Bullying is no longer confined to the playground. It now can be piped into their homes via the Internet, onto the phones they carry in their pockets and magnified a thousand fold by social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter.

This constant harassment is called cyberbullying. The National Crime Prevention Council reports that 43 % of all teens in the U.S. have been subjected to it.

And, sadly, it has proven to be deadly.

The CITG is looking for a stage manager for it's upcoming production of Arthur Miller's The Crucible.

Stage managers are responsible for:

• Arrive to rehearsals and performances early to open theater/office
• Keep an updated contact sheet and rehearsal schedule; call any actor who is late for rehearsal
• Maintaining order in rehearsals, keeping things running smoothly, insuring that people are where they need to be at the appropriate time, prompting when actors are off-book and need a line, taking line notes
• Keeping notes about props, costumes, blocking, and such

Yesterday, before going to teach one of my college classes, I decided to stop by and visit the oldest, coolest, most wonderful, and one of the wisest people I know. He is 95 year old Captain Ed Sadler, a retired fire-boat Captain.

Ed and I have shared many delightful visits and he has even come to my home for dinner and drinks. We have had many conversations over time, and yesterday was no exception. Ed recalled the days when my TOCAYO, Robert Moses was building our area and the many changes which occurred as a result.