Mimosa’s getting a workshop! Mimosa’s getting a workshop! Mimosa’s getting a workshop!
A two-week process beginning June 1st and culminating in a presentation on Saturday, June 13th as part of The Finger Lakes New Works Festival in Ithaca, New York.
Have you heard? MIMOSA’S GETTING A WORKSHOP!
Guess what? MIMOSA’S GETTING A WORKSHOP!
MIMOSA, THE DISOBEDEINT PLANT, IS GETTING A WORKSHOP!*
A two-week process beginning June 1st and culminating in a presentation on Saturday, June 13th as part of The Finger Lakes New Works Festival in Ithaca, New York.
Extraordinary!
Our Director is the wonderful Jen-Pearcy Edwards. Also on the team are Robin Guiver doing puppetry and movement, and Dan Jones, Puppetry Designer and Fabricator. They are both extraordinary. (Think the Wicked movies, The Star Wars Franchise, New Victory Theatre, etc). Check out The Finger Lakes New Works website and read their bios if you don’t believe me or want to know more!)
Extraordinary!
Our M.D. is the fabulous Jeremy Pletter. We also have a choreographer, dramaturg, and A.D! What a joyous party it’s going to be! And I am beyond honored and delighted that so many brilliant artists will be lending their talents, vision and playfulness to this process.
Extraordinary!
And perhaps most extraordinary of all? Most of these artists are parents. Which, frankly, moves me to tears. We have three women who are moms on this creative team! As well as a dad, and dad-to-be!
Jen and Robin have three kids at home. Courtney has three kids. I have three kids (grown), and three young grandchildren whom I see virtually every day. And Danny, my collaborator, is about to have a kid and will be a new dad when this process begins.
Finally, I must acknowledge that none of this would be happening were it not for the incredible Courtney Young-Socher, Executive Artistic Director and co-founder of the Festival. I don’t know how Courtney does it. Teaching. Directing. The Festival. And children at home.
Extraordinary!
Life is extraordinary.
*Suddenly I’m hearing, “The Prince is having a ball!” Inside musical theatre references are allowed on my website.
Danny Ursetti
Jen Peary-Edwards
Robin Guiver
Returning to Ithaca
In five days, I head to Ithaca to begin rehearsal for a staged reading of The Girl Who Cried Different.
The last time I was in Ithaca was in 1983. I had just graduated from law school. My sister was graduating from Cornell. We both needed to get back to Chicago. The plan? I was to pack up my stuff, collect her and her stuff, and then we were to drive home together.
In five days, I head to Ithaca to begin rehearsal for a staged reading of The Girl Who Cried Different.
The last time I was in Ithaca was in 1983. I had just graduated from law school. My sister was graduating from Cornell. We both needed to get back to Chicago. The plan? I was to pack up my stuff, collect her and her stuff, and then we were to drive home together.
I didn’t have a car, so I borrowed someone’s grandmother’s car. I hitched up a U-Haul trailer, loaded my belongings, and set off. I hadn’t gone far when the car broke down in the middle of nowhere. Pre-cellphones. Eventually, a tow truck came along. It was a weekend. The driver told me no one would be able to look at the car until the following week.
I had to get to Ithaca. My sister was getting kicked out of her place. I called the guy who loaned me the car and gave him the name of the service station and town where his grandmother’s car was to be towed. Then I called U-Haul. They sent someone with a U-Haul truck. We transferred my belongings into the truck, and off I went.
I don’t remember a thing about Ithaca, or packing up my sister’s stuff, or the ride home.
I will remember Ithaca this time. I’m not going to do a chore. I’m going to make art! Also, while I know our director, Courtney Young Socher, I don’t know anyone in the cast. I don’t know the space. And the book is so recently revised I can’t say I know it either — even though I’m the one that wrote it. I can’t wait to see what happens.