Since I was 13, I had always thought of myself as a photographer and film maker. Writing was just always there as a means to these ends. One day, I looked at the physical body of my writing; the original manuscripts and publications that were housed in many boxes. Considering the sheer paper poundage of my plays, film scripts, poems, newspaper articles, and my diaries (kept since 1965), I realized I could no longer deny being a writer.

Here is a glimpse at some of my writing endeavors:

• Director’s Commentary
        The director speaks, and won’t shut up.
• The Fight Before Christmas
        A musical about a male couple saved by angels
• The Right to Marry
        Civil rights documentary
• Leggo
        Animated flight of fancy
• Fog (formerly titled Didi)
        Surreal setting, longing and regret
• T’ai Chi Chuan
        Demonstration by and interview of Master T.T. Liang
        This film is available on my “Two by Demian” DVD
• Gertie Takes a Trip to the Moon and a Man Recycles
        Animation
• Perspectives on the Martial Arts
        T’ai Chi demo and narration, Boston TV program “NightShift”

• Jilly Eddy (Lipsologist)
  
• Linda Severt (Juggletunes)
  
• Bill Robinson and Beverly Schuster (mimes)

• Scaredy-Kate and the Monsters  -or-  How to Pay the Rent
        A Marionette Opera
        Music by Haydn. Written and directed by Demian

• Gilgamesh & Enkidu
        The Oldest Love Story Ever Written
        Feature-length, action-adventure
• Phil’s Fortune
        A young man is denied a birthright, and subsequently faces a harsh life.
        Feature-length, melodrama
• Summer Camp Job
        A young man struggles against the macho ethic of a children’s camp.
        Feature-length, drama

• Scaredy-Kate and the Monsters - or - How to Pay the Rent
        Marionette opera set to Haydn’s music
        Played at the Bumbershoot Festival in 1982
• The Voice of an Angel: A Castrato Remembers (Demian)
        A one-man, one-marionette musical (Glück, Haydn, Mozart)
        Voted “Best of the Week” at 1986 New City Theater’s Director’s Festival
• Our Old Gang Grows Up
        Commissioned by the Gay Theater Festival, 1985
• Assorted Shelters
        Developed through improvisational group process
• Inseparable Pieces
        Developed through improvisational group process

• Karmen: a futuristic, comedic opera on serious themes
        Music by Bizet, parody words and story by Demian
• Hey, Citizen
        Street theater against the war

• Suet (Dave Smilo, Demian)
  
• Queer Hour (Demian)
  
• Return of Queer Hour (Demian)
  
  
• Writer, Host, and Producer for 130 public affairs programs (WMUA, WBUR)

• Jimmy Rosenfield - Jimmy Rosenfield
• Graphic Cypher Productions - Ray Woodall
• Bursting Universe Productions - Kelly Abbott
• PATH (Program for Appropriate Technology & Health) - Chris Ellias
• AmKor Pharma - Robert Abbott

• “America’s Diverse Cultures” - Jane Adams, ed.
  
• “GoodLife: Mastering the art of everyday living, Utne Reader - Helen Coredes, Jay Walljasper editors
  
• “Journal of Gay and Lesbian Social Services” Vol.1,#2 - Lawrence Kurdick, ed.
  
• “Social Services for Gay and Lesbian Couples” - Lawrence Kurdick, ed.
  
• “Lesbian and Gay Marriage: Private Commitments, Public Ceremonies”
  - Suzanne Sherman, ed.

• “Amherst Record”
  
• “Below the Salt”
  
• “Center Peace”
  
• “Fag Rag”
  
• “Family and Friends Magazine”
  
• “Gæ-Räj”
  
• “Gay Comix” (three illustrated stories)
  
• “Gay Community News” (Boston)
  
• “Gay Post”
  
• “Greenfield Recorder”
  
• “Hero Magazine”
  
• “The Network”
  
• “New Age Journal”
  
• “Northwest Gay & Lesbian Reader”
  
• “Northwest Passage”
  
• “Out Front”
  
• “OutLook Magazine”
  
• “RFD” (several articles, photos, illustrations)
  
• “Seattle Gay News” (reviews, essays, photos, and a biographical series)
  
• “SIECUS Report”
  
• “Utne Reader” (two articles)
  
• “Valley Advocate” (monthly column for mainstream Mass. newspaper, 1970s)
  
• “Washington Free Press”
  
• “Win Magazine”

• “Partners Magazine” (80 interviews, scores of essays and articles, 1986-1993)

• Yellow Sun Food Coop (1975-1977)
  
• Pioneer Valley Gay Union (1975)
  
• Partners Task Force (1986-1993)
  
• Legal Marriage Alliance of Washington. (1996-98)

• Dr. John F. Ruhland, ND - Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine (2002-ongoing)
  
• New England Spas & Sunrooms - Galleries, shopping cart (1997-2006)
  
• Rudolph Gillespie Decorative Arts - Gallery of projects (2005)
  
• ASIFA Seattle - Local of international animators club (2002-2008)
  
• Tall Timber Tales - 60s summer camp experiences and alumni (2002-ongoing)
  
• On the Purple Circuit - International GLBT theater resource (2000-ongoing)
  
• Partners Task Force for Gay & Lesbian Couples - International information resource [Recognized by more than 25 on-line awards. See: Partners Task Force - Welcome] (1995-ongoing)
  
• Sweet Corn Productions - Video, photo, sound production services (1995-ongoing)

• Produce documentation for use of computer systems and programs, allowing co-workers to take over operations in case of absence

• Ed.D. and M.Ed., University of Massachusetts
  (Doctoral thesis based on leading 130 theater workshops)
• B.F.A., Massachusetts College of Art (painting major)
• Theater and movement workshops with Carolee Schneeman and Yvonne Rainer
• Theater workshops with The Open Theater, Manhattan Project, and The Living Theater
• Certificate in Clock and Watch Repair, San Francisco Community College
• FCC Restricted Radiotelephone Operator Permit