Well, Elizabeth, it looks like you've really done it this time.
My show got selected by the Fringe Festival, here in New York, so now I actually have to do it. Like, really do it. Like, not "Oh, I'm sort of doing this kind of thing, and I don't even know if it's even a thing, and I'm just reading it anyway." Now, it's all, like, "I'm doing a one-woman show that I wrote. For myself. About my life."
Gross! Gross! Ew!
But, there it is.
(I realize that I'm currently complaining in my BLOG on the INTERNET about vulgar it is to put oneself on display.)
But, I thought that if I was going to do a show about the trip, I should do it in the same spirit as I did the actual trip -- which is to say, with as much bravery and curiosity as I could muster, and, just like the trip, I should let you all in on my trials and travails along the way. It's so meta! How could I resist!
When it's over, I'll have a written record of this solo adventure, which is about the other solo adventure. If I keep this up, I'll never run out of material. Clever girl.
I also decided to do it bloggy-style so you can opt to follow along as you care to, instead of me bombarding your inbox with long messages you may not be interested in reading at that very moment. The blog will also be easier to forward to your friends. Also, I'll keep information about when and where the show is here, for reference, and collect other fun things for you to look at.
Finally, there are really only two things that actually motivate me: deadlines and the threat of public shame.
Well then. Here we go.
xoxo
Elizabeth
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We are going to Wyoming in September for Andy and Amy's wedding! (I just almost asked you if Matt already told you that. HAHAHAHAHA.) And maybe NYC one of these months. Keep it real, sister.
Elizabeth, I followed your blog link on Facebook because I was really bored and at work. I have a blog, so I was expecting the same mundane quasi intellectual material that I publish in cyber space so my friends can pretend to read it and I can pretend someone cares about my inner thoughts. But I gotta tell you, I read the whole thing top to bottom and was:
a) thoroughly amused
b) impressed
c) proud to have met you
d) excited
Taking a 10,000 mile road trip alone is amazing to me. Writing a one woman show, then performing it in front of people is amazing to me. Having it be a GOOD one woman show that people enjoy watching is like a celestial event.
I think a lot of times in life, people don't receive the credit they deserve for taking risks like you have. So for whatever it's worth coming from and unemployed actress/childrens theatre director/24 year old, I'm inspired by your example. I could just go on and on about how great I think this is. So before this starts looking like an insane love letter I just want to say good f-in' job.
--Talia
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