I'm happy to inform my play The Stand In is now available at www.stageplays.com!

Well, this is what an awesome year ahead looks like!

First off, I’ll be directing the wonderful play Last Train to Nibroc by Arlene Hutton (the first chapter in the “Nibroc Trilogy”). I fell hard for the piece when I caught the original NYC production 20 years ago and have longed ever since to help bring a production to life. Being staged at the Ghent Playhouse, performance dates are May-June.

Second, following last summer’s terrifically-successful Moonlight and Magnolias, I’ll once again be returning to the Theater Barn in New Lebanon. This time adding in some “pee-riffic” tunes, I’ve been invited to direct Urinetown – the Musical. It’s ironic, considering it’ll be the second time I’ve directed UtM, the first being about six years ago at…the Ghent Playhouse!

It's a busy time ahead - just the way I like it! This fall, I'll be directing Moonlight and Magnolias by Ron Hutchinson at the Theater Barn in the Berkshires, immediately followed by a performance as Arthur Vance in The Outsider by Paul Slade Smith, being produced at Curtain Call Theater in Latham, New York. Fun and fun alike!

I received this nice note today:

When I first moved to the city, I found your monologue from SHOES in “Best Men's Stage Monologues of 1999” (Do they still publish those books?). My teachers at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts said I needed the whole script, so I WROTE to you, and not only did you respond, you sent a complete script and paid for the postage yourself.

I have been cleaning my apartment, trying in vain to declutter, and I came across your script today. I have been carrying it since 1999 or so, and I wanted to take a moment to thank you for caring. It meant a lot to me as a young acting student. And finding people who take the time to connect on a personal level gets harder and harder in this business, so a quick note to say it meant a lot and continues to do so.

Best of luck with whatever you have next on your plate, be it acting, directing or writing.

Sincerely, John Long

www.johnlong.nyc

"Vogel brings just the right amount of male self-assurance to the role [of Bill Sr. in Clever Little Lies], tempering it with an equal amount of insecurity and weakness. In every scene he is just right in his movement, his pauses, his vocal stress and his loving nature. Vogel knows just when to be emotionally charged and when to hold back any sense of feeling. He does more than mere justice to the father part: he enriches it with humor, humanity and heart." - The Berkshire Edge