Doing another of my Play in a Day projects tomorrow, Friday Jan. 6, 2-5 p.m. at Never Ending Books, 810 State St., New Haven. Eleven have been staged so far, and each announcement of the next brings flurries of emails from friends and strangers alike.
My stage pursuits are a topic for another page.
What I want to celebrate here is the ongoing good works of Never Ending and Roger Uihlein, who founded the place over two decades ago. It’s a storefront that operates like Alice’s rabbit hole—you fall in and the most bizarre things happen. I’ve done (and seen) theater there for years. Both I and my daughters have held birthday parties there. Many bands have played. Book sales and clean-ups have occurred. A New Year’s party onetime.
Roger, I and others have been brainstorming new projects for the place, including a kid-only coffeehouse cabaret. But just existing, with the bursting bookcases and stained rugs and tweeting radiators, is Never Ending’s most fantastical achievement. Long may it Never End.