Look, just as much as anyone else you ask, I thought "One woman show? How self-indulgent!"
And then...I wrote one.
About three years ago, I began to write my thoughts down. What began as memories and confessions of my growing up turned into a one-woman show called "Someone Between". It took it's first breath on stage as a staged reading as part of Concordia University's Art Matters Festival in 2008. I was pleasantly surprised by the audience's reaction and thought, "maybe there's something to this". The play premiered in full at Le Monument National under the direction of Milena Buziak and it has been invited to present at several institutions and festivals across Montreal, such as Centaur Theatre's Annual Wildside Festival in 2010.
It's been 3 years now that I've put it aside. I guess I needed some space from myself. I've always felt that I would return to it when the impulse came, when the need to speak the story came again. And for one reason or another, the time is now.
This blog is about my journey back into this story I've created years ago. It's being remounted with new direction by Andrea Thring (Actress, Director and Drama Therapist) and will premiere in Toronto in the Fall of 2013. I'll be sharing as openly and honestly as I can during this process as I dive back into rehearsals, fight with my new director and hesitantly share with you some good and some embarrassing behind the scenes photos and videos along the way. I'll lay bare my real moment-to-moment thoughts on this whole crazy journey for you all to mock.
As I do this, I encourage you to engage with me. Comment on the blogs and share them. Let me know what you think. Let's have a conversation. Even better, I encourage you to write your stories down. You just never know what they will transform into. Maybe a book, a blog, a screenplay, a play?
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Here we go...
Until next time,
Chantria
