Further Adventures

These wide-ranging vignettes are tales that arise from the various places and people and work that have come my way while traveling, from the wheat fields of Washington to the beaches of Key West; from the musical stages of Pittsburgh to hiking the Amazon. There are tales from working with wild animals, and tales of working with even wilder people.

Zoo Stories: The Escape of Ebu the Gorilla

Of all the animals I worked with at the zoo, gorillas were my favorites. Their behaviors were so highly complicated and so reminiscent of...

Mark Browning

Feb 3, 20243 min read

Stage Fright

One of the first open stages I ever played was a great one, a little place on Craig Street in Pittsburgh called Antonino's owned by Tony...

Mark Browning

Feb 3, 20242 min read

The Most Dangerous Animal

One of the most diabolical characters I ever knew was named Rodan. He was not human. He was a bird. Rodan was a male Andean condor on...

Mark Browning

Feb 3, 20242 min read

The Man Who Caught Fire

Our large South Carolina backyard was the neighborhood ballfield. Kids from all over came almost every day to play. There were the Ellis...

Mark Browning

Feb 3, 20242 min read