With the cadence of a Pentecostal pastor, Tommy Nugent hardly comes up for air in Preacherman, the one-man performance which opened yesterday afternoon at the Capital Fringe Festival.

So what, exactly, goes on behind the concrete walls of those large government office buildings? Writer Jason Ford offers you a provocative glimpse in GS-14, which opened last night for its third consecutive year at the Capital Fringe Festival.

Make no mistake about it. Writers rarely perform their personal confessions. Stories of real-life struggles are often told in memoirs, where wrenching personal details can be observed from a safe distance.