NOTES FROM THE WRITER/DIRECTOR
This show is a dream come true.
There isn't much to say that I haven't said 100 times before.
I began writing this show in 2018. I have been attending Renaissance Faires as a guest for almost two decades and I wanted to create a show I would want to see at a faire. This show is my love letter to a place that stole my heart and made me feel seen.
I wrote this for a ren faire audience and it's still strange to me to do it for "normies". I'm never quite sure if they get it. Rennies - this is my love letter to you and to a place where I feel I belong. This is for you and because of you.
The show did not come into being until 2023. It was a long road with a lot of setbacks. It took me quite a bit of time to just decide to do the damn thing, no matter what. Thank you to Rachel Strickland for lighting that fire. This exists in no small part because of you. Thank you to Jeffrey Dolenar for telling me to just do it myself when I thought I couldn't.
I set this show aside for a long time and came back to it in 2021 when I was going through a breakup that devastated me. So thanks to that loser for setting me free and giving me trauma that makes me funny.
This suddenly became a feminist piece when I rewrote it in 2021 with a breakup fueling my creative process. I originally started working on this show with two male clowns in 2020. It is because I had time to walk away and return to it with a different perspective that two women play the clowning roles. Now, I could not imagine it any other way. Things take time for a reason. Let them.
The time I have spent with this show has been the most joyful time of my life. It has given me a strength and confidence I never knew I had. I am eternally grateful for every moment I get to spend working on this piece of theatre. I do not take any of it for granted. I am blown away that it has lasted for as long at it has. Two and a half years is no easy feat.
Thank you to my cast mates, Audrey and Julie, for sticking with me when things get hard. Thank you for the years of creative play. It's easy for a thing to get stale after so long but we continue to find ways to make this new again and keep it fun. Thank you for trusting me and being willing to take risks. Thank you for understanding the assignment - "How can we make it stupider?"
I cannot say enough about how much love I have for all the people who have spent time creating this show with me. Showing up to laugh with my cast has pulled me through one of the darkest times of my life.
Our rehearsal space is sacred and stupid. I love you all more than I could ever hope to express. I wrote this show but you gave it life. It is as much yours as it is mine.
Thank you for being here.
