Yes I am working on it. Fran and I took a break because of our other commitments. If anyone knows of theatre companies who wouldn't mind helping us develop this piece, please let me know.
So, we are working on it. Slowly. Every now and then I wonder if it is really important for me to d this one-woman show. And then I remember some advice a fellow actor and also a solo show writer and performer gave me. He said, "this will happen. There will be times when you will doubt the importance of your own work. But don't let it stop you. If for nothing else do it because it is an exercise that will test you as a performer and you will learn a lot". I try to follow his advice. Thank Leon Trey.
I wonder if I have share much about the content of the show. Well it is about being female, being brown and confronting the world we live in. My target audience is teenagers. I want to engage them in a dialogue about evaluating the images the media puts out everyday and how they have a choice about what they absorb. Body image is an important factor, especially for women, and most especially as women grow older. But the trigger of all the body image issues happens in teenage years.
I hear women older than me, younger than me and my age- all of them complaining about their bodies. Including myself. I would like to help stop this self-flagellation. That's what the One-Woman show is for. Wish me luck!
I saw this play by Sheema Kermani, it was one-woman act and I was blown away by her performance. I did a review of that on Karachi Metroblogs too. Good luck for yours!
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