Notes on the Show

This show has been rattling around in my brain for 10 years. Originally, the idea came to me when I was living in LA. I was in the thick of learning how to pole dance and, as I improved my skill set, I started seeing stories in my choreography. It felt like each piece was it's own little short film. I thought, "Huh, you could build a show like that."​​​​​​​

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CoVid, with all it's horrors, gifted me the next piece of the puzzle. At home and unemployed, my anxiety turbo charged my creativity. Dancing was the most effective outlet for processing the chaos of the spring of 2020.

It was also during this time, March of 2020, that a piece of junk mail slid under my door with a handwritten letter from my neighbor. That letter changed my life and provided the story that ultimately became this one woman show. 

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A few years ago, I watched a documentary called 14 Peaks about a Nepalese mountaineer, Nirmal Purja, who was attempting to climb all of the worlds 8,000 meter peaks in 6 months. After watching that documentary, I tripped and fell down the rabbit hole of mountaineering and rock climbing documentaries; Dawn Wall, Meru, Free Solo, Reel Rocks, The Alpinist. I devoured everything I could find. In all of these films, I saw people, slowly, methodically, doing impossible things. It dawned on me that, my ambitions were different, but there was no reason why I couldn't do my impossible things. 

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Several years ago, I started.

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I found an aerial coach, the amazing Sofia Rodriguez. I found a personal trainer, Grace Rockwell. I started training my body and my movement skill set. I had established WILD Productions and was producing semi-annual shows- so I used those performance opportunities to practice building pieces and test my endurance. I started pulling together a script from phone notes, journal entries, and documents where I'd written things down. I sent edits to people I trusted. I met with them for coffee and talked about the script. I reached out to Tim Grant, would he be willing to direct? I started taking voice lessons.

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In January, Tim and I started meeting every Thursday, building out the blocking of the show. I increased my cardio workouts to manage the demand. I learned my lines by walking around my neighborhood, saying them out loud to myself. I filmed rehearsals and watched them back. Slowly, but surely, this idea I had 10 years ago became a show I could watch on my phone.​

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And now, here you are, watching an impossible thing. If you take nothing else from this show, I hope you leave wondering, "What impossible thing could I do?"

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