An elderly expatriate returns to the USA after a life overseas only to find that technology, and the social network, has changed his reality with several unintended consequences.

The genesis of the story stems from my long-time friendship with Jim Menges, who wrote it, and who worked in the tech industry for over 30 years. I met him in Northern California when we were both interested in film: I went along the starving artist path, while Jim, my cameraman at the time, did his tech thing around the world.

We stayed in touch. Jim retired in Thailand, where he’d been running microchip plants. After I went to Thailand to do some visual art with him (www.lifestyleartproject.com). I subsequently did some theatre here in Portland. Jim got excited and started writing, first theatre and then video ideas. I suggested that he write from his knowledge of the computer industry, the technology, and the people he knew.

He wrote THE OLD ROGUE as well as other pieces. We had an actor’s reading while Jim visited me in Portland in August 2016 with Rick Sadle as Walter, and Tanya Thompson as BUI. We loved both of them. Jim returned to Bangkok, and wrote two seasons of episodes about Walter, The Old Rogue.