T J. Elliott
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T J. Elliott
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Playwright w/Joe Queenan: Alms, Grudges, Genealogy & The Oracle. Solo: Keeping Right, The Jester's Wife & HONOR Retrospective at BBTF August 2025 https://broadwayboundtheatrefestival.ludus.com/index.php?show_id=200484720
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Our new comedy, Retrospective, explained in under a minute and buying a ticket to it at the link in the bio will take just a few minutes more. so why not do it now? #theatre
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Why not post? A few other links: Started our series Chasing the Dead: Amateur Adventures in Genealogy. That motive has hovered over me for many years now and Halloween/All Saints Day this year (or Samhain as the Celts celebrated the event) seemed a good time to start…
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Why not post? A few other links: Started our series Chasing the Dead: Amateur Adventures in Genealogy. That motive has hovered over me for many years now and Halloween/All Saints Day this year (or Samhain as the Celts celebrated the event) seemed a good time to start publishing in pieces my new book Chasing The Dead. After all, any method -- shy of Ouija boards and seances -- that gets me closer to that connection of my family that is gone suits me.
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November 26, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Our War Correspondent (Bravely) Covers Portland Hellhole

Luck is the residue of design as Branch Rickey wisely opined. And our co-founder, T.J. Elliott, had the good luck to plan his visit to Portland to be at the opening of Claire Elliott's show at One Grand gallery AND his grandson's magnificent…
Our War Correspondent (Bravely) Covers Portland Hellhole
Luck is the residue of design as Branch Rickey wisely opined. And our co-founder, T.J. Elliott, had the good luck to plan his visit to Portland to be at the opening of Claire Elliott's show at One Grand gallery AND his grandson's magnificent Paw Patrol themed fifth birthday party just as POTUS designated that city to be a 'hellhole' in need of military intervention. His journalistic work ended up on the Jimmy Kimmel show -- go to 7:07 at this link -- and garnered 54,000 views on YouTube. Knowledge Workings is proud of this daring reporting by such an old man. Not really, but maybe next year?
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November 5, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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2nd in line to the presidency, yet consistently has no idea what’s happening in the country
Q: Just last week a minister was shot directly in the face with a pepper round by a DHS agent that left his face bloodied. Are you concerned that this is a religious freedom issue?

MIKE JOHNSON: I can't comment on any of those instances. I haven't seen or heard any of those videos
October 29, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Did I expect to follow the bootsteps of famous war correspondents David Halberstam, Ernie Pyle, Ernest Hemingway, and Brian Williams? When fate placed me in Portland Oregon recently (actually Airbnb and a grandson’s 5th Birthday party) I accepted the challenge .
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Did I expect to follow in the bootsteps of famous war correspondents David Halberstam, Ernie Pyle, Ernest Hemingway, Richard Tregaskis, and Brian Williams? No, but when fate placed me in Portland Oreg...
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October 10, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Can You Spot RETROSPECTIVE’s Director?

by T.J. Elliott, Playwright If you do spot him, that's one more reason to buy a ticket to our last two BBTF performances at this link 2 Chances Left to SEE RETROSPECTIVE: CLICK HERE NOW
Can You Spot RETROSPECTIVE’s Director?
by T.J. Elliott, Playwright If you do spot him, that's one more reason to buy a ticket to our last two BBTF performances at this link 2 Chances Left to SEE RETROSPECTIVE: CLICK HERE NOW
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August 15, 2025 at 3:13 AM
The Dead Speak Up for RETROSPECTIVE
The Dead Speak Up for RETROSPECTIVE
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August 8, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Our new comedy, Retrospective, explained in under a minute and buying a ticket to it at the link in the bio will take just a few minutes more. so why not do it now? #theatre
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August 3, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Jeremiah Alexander in RETROSPECTIVE Triumphs As Clint Belinsky, Accidental Artist

