 You're good. Thank you. Oh, you're tight. Oh, thank you. I'm gonna do it like this. Yeah, I'll do it like this. Uh... Uh... Uh... Uh... Uh... You're good. All right. Thank you. Oh okay. You're okay. Thank you. Yeah. No, I can't do that one. Yeah. I'm gonna go. I'm gonna do it like this. Uh... Uh... I can't do that one. Uh... I can't do that one. Yeah, this looks good. How are you doing Bruce? She's not going to make it tonight. She's been through basketball. Artistic director of the women of play by the age of over 65. We're based in New York and we partner with playwright and community-specific theaters all around the country. We invite artists living and working in those communities to engage in our process. We ask writers to engage in the playmaking process. We don't tell them what to write about. Instead, we look at what themes and ideas emerge throughout the collective consciousness. We figure out how to highlight those themes. So any themes, connections, ideas that you see on stage tonight and multiple plays are totally organic and sort of reflecting of where these artists now at this place in time and then there's our way of saying to you, here's where we are in your 70 pulses of storytelling that sort of speak to that. We are here working with Actors Express, one of my personal favorite theaters. We come to all 13 cities that I go to. We're really happy to be back here for a second year and I'd like to turn it over to Kevin to talk about what is up here at Actors Express this year. Alright, we at Actors Express are closing our 25th anniversary season. This is our seminar on stage for our weekend and then we're launching into the 26th season. Very excited about that. Check out our website for more information. Actors Express does contemporary, smart, sexy, stirring theater in Atlanta. And thank you all for joining us and thank you Dominic for bringing all these. And one whole time. We are streaming live right now on the New Play TV. Dominic is HowRoundTV at NewPlayTV.info We are live streaming to people all over the world. The archive will be available after tonight's performance review any time for the rest of the time. And we'll play the info in the hashtag 1-n-p-f folder. It's about further ado. Up to watch every play going. This message brought to you by The Internet. X-T-W-X-T The honest to God no bullshit truth is there is almost no limit to what I can do or what I can be if I would wash the dust of daily distractions from my body and revel in the miracle that is you, me and this world. Problems most don't. They were depressed because they couldn't realize their dream of forming a dance troupe. It's bad for dancing being wobbly like that. But I told them, don't you let anything get in the way of your dreams. So we created dance on top of over. And then we booked a place over on Cheshire Bridge. Opening night. Hundreds of fired up dance lovers. All men believe you're nuts. We take it to heart. I shouldn't have to pay you. When you tell us we're worthless. David Foster Wallace. We start to believe you. Amy Winehouse. Amy Suicides. So, the next time you insult an artist, ask yourself. Mark Rothfield, Virginia Woolford, Richard Brodigan, Diane Arvitz, Tony Scott, fellows. Artists starve. They suffer. That's part of your thing, right? How much blood do you want on your hand? Oh, that was crack of the glaze. The couple found a bright sooner or later. It decreased in mood. There was a break in the chip of the row. One that isn't all bright and gentle. A list of things to do. My kitchen. It may get delicious. Isn't it good, honey? Or something, you know? Like a need. Like an addiction. And I wanted to hear those bad things. Those terrible little happenings all over the place. Like a wave of little nightmares. But then it started to stay in my head. Like, me hearing it all the time. And I know how it sounds. And now think of it. 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Glad that I'm here. Watching the skirts. You start to flirt. Now you're in gear. Wanted superior aggravated. Push for you. Heat. I can get you off in the car. I have hyperbole metacons. For feet. Two cups of coffee to reduce the risk of stroke. A friend coming. I'll take it. I'll take it. I don't think you're going to make it. Obviously. Let me squeeze past him. Honour. Between a man and a woman. It's God's law. Not my son. He couldn't have done this. We raised him right. Torped it. Isn't that a negative word? It's a negative color. It's off-white. It's the color of a post apartment. My hysteria. That is cobalt blue. Who names these colors anyway? My bedroom with Steven was that exact color. And when I left him, I painted my bedroom nutmeg brown because it was the furthest thing I could think of away from that goddamn blue. And now brandy has ruined my color. So no brown, no blue. Dustin's living room. That's not burgundy. That's more of a barn dress. Michael's man cave. I'm going to scream. Something that doesn't remind me of my past mistakes. You have fucked your way through an entire color spectrum rat. A new start. The same old rules don't apply anymore. You might find that the man of your dreams has been in front of you all this time. Maybe like a leaf green. Go with torped. You're made for torped. I just didn't want to anymore. James has to focus on his studies and his life. I'm going to get into UCSB. Or UGA. Or tech. UCSB, any hope of getting into tech is going to buckle down. I would like for him to meet a nice girl and give me lots of grandbabies. Lots of grandbabies. Mark's no. I'm not joking. I'm Jim. Nice to meet you. Oh, don't make me talk, but no need to worry. He's not gay. James, lose my number. And that closet you tried to hide me in, come out of it. Who's nice to meet you? See, Ezreal gets it. Bullshit. You're just jealous, Michael. We are all people to God. Bullshit. Scuts. You are such a kiss-ass, Gabby. Let him stay. No. You love him. I love his use of blue. That means we know nothing about their experiences. It doesn't matter. Every child needs to be loved and nurtured. We can give them that. Would they be better off here stacked by sardines in a storage unit? I'll be this summer. How about this one? Oh, so cute. It'll be right in my pocket. Oh, this one. Ooh, love her. Got a little sad. You go, girl. I love that. I don't know. Just think, Sunday, one might become president. Think about this. Like that little bit of... And the kids, like the ones who saw it, they signed the fucking shoebox. Dear God. I didn't know. It was my room and I didn't even know. I didn't even sign it. And your parents? They didn't know either. At least that's what they're saying. What do you mean, like what they're saying? Why would they lie? I think we should have. Should have what? Should have known. Probably. But we didn't. Have the talk. Maybe you are the fucking... You know what the talk is? Your mom and sisters have the talk. A long talk. A very long talk. And I'm supposed to ask, what do you know? Because they talk about this at school, though. About the good stuff. You don't really need to explain it in great detail. But because it's a good school, isn't it? Which is why I send you that. Which is why I support whatever it is they're teaching you. Because when I was young, we had to figure things out our own. If at all. But now the world is more open. And this sort of communication was never available to me. But it is always available to you. It is never understood. Because if it is, I let you get back to your game. And I'll tell your mom we had a... I just think you know that. We're on the same team. They should give everybody a chance to play, right? I mean, it's just a game. Yeah. But they want to win. We thought we were only friends. But I'm still paralyzed with love for you. This is the best part of my day sitting here alone. So desperate for you that I know you're just about to come around the corner. Jane. You've forgotten me by now. Jane. I... Tom, I said no. Three. Two. Maybe. Deal. Four things you won't take back. But I know that you couldn't. A person who won't shut you... My thing. Of course. It was your best one yet. See ya. Forget failure and advance Alzheimer's. You still want to remove his colon and put it on diastasis. Emergency CPR will be performed after the next code blue. Even though he is technically dying. We're determined to save your father's life using every technological virtuosity possible. By inserting a feeding tube, causing him even more pain, not taking into account his labor breathing, or the fact that he can't really handle sustenance right now. Granted, food would be cruel. But why, I'm asking, are we painfully keeping a life alive that's ultimately going to die anyway? Because we could. Well then no. No. Absolutely no. I'm sorry, Ted. That's no quality of life. Go blue! 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