Hello Friends, Family and supporters of all sorts!

This is my latest project. It's an adaptation of William Shakespeare's As You LIke It

It's devised and performed by me and the incomparable Sara Zimmerman. You may have seen Sara in my last piece, Seeing Inside at St. Ann's Warehouse, Figment or The Lost Circus. Or maybe you saw her in my play, fig. a: The Heart, at UC Davis back in 2007. We've been having a marvelous time creating this piece and I'm very proud of what we've created so far.  Marte Ekhougen (who designed the puppets for Seeing Inside) has been giving us puppet and scenic design inspiration and we've had Eva Burgess (who directed me in Mythellaneous and The Last American Cowboy) come in a few times to give us her perspective, as well. And we just met Mia Bednowitz who is designing our lovely costumes but we feel lucky to have her already.

We're taking the show to the Chicago Fringe Festival (Aug 30- Sept 6) and then to the Wilmington Fringe Festival (Sept 28-30.) After which, we hope to continue to tour to schools. 

BUT IS THERE AN OFFICIAL DESCRIPTION OF THIS THING?!

So glad you asked. Here it is:

A two-woman adaptation of Shakespeare’s As You Like It, As We Like It features music, puppetry, dance and wrestling. Celia and Rosalind devise sports and play pretend. They take on all the roles, including themselves, as they work through love and their Daddy issues. The text is exclusively Shakespeare’s but the show belongs to Rosalind and Celia. These debutantes play games.

BUT WHY DO YOU NEED MONEY?!

We raised enough for development purposes, but tickets to Chicago and Wilmington don't buy themselves. Postcards don't design or print themselves. Neither do posters. Not yet anyway. And Stage Managers don't pay themselves, either. Lodging doesn't provide itself. (At least most of the time.)  And a play cannot yet document itself. 

Also, we need some pretty swank dresses. And those things aren't cheap.

CAN I HELP WITHOUT DONATING?

Yes, please! One thing you can do is make yourself a page just like this and get other people to donate. Just click on JOIN THE TEAM and say whatever you'd like on your very own fundraising page.  

Or just send love. Or your enthusiasm. Or ribbons. It's looking like we need a lot of ribbon.