An Artist's Nightmare depicts the story of a professional theatre artist's return to his roots after a quarter century of a successful career in the big city. With his family in tow and a big dream to help rejuvenate a lackluster old automobile town, he forgot one thing: small town mentality. From the moment he opens his performing arts center in this provincial capital city, the theatre artist is dumbstruck by the mean-spirited rejection he receives at every turn. Local academic theatre persons ridicule his resume of real world experience, local directors dismiss his offers to collaborate,...

In These five critical essays, Mark Ruhala gives us a look into a lens that magnifies the essential problems with aspects of our dysfunctioning society. He examines how children develop through schooling/education and how the performing arts make a huge difference in a child's life by living the experiences of an artist. He mockingly portrays the old kingdoms of yore against the same governing we use currently and the reflection of today's banker kings is obvious. The idea of self-control as a sign of maturity and of healthy raising of children, Mr. Ruhala shows that brain science backs this...

Serious comic relief for a WORLD OUT OF ORDER: ) From the Big Bang to the Big Bank to the Big Bust Serious comic relief... WORLD OUT OF ORDER: ( Z tells the story of Mankind's ascent to the top of the food chain and beyond. From the Big Bang to the Big Bank to the Big Bust of 2008, Z has fresh insights and a unique perspective on world events, old and new. While the rest of the slaves to the economy are busy with protecting their "stuff" the banks are printing money, out of thin air (as always) and giving it to themselves and then lending it out to the failing companies like GM, with...