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I've been to Notre-Dame. Notre-Dame. Nice clean up job after the fire, non? I've been to the château in Saint-Germain-en-Laye. St-Germain-en-Laye. Cool place, no Marguérite. Nada. I've been looking for traces of Marguérite de Provence, the wife of Louis IX and eldest sister in my musical about four sisters in medieval Provence who all become queens (!). Marguérite upper left. Clockwise: Sancie, Béatrice, Aliénor. Next I head to Sainte-Chapelle. Heaven on earth to her husband,

Marguérite and Louis, Queen and King of France in the mid-1200's, live in lots of different châteaux in the course of their 36-year marriage. One day, I'd like to visit them all. Especially Pontoise...(below) - for salacious reasons (wink wink). Ramparts of the Château de Pontoise, where the love birds used to hide from his mother so they could play hide the sausage. Photo: Philippe Lhomel I have this vision of Marguérite appearing to me. It will be a spine-tingling, goose-b

In October, I had to be in Paris to teach a workshop on playwriting. So I decided to multi-task – and go in search of traces of Marguérite, Queen of France in the 1200’s. I'm always on the lookout for these "Forgotten Women of France..." I did find a statue of Marguérite - but not in Paris, in a small church in Auvergne. Marguérite is Queen One of my Four Queens  musical , inspired by sisters in medieval Provence who all become queens. Clockwise from upper left: Marguérite, S

Max Gallagher, Jon Bonner, Celine Rosenthal, Lizzie Hagstedt, Oliver Aston, Amy Bastani, and me. I've "produced" readings in New York...

Since we visited Forcalquier a year ago and discovered the amazing story of the four sisters in medieval Provence who all became queens -...

✈️ Just back from @BEAM 2025, the UK bi-annual musical theatre conference - and it was everything I hoped for and more. Birmingham...

Without Googling (or AI'ing) Marguérite, can you guess which king she was married to? Hint: he's the most popular king of France ever....

Note: don't go between 12-2pm They're closed for lunch! Always check website of call ahead in France. The first Sunday in France, many...

I’m a tad embarrassed to admit I hadn’t been to the Louvre in years. It’s overwhelming. Always packed. Give me the Musée d’Orsay any day....

Thank heavens for pop music. Yesterday, Nov. 6, the day after the US Election, two songs kept me going: There's Got To Be A Morning...

Sometimes, we're so fixated on making big waves, we forget how important the ripples can be. When I was making my play Unsung ( Inconnue...

Me and Freddy (aka Alfred) Cook - the very first presentation after my residency. I've just finished the summer presentations of my...

French actors Patrick Grenouilleau (Henry), Catherine Long (Marie) and Me (Writer) As I started getting my show "Unsung/Inconnue" ready...

"Marie's Theme' - music by Frederick Delius, words and vocal by Me. I just recorded one of my songs (and me singing/playing it) -- at the...

Today - THREE B'S ! WHAT ARE THEY? READ ON. I was delighted to discover THREE wonders in my temporary neighborhood. Two I knew already....

Who knew Paris has its own High Line? That's the fabulous garden planted on top of an abandoned train line in NYC's Chelsea. I'm...

I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw there was a new art museum in Mougins that was women - women- nothin' but women! Artists, that is....

What fun stuff are you denying yourself?? CAN YOU STOP THAT – AND START TO PLAY MORE? Yesterday morning, I was fed up. (Are You Fed Up...

The bouncing baby play I conceived at an artists residency in March was born last Friday, July 19. Woohoo! "It's one hour of insights...

I was thrilled when the folks at the Château de La Napoule decided that this summer, they’d offer visitors “UNSUNG,” the play+guided tour...