The summer of 2002 found Ford embarking on yet another adventure as "This Queern Life", a stage production based on his work and penned by him, premiered at the Loring Playhouse in Minneapolis. An insightful and riotous collection of scenes drawn from his essay collections, the play wowed audiences and is currently being considered for production by numerous regional theaters. Also in that year, his short story "Night of the Werepuss" was published in the Lambda Literary Award-winning collection "Queer Fear II" and was nominated for a Gaylactic Spectrum Award for best short fiction.