Don Fried — Playwright & Author

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All I Need is Your Bank Account Details and $10,000

Posted by: donfried on: December 16, 2008

I’m forwarding this to you because I know you will be moved by it and want to help out this poor man and his family. Dear Mr. Fried, Good day from Mr. Fahad Maniqua.  I am writing to you from an office in Lagos, Nigeria.  Unless you’ve been living in an isolation chamber for the [...]

A Walk on the Mountain Top

Posted by: donfried on: December 14, 2008

I’m back from my hike on North Table Mountain with 4 friends from the Boulder Outdoor Group.  As the mountain’s name would suggest, once we climbed the 400 or so vertical feet from the trail head, the top was more or less a mesa, about 8 square miles of gently rolling terrain, broken by some [...]

Leaving the Christmas Concert

Posted by: donfried on: December 13, 2008

Last night, in spite of my well documented antipathy for all things Christmas, I went with some of my fellow-singers from the Rocky Mountain Chorale to a recital by the phenomenal choral group Kantorei in Denver.  The show was in St. John’s Cathedral, which is absolutely gorgeous and has amazing acoustics. It was exclusively Christmas [...]

Wanted: Actor to Play Homeless Man

Posted by: donfried on: December 6, 2008

“Wanted: actor to play homeless man for 2 hours Saturday morning. No pay, but you can eat lunch with us afterward.”  That’s what the email read. It was sent to everybody on the mailing list for the University of Colorado’s Department of Theatre & Dance. With the beard that I’m growing for my upcoming role [...]


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