Diedre

I was in Squamish, British Columbia, a place where I had climbed a route called Diedre two years before.

Climbing Alone, Risking It All 2009

Our caution was vindicated when the snitch who called herself "Diedre" made a move for the elevator once she realized she'd been sniffed out.

LA IMC 2009

Will Trice Playwright Suzan-Lori Parks, director Diane Paulus and composer Diedre Murray, who collaborated on 'The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess,' which is currently in previews on Broadway.

Parks Leads 'Porgy' to Broadway Barbara Chai 2011

In an effort to re-imagine the opera of 1935, Ms. Parks teamed with American Repertory Theater artistic director Diane Paulus and composer Diedre Murray to revise the book for a new musical that would feature deeper renderings of crippled Porgy and drug-addicted Bess, as well as a fuller frame.

Parks Leads 'Porgy' to Broadway Barbara Chai 2011

The current version at the Richard Rodgers Theatre, with book redone by Suzan-Lori Parks and Diedre L.

Regina Weinreich: Why Quibble? The Gershwin's Porgy and Bess Revived on Broadway Regina Weinreich 2012

Last Wednesday, playwright Lynn Nottage opted to see "The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess," the new musical adapted by Suzan-Lori Parks and Diedre L.

Seeking New Clarity in a Provocative Classic Lizzie Simon 2012

I traveled before AND after 9/11, and subsequent to that date in our history, was subjected to lots more scrutiny while traveling, and have seen many of the same things Diedre wrote about - the fallacy of the 'random' checks, the blustering, the raised voices, the perfunctory and inefficient 'pat-downs', all which point to the things she points out so well in her post.

Police veteran critiques TSA procedure - Boing Boing 2009

 It was on an episode of ABC'sWorld News Tonight that Diedre learned of a disturbing new trend that had the biggest implications for me so far.

My First Sonogram Michael Ayers 2010

 I got up and slowly walked towards her and decided to take one look back at Diedre.

My First Sonogram Michael Ayers 2010

           On the subway ride back to Manhattan, Diedre tried to make it more of a scientific inquiry; we'd both done the requisite web searches, and in fact, coming up with positive proof that tumors — random, massive ones - can grow on a stomach for years without detection.

My First Sonogram Michael Ayers 2010