Awesome sauce!

I had the amazing experience of being a performer in THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES.  It was a liberating and wonderful experience.  The audiences were amazing.  They were engaged and respectful and involved.  There was no fourth wall with this show and it was a treat being able to interact with the audience with my monologues and even more of an experience.  It was more than a blast to deliver straight to the audience if you were having a conversation with them.  WOW.
In the whole process, I have gained the friendship of a cast of wonderful women.  I am blessed to have an amazing director that has become a wonderful friend.  She's a kindred spirit of sorts and I have gained a true friend with my dearest N.  I hope to collaborate with her on more projects but to also have fun and adventure in the process.

The Vagina Monologues have been life changing for many women.  It fell into my lap right when I needed to use my voice.  It is pretty easy for me to sing a song and tell a story through a classic song.  But it has been a very long time since I spoke on stage.  I have done it, but not in a very long time.  I thought that this would be more than a wonderful way to speak again.  Plus, I haven't been able to be an advocate for women in a very long time and my inner GRRRLL felt like it needed to come out.
I was chosen to do two monologues and the group readings.  The first, MY ANGRY VAGINA, was the one that I wanted to interpret.
 http://vaginamonologues.missouri.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/My-Angry-Vagina.pdf
It's well written and takes the audience on a ride. I took it to a new place.  Some actresses have kept the anger all the way to the end.  As for me, I took the audience down with me to let them see even though I am angry, I am still a sensitive woman.
In fact, I always break down in the same place.  I talk about the monologue and the end and I get emotional just talking about the ending.  I made it very much mine.
The other was called RECLAIMING CUNT.
YEP, I went there.
But instead of making it seem like a rah rah cheer and feminist rally cry, I made it lyrical as if I were singing a song.
But I got this wonderful card from my friend, N.
and in it I'd like to share what she said...
And wow! What courage you brought to this production!  You not only stepped out of your comfort zone, but you threw yourself!  So beautiful and inspiring.   The pure, raw honesty that you brought to MY ANGRY VAGINA and RECLAIMING CUNT shine through with the power of the sun and radiate all over with your touch.  Its a glow of humanness in all its gritty masterful and candid glory. People don't have a choice but to connect with you.  Amazing and so powerful!

I went out of my zone, but I knew that I needed to speak for women.  Women who thought all of these things in their heads but didn't ever dare speak them out loud.
I keep hearing and people tell me I shine... and I am finally believing it.
and than you my dear friend, N.... here's to the future!