I have no good excuse. But I do want to report on what has been happening with the play. Things have been going so well!
We did our reading in LA at the Zephyr Theater… and it was an amazing success. The team of people who work at the Zephyr and for the Zephyr Reading Series were so wonderful. They made the entire experience so easy. We flew in (Sarah, Rachel, Aaron and I) to LA and did a couple of days of rehearsal before the actual reading. The big news of the weekend was that Phoebe Gloeckner was coming to see the reading! (oh my god… everyone went into a bit of a panic) She was flying in and it would be her first taste of the play. It was a bit intimidating, I’ll admit. But so exciting.
So, the reading was packed to the gills (that’s a phrase right?) and there was a ton of anticipation in the room. And the whole thing flew by like a whirlwind. But through it all I could see Phoebe leaning in from the audience. But that could mean a lot of things. Turns out- it was a good leaning in. She really loved it. AMAZING! (don’t believe me? check out her blog here: www.ravenblond.com) She and I spent the next afternoon together and talked about her experience of seeing her beloved book up on the stage. She was so generous and complimentary. It was more than I could have ever expected. And then she and I went back to her hotel room… the exact hotel room in which Janis Joplin died (not a coincidence of course). I was with this amazing woman who I so admire, paying tribute to another amazing woman we both admire. It was one of the best days.
