“The Johnny Chin-Beard Chronicles” will be a one-person show, written and performed by me and based on my personal and creative struggles, using as a metaphor my daily, almost invariably negative interactions at Starbucks with a guy I’ve dubbed Johnny Chin-Beard, due to his overall ‘90s gestalt, including said facial feature. He’s writers’ block in humanoid form. A challenge to my self-worth. He ignites my inner debate about the meaning of a slog-based daily existence vs. the possibility of living a capital-L Life. The story is about how seemingly petty conflicts with an unimpressive, unworthy antagonist can be a powerful and cathartic inspiration toward a… well, less petty level of consciousness and enlightenment.