essays
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Essay on enough
Hi, it’s me, Steve. Not a character. I have an essay here that I wrote about the idea of enough, and I thought it would be interesting to read it during a show called, “Enough.” So, here goes. The word enough fascinates me. Well, I know that a lot of words fascinate me, so it…
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Piece from the Sauder Village Storytellers’ Conference (April 2026)
I have a story, and like all good stories, this one was told to me by someone else. I heard it at a bar on the outskirts of town–well not really in a bar, but more like pub, or maybe it’s best described as an imaginary tavern on the outskirts of reality, and it wasn’t…
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Essay from re:play
Hi, it’s me, Steve, not a character. I have an essay here that I wrote about play that I thought would be interesting to read during a show called re:play. I mean, the titles are almost the same. What are the odds? If you are paying attention, you will notice that the title of the…
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Essay on Tenderness from Tender
Hi, it’s me, Steve, not some character. I happen to have an essay entitled Tender, and because that is also the title of the show, I thought it would make sense to read it to you now. It’s a short little essay, because time is money, right? I like words, and I like words that…
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Essay on Conviction from Conviction
Hi, it’s me, Steve. Not a character. Oh, please continue to eat. I think you can listen and eat at the same time. I want to read you a little something I wrote about conviction, which happens to be the title of the show, so I thought it would align pretty well. Conviction is an…
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Essay on Originality from Flicker: Repowered
I’ve done this before. This is not the first time I’ve done this. I’ve done this before. This is me, by the way, Steve, not a funny character. Although it is hard to tell if this is really me or just a facet of me that I want to project to you or just a…
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Essay on Words from Flicker
It’s me, Steve. Not a funny character, just me. I guess this could be a flashback, to the moment I was writing all of this. Back a few months–where is the backspace button?–white out!–there we go–weeks ago. I was sitting down trying to imagine what a future me would say to an audience I could…