to pay the prices of hotels these days on a regular basis and couchsurfing is one way to help minimize those costs. Also, I love meeting new people. When I visit, I try to offer something up to my host, such as tickets to see a local show as a gesture of my appreciation.

兴趣

As mentioned above, most of my interests these days are in the arts and in particular in musical theater. I am a director, producer, lighting designer and occasional actor (most recently, I appeared as one of the feature roles, Lazar Wolfe the butcher, in Fiddler on the Roof!) I am also a modestly competent pianist and guitarist and singer (I love to do local karaoke on the road!)

• arts
• theater
• design
• acting
• running
• technology
• traveling
• karaoke
• engineering
• software

音乐、电影和书籍

Most of my favorite music is from Broadway or old standards. I love Stephen Sondheim (Sweeney Todd and Into The Woods), Kander and Ebb (Cabaret and Chicago), Cole Porter (Anything Goes, countless standards), Gershwin, Berlin, etc. I also love the music of the 60s and 70s (Beatles, David Bowie R.I.P., Byrds, Dylan, Sting, etc.) I am not much into modern pop music (hip hop, rap, etc.) I love movies of all kinds except I am not huge on fantasy (Lord of the Rings) or bloody action films (Marvel comix stuff, etc.) Recently I loved The Martian and The Big Short. My favorite books are modern "pulp fiction" like John Grisham and Richard Patterson.

我做过的一件不可思议的事情

Directed the musical HAiR with help/assistance from the original producer Michael Butler. Meeting him and many of the people from the original companies of HAiR on Broadway, Los Angeles and San Francisco was a HUGELY exciting experience and his support and help was invaluable to making our production a very authentic one.

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我可以与沙发主分享些什么

I am usually interested in seeing local theater productions when I visit and would be happy to treat my hosts to tickets to see shows with me.

我游览过的国家

Canada, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Mexico, Sweden

我居住过的国家

United States