November 19, 2005
Plays of Paraguay
Tonight we are closing “Ripped Dress” and “La Pruebera Makes a Good Day”. For any of you who don’t know, Shawn plays a transvestite in La Pruebera, and I play a poor Paraguayan mother
It has been one hell of a tough show to produce, because it was student written and deals with issues and cultures that none of us really get. For instance, my big secret from my son is that I sell herbal remedies at a street market for a living. How shameful!
Anyway, I guess that it has been received well. We have packed houses every night. The Kennedy Center Theater Festival Judges were there, and they nominated me for the Irene Ryan Scholarship. I have to go up to Fargo in January to compete in rounds of auditions for the scholarship money. I’m looking forward to spending a week in January in North Dakota. Fun times.