Jeremiah Alexander smiling because he knows how much audiences will love his portrayal of Clint Photo Bill Wadman For playwright, T.J. Elliott, and actor, Jeremiah Alexander, this collaboration stems from September…
Jeremiah Alexander in RETROSPECTIVE Triumphs As Clint Belinsky, Accidental Artist
Jeremiah Alexander smiling because he knows how much audiences will love his portrayal of Clint Photo Bill Wadman For playwright, T.J. Elliott, and actor, Jeremiah Alexander, this collaboration stems from September of 1978. Alan Brody as the male leads in a regional production of George Bernard Shaw's The Devil's Disciple. First, they were fellow actors, then for a time roommates, and later, and always, friends as both moved to NYC to pursue careers in theater.
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August 1, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Research shows after the age of 23 adults smile & laugh less. Not funny! At RETROSPECTIVE we want to help; loads of laughter in an afterlife when a famous painter meets his ex-wife & a few frenemies who want to help him get to 'next' -- whatever that is. Tix at link in BIO #theater #comedy #theatre
July 30, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Z in RETROSPECTIVE Is Jasmine Dorothy Haefner; So Special, No One Else Would Do

Jasmine Dorothy Haefner Brings So Much To All She Does click here to see JDH as Z in retrospective What forces form a fine actor? Experience. Intelligence. Discipline. Feeling. All of these but also the skill and…
Z in RETROSPECTIVE Is Jasmine Dorothy Haefner; So Special, No One Else Would Do
Jasmine Dorothy Haefner Brings So Much To All She Does click here to see JDH as Z in retrospective What forces form a fine actor? Experience. Intelligence. Discipline. Feeling. All of these but also the skill and courage to make their own path through not just each work but through 'the business', and a capacity for reflecting on each moment in the career (which sometimes careens) and constantly learning.
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July 29, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Actors Have a Target; A Word With Many Meanings

This is a truth for me, but only ONE truth. HT for the image Talking to one of our actors during a rehearsal for RETROSPECTIVE (opening August 13th for just three performances at AMT Theatre 354 W. 45th St. in NYC, get Tix here), the topic of…
Actors Have a Target; A Word With Many Meanings
This is a truth for me, but only ONE truth. HT for the image Talking to one of our actors during a rehearsal for RETROSPECTIVE (opening August 13th for just three performances at AMT Theatre 354 W. 45th St. in NYC, get Tix here), the topic of persuasion arose. My characters are ALWAYS persuading someone to 'see something the way you see it', to feel or act in a different way.
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July 26, 2025 at 8:39 PM
"The heart of the review is emotion, the stirrings of the soul, receptiveness to the life-changing power of art...; personality-centered formats rooted in reporting or in talk are art from the ego, more like homework or social capital" @richardbrody.bsky.social
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In Defense of the Traditional Review
Far from being a journalistic relic, as suggested by recent developments at the New York Times, arts criticism is inherently progressive, keeping art honest and pointing toward its future.
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July 24, 2025 at 7:22 PM
‘The body of the art of the theater‘: Watching Mark Thomas McKenna* in rehearsal for RETROSPECTIVE, this quote came to mind. He embodies RORY in RETROSPECTIVE is ways we never even imagined, but now relish.
Tix at link in bio

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Mark Thomas McKenna: The RORY in RETROSPECTIVE
“The play does not exist in the theater as a written text until it has been absorbed in the process of  production. Drama is  ‘translated’ or transformed into the person of the acto…
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July 23, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Mark Thomas McKenna: The RORY in RETROSPECTIVE

