The Earlier Treks

When I started this journey with my blog, RALPH’S TREK (http://ralph-senensky.blogspot.com/2009/09/welcome-to-my-blog.html) in 2009, I really didn’t have a definite idea of what I wanted to achieve. What I did know however was what I didn’t want my blog to be! … Continue reading →

In 1948, my second year as a directing major at the Pasadena Playhouse College of Theatre Arts, I directed two productions in the Balcony theatres. In the 14 following years leading to JOHNNY TEMPLE, my first television film, I directed … Continue reading →

Ben Brantley started his review in the New York Times for the 2018 revival of THE ICEMAN COMETH writing: If you have a good time at a production of “The Iceman Cometh,” does that mean the show hasn’t done its … Continue reading →

Two years elapsed between my productions of THE GLASS MENAGERIE and NIGHT MUST FALL. To capsulize those years: I responded positively to Martha Barclay’s suggestion (bordering on urging) to continue my theatre education at Northwestern University. In June of 1949 … Continue reading →

Growing up in a small town in the middle of our country in the 1920-1930s (long before the arrival of television and the Internet) was not unlike growing up on a small island isolated from the surrounding world. Oh there … Continue reading →

I remember Estelle Winwood as being a tiny person. She came to rehearsal clad in a very mod outfit, stylish boots, with her red hair peeking out from under a perky hat. And those enormous eyes! We met for the … Continue reading →

Six years ago when I launched my blog, RALPH’S TREK, the forerunner of my current website, I planned that each posting would be tantamount to a visit onto the sets of a television film I had directed. I wanted to … Continue reading →