I’ve been cast as a high school principal in a play!
It is part of a one-act play festival by new
playwrights. Though no money is
involved, I am happy to be in a play. A
young woman wrote it, and I like it. I
deeply appreciate her message. I hope
the director and I manage to work well together. I will do my part.
I am performing stand-up the next two Saturdays at the same
place. I
anticipate a lot of the same
audience. So I feel the need to write
some new stuff. I hope I manage to do
that.
I was asked to be part of a special Valentine’s Day event in Brooklyn by my poetry
friend Evie Ivy. I’m not much of a Valentine-y
poet, so I told her I might be able to write a prose piece and asked if that
would be okay. She was very
welcoming. Now I still have to write
it. I think it might end up being an
anti-Valentine’s Day piece. Or maybe it
will be a collage of Valentine’s Days. I
tend to do okay writing collages. That
is how I put together my pieces for the What Were the
Sixties Really Like? shows I was honored to be in.
Rehearsals for the play begin this Monday. I am excited.
I’ve never
played a high school principal before. I enjoy new acting challenges. I’ve played a socialist gardener, a Latina
nanny, a corporate mole, a psychic and somewhat crazy woman, a homeless woman,
a neglectful mom, a prostitute, a prostitute mother of a prostitute, a good
mom, a mom catching her young adult son with a one-night-stand, a prisoner, a
substitute teacher, a soldier, a Bible-toter, a nurse, a crack addict, an ex-wife,
one of the women in Vagina Monologues,
but never a high school principal.
After I read the script, I felt encouraged by future female
playwrights.
This one is Leslie Huynh.
Upcoming
appearances:
- · Saturday, 2/10/2018 Comedy at the Days of Wild music happening at Starving Artist Café on City Island 8pm
- · Wednesday, 2/14/2018 Reader at a special Valentine’s Day event at the Green Pavilion in Brooklyn 7pm
- · Saturday, 2/17/2018 Comedy at the Days of Wild music happening at Starving Artist Café on City Island 8pm
- · Thursday, 3/1/2018 Acting in “Passing” at the New Playwrights One-Act Play Festival at the Lovinger Theatre on the campus of Lehman College 7pm
- · Friday, 3/2/2018 Acting in “Passing” at the New Playwrights One-Act Play Festival at the Lovinger Theatre on the campus of Lehman College 7pm
- · Friday, 3/9/2018 Comedy in Funny Underground Comedy Krew show at Broadway Comedy Club 7pm
Mindy, this is fantastic!!
Susan, thank you. Unfortunately, I couldn't make the Valentine's Day event. Just wasn't feeling well. I feel badly for letting Evie down.
Mindy, I'm sorry you couldn't make it. I hope things worked out OK with Evie, and that you are feeling better! How is your prose writing? Let's email about that.