"The play does not exist in the theater as a written text until it has been absorbed in the process of production. Drama is ‘translated’ or transformed into the person of the actor -- “the body of the art of the theater”, as Stark Young put it."Harold…
Mark Thomas McKenna: The RORY in RETROSPECTIVE
"The play does not exist in the theater as a written text until it has been absorbed in the process of production. Drama is ‘translated’ or transformed into the person of the actor -- “the body of the art of the theater”, as Stark Young put it."Harold Clurman, On Directing 'The body of the art of the theater…
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July 23, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Adara Totino detonates delightfully as PIPPA in the new play RETROSPECTIVE in the leading comedy performance of the summer.
Adara Totino astonishes as PIPPA in RETROSPECTIVE — 08/13,15, 16
Adara Totino detonates delightfully as PIPPA in the new play RETROSPECTIVE in the leading comedy performance of the summer at BBTF
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July 19, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Actors Adara Totino, Mark Thomas McKenna, Jasmine Dorothy Haefner, & Jeremiah Alexander and director Gifford Elliott bring RETROSPECTIVE to life See more at https://broadwayboundtheatrefestival.ludus.com/index.php?show_id=200484720
33 Days to Opening Night of Retrospective: Do You Have Your Tickets?
Next week, our cast will gather for their "etudes," as the actors dig into their characters. Edward Albee, one of the greatest English language playwrights once said that “Every good actor does two things: He does exactly what the author intended and he does it his own way.”  Etudes are a way of actors figuring out what that way is.
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July 11, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Month from now, rehearsals start. 2 months? Last of 3 performances of new comedy, RETROSPECTIVE at Broadway Bound Theater Festival. Love to see you there: August 13 8 p.m., August 15 5 p.m., August 16 2 p.m. Show on 15th has a TalkBack. AMT Theater 354 W. 45th Street in NYC Tix at bio link
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July 9, 2025 at 9:00 PM
What does it mean to say something is the greatest or best? Does the failure to cite criteria in our discourse portend a more serious rootlessness than just picking the best films of the 21st Century so far? That's the gist of this essay.
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Not The Greatest
How can I say a movie is best without defining what 'best' looks like?
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June 24, 2025 at 2:26 PM
@michaelbroussard.bsky.social Thank you so much for reposting. I'm always grateful for those who are willing to help in this way.
June 12, 2025 at 11:30 PM
How lucky can you get! Four fab actors are making RETROSPECTIVE, the new comedy, come alive as part of the Broadway Bound Theatre Festival August 13, 15, 16. Get your tix now: lnkd.in/ew3rHCJJ
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We are sooooo lucky in having these artists make our new comedy, RETROSPECTIVE, come alive
Buy your tix for RETROSPECTIVE here now! ‘Luck is the residue of design’Branch Rickey That wisdom from the man who brought Jackie Robinson to major league baseball (and also invented th…
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June 10, 2025 at 9:30 PM
How lucky can you get! Four fab actors are making RETROSPECTIVE, the new comedy, come alive as part of the Broadway Bound Theatre Festival August 13, 15, 16. Get your tix now: https://broadwayboundtheatrefestival.ludus.com/index.php?show_id=200484720
We are sooooo lucky in having these artists make our new comedy, RETROSPECTIVE, come alive
Buy your tix for RETROSPECTIVE here now! 'Luck is the residue of design'Branch Rickey That wisdom from the man who brought Jackie Robinson to major league baseball (and also invented the batting helmet) has guided us for many years.  Rickey added to the advice later: “Good luck is whatever is left over after intelligence and effort have combined at their best.”
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June 10, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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for context here’s a map of greater Los Angeles and the protest is the roughly the red circle
June 9, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Don't miss cast members Mark Thomas McKenna, Adara Totino, Jasmine Dorothy Haefner, and Jeremiah Alexander in their sharp comedic performances directed by Gifford Elliott. Tix on sale now at link in bio.
The Short & Sweet on our new play, RETROSPECTIVE
Sweet Spot: We — Knowledge Workings Theatre —would love to see you at one of the 3 performances of our new comedy by T.J. Elliott, RETROSPECTIVE, as part of the Broadway Bound Theatre Festival—Wednesday, August 13th at 8:00 PM, Friday, August 15th at 5:00 PM, and Saturday, August 16th at 2:00 PM. The August 15th performance features a talkback with director…
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June 5, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Thank you Theater Reviews Limited for giving a shout out to our comedy, RETROSPECTIVE, along with 11 other fascinating shows in the Broadway-Bound Theater Festival this July and August at the AMT Theater 354 West 45th Street
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Festival News: Broadway Bound Theatre Festival 2025 Hosts Twelve New Plays and Musicals
NEW SEASON, NEW PLAYS: Broadway Bound Theatre Festival -2025 hosts 12 new plays and musicals this summer at AMT Theater in midtown NYC. These new works are by emerging playwrights from across the c…
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May 29, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Cornel West & Robert George Give Me The Perfect Ending For This Trilogy
To change things we must change attitudes, which only happens by finding and supporting those humans who model a different way of looking at and acting in our currently crazy world.
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Attitudes And Beatitudes Part III: Cornel West & Robert George Give Me The Perfect Ending For This Trilogy
Yes, that Cornell West and that Robert George.
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May 28, 2025 at 3:35 PM