After shows in the Boulder International Fringe Festival in 2013, 2015, and 2017, I have taken a break to work up more material.

I am writing songs to be sung parlando style, or if you prefer, I have written poetry to be recited with musical accompaniment. I performed in this style at the 2017 Boulder Fringe. Here is the notation I use for my song scripts: ParlandoNotation.

I plan soon to put up some audios and videos of performances.

The songs are part of my work on “Inner-Mind Philosophy,” philosophy that begins with the recognition that consciousness is a tool of the brain. Consciousness is a tool that thinks it is the workman. Most Western philosophy is centered around the conscious mind, peering out at a world that may or may not be there.

My show, “Love… Like… Whatever” had a successful run at the 2013 Boulder International Fringe Festival. I am getting requests to perform it again in other venues.

It is unlikely, alas, that I will apply to the 2014 Fringe — I don’t think I can be ready with my new play in time to gather a cast and director before I apply.

Love… Like… Whatever

In the 2013 Boulder International Fringe Festival

Created and performed by Thomas Christopher.
Directed by Rebecca Holley

Rated R to be sensitive that some people may be uncomfortable with the topic — the language is actually mild by current standards.

Performance schedule

Thu Sept 19 9:00pm *
Fri Sept 20 4:30pm
Mon Sept 23 9:00pm
Wed Sept 25 5:30pm
Thu Sept 26 7:30pm
Fri Sept 27 9:00pm

$10/$8 (general/students & seniors). Advance Ticket Sales through www.boulderfringe.com
* Two-for-one on Opening Night Thurs Sept 19, 9:00pm.

At the Community Dance Collective, 2020 21st St, Boulder, CO. Enter from parking lot in back.

At the beginning of the sexual revolution, while Mustn’t is rapidly changing to Must, a young man tries to make sense of it all: The romance, confusion, gross-out, and terror. The joys of male sexuality. The good-natured male/female xenophobia. The stages of intimacy. How to consent. Aphrodite’s curse. What women want. Why guys fear intimacy. What “NO” means. The Goddess.And much, much more — all in the quest for deeply meaningful casual sex. Love… Like… Whatever combines story-telling and satire, romantic poetry and male wisdom.

Preview audiences have said:

“Full of the unexpected.”
“I like how you point out those things we all feel but rarely admit.”
“Very honest – not usually put out there. Men especially will appreciate it being said.”
“Very funny.”
“Very witty, but some people may be offended.”
“All your stuff is about sex.”
“Loved your emotion and the subtle rhymes.”

About the show’s creator: Thomas Christopher has been, among other things, an author, poet, story-teller, public speaker, playwright, contra dance instructor, unitarian lay preacher, and computer scientist.