I cannot fully express how much I love this play.
How much I love this character.
How much I love being in a room full of incredible women.
Sometimes art and life collide in such a beautiful way, and this is one of those moments.
I’m a lucky girl.
Alien Girls
@theoldglobe
Running until May 10th
Written by @amyrberryman
Directed by @jakibradley
(Amazing production shots by @richsoublet2 !!)
This may still be one of my favorite pics I’ve ever taken of my best friend.
Our first trip together, in London.
A perfect encapsulation of the way she looks at those she loves.
Heart open, soul ready to hold what needs to be held
You are my sister. Forever. We are all so lucky to know you today and every day. Happy birthday to the beautiful fiery witchy gremlin that is @meredithgarretson
I ADORE YOU
Alien Girls begins performances tonight! 👽💛
This one is for to the besties who know and love the real you. They’re out of this world.
🎟️ at TheOldGlobe.org
Feeling loved on this birthday
Lucky to spend it with my parents for the first time in years
Lucky to spend it rehearsing a show I care deeply about
Lucky to be loved by people I admire and respect and hold in the highest of esteem and awe
Lucky that every year I feel closer and closer to Little Britt, the silliest gremlin out there, and that brings me immense IMMENSE joy
💕💕💕
I fell in love for the 1st time
And the 2nd time
In Minneapolis
(I had my heart broken for the 1st and 2nd time too.)
I let my relaxed hair grow out
And decided to go natural
I felt like a failure and success as an actor
Read a review that leveled me
That led me to quit music theatre
That led me to apply to grad school-
An experience that changed my life.
It was the first time I'd worked with
So many Black artists
First time having a Black director.
I got my Equity card there
After doing school tours,
Sitting in the back of a van during an ice storm
Feeling the wind move the car from side to side,
Thinking (Fearing) I'm not in AZ anymore.
I moved to Mpls during a blizzard,
Lived with a woman whom I'd never met before
Who gave me a space away from home.
I lived in theatre housing, new friends' extra rooms, basements of friends of friends.
I learned how to be an artist.
I met incredible women
Strong
Funny
Tender
Open-hearted Midwest women
That taught me the meaning of sisterhood-
And sisterhood has saved me
From that time forward
Again and again.
I've laughed and cried in so many rooms
On so many street corners
In so many karaoke bars
And gay bars
And theatre bars.
And now.
I have a pain in my chest
That mimics the one first felt
During those first heartbreaks.
It seems only fitting for NYC to be as icy as it is right now
To be reminded of the first time I stepped into that house in Mpls
To escape a winter blizzard.
A storm is now brewing.
I can't help but be shaken by the terror
Havocking those beautiful streets and people that shaped me.
But I also can't help but notice the community.
I can't help but find a kind of solace
In those who have come to the aid of neighbors.
And in Minneapolis it feels like everyone is your neighbor.
A city forged in resilience.
People who recognize the resonance from 5 years ago
Have come together yet again
Have learned to gather, to witness, to attest
To be the record-keepers
The loggers for our history.
To remember when others choose to forget.
And I hope
I ask
That you all can stand up for our neighbors just down the way
Witness the community building
Send resources
Share their stories
From our brilliant writer @jameswebsterstull :
“I wrote my utopias over the past few years while considering the demand of reordering society- its promise and peril. The play takes seriously the idea that theater can enact the kind of culture we want to build, not merely reflect it. Perhaps because of that, my utopias is also a potluck, and you are welcome to bring a homemade dish to share in lieu of purchasing a ticket.”
Eat with us.
Commune with us.
Very lucky to be in this room.
CAMERA ROLL DEVELOPED
(I don’t remember who took the first photo but thank you for making me feel like Eartha Kitt 🐈⬛💅🏾🫦)
✨friendship✨
I could only tag 20 people, blame Insta
What’s better than being directed by a woman? Being directed by TWO WOMEN. And such kind, talented, intelligent women at that! Congrats @lucypwrs and @delilah_constanza , this entire filmmaking team and cast. This was such a blast to work on. We made a movie!
Hi @woodstockfilmfestival ! 👋🏾👋🏾
Late to posting this, but that is not an indicator of my LOVE for this book. Even if I wasn’t so fortunate to get to narrate this, I would still have read it by choice. Go read/listen/absorb EVERYTHING from Megan Giddings (@newwavehauntedhouse ); black characters full of lyricism, softness, complexity in a grounded, sci-fi/magical/otherworldly realm…what more could you ask for?
And thank you to @mandi_ogle for trusting me with this one!
Go sit at a bar or walk in a park and read/listen to a book! Any book! Books are amazing!
@harperbooks@amistadbooks
