Aleks Degtyarev has been a storyteller all his life. His first stories were concocted on the spot, painted with great detail to get him out of all sorts of mischief with his parents, teachers, and other perceived figures of authority. Harnessing these powers proved to be another matter. By his third decade on this planet our author seemed to have figured something out by adding the missing ingredient: honesty. During a diverse 'art' career of short films, performance, installations, and live video projection shows came the long brewing play, Marlo (Book One): Jewish [En]lightning. If the purpo...