 Hello, and welcome, everyone. Thanks for coming. I'm John Smalley, a librarian with San Francisco Public Library's General Collections and Humanities Center. While we're waiting for everyone to arrive, I'm going to share a few announcements about upcoming literary events and some information about free COVID tests. And then I'm going to turn the microphone over to the director and the creator of the Fresh Play Sunday reading series, Kayla Minton Kaufman. So I'm going to share my screen with you. This month, San Francisco and our library celebrate Chanel Miller's bestselling memoir, Know My Name. Chanel Miller is an artist as well as an author, and she currently has an exhibit up at the Asian Art Museum, which is next door to the San Francisco Public Library's main library. She'll also be giving an author's talk in March. The San Francisco Public Library is also celebrating Namwali Surpell's acclaimed novel, Old Drift, which is a fantastic imagining of Zambian history, past and future. On Tuesday, January 19, SFPL hosts a panel of distinguished Black crime writers who will be discussing the history and future of the genre. Later this week on Thursday, January 21, our library is hosting the poet and internationally recognized filmmaker, Lynn Sacks, who will be leading a two-part combination poetry reading, film screening, and poetry writing workshop. Lynn currently has a 20-film retrospective at the Museum of the Moving Image in New York. And it's rumored we will have a special guest, the artist, Ann Hamilton. This Saturday, January 23, our library is celebrating the life of the Puerto Rican poet and also co-founder of the New Yorkerikan Cafe in New York, New Yorkerikan Poets Cafe, Miguel Algarine. The New Yorkerikan Cafe is famous for presenting poetry, especially slam poetry. It's also famous for its theater productions, for which it won an OB Award, and musical performances. So at this event, we are expecting authors, artists, and friends of Miguel's family. They'll all be participating, so we hope you can join us. You have probably heard of SFPL to go, but if you haven't, the library is once again making it possible to borrow books, CDs, DVDs, even magazines. It's a curbside service, which means you can pick up or return items to the main library or one of the nine branches that are open, but you'll need to reserve materials over the phone or computer before you show up. Lastly, as you all know, we're still in the midst of a raging pandemic, so please remember to wear your masks when you're out and about. And the city of San Francisco offers free COVID tests to anyone who lives or works in San Francisco. For more information, go to the website, sf.gov, slash citytestsf. I'll put that information in the chat. So now without further ado, I'd like to turn the microphone over to the director and also the creator of the Fresh Play Sunday Reading series, Kayla Minton Kaufman. Thanks so much, John. So excited to be here. Hi, Zoom friends and YouTube live friends. I'm really excited to be bringing this back. We back in the olden days used to do this live and in the library, which was so lovely, but it's also so lovely that we get to do it virtually with all of you here. So basically, we're just going to dive right in. The program is we're going to be reading a really fabulous new play. And then afterwards, we will host a little Q&A where the playwright and actors will be there. So first of all, if everybody could, I think everybody has this happening right now, but just making sure that your video and audio are both turned off. That's in the bottom left-hand corner of Zoom. And keeping those off throughout the presentation, but then for the Q&A, we would love to have you join us. And also for your best viewing experience, I would recommend that you go up to the top bar under Zoom.us, click preferences, go to video, and then click the checkbox that says hide non-video participants. So again, that's going to your bar at the top, clicking the Zoom.us, going to video, and clicking the checkbox for hide non-video participants. That's going to be the most fun for you and for us. And it'll help you focus on who is actually speaking instead of having to scroll through the gallery and trying to figure out who you're supposed to be looking at. So that is about it, I think. So thank you so much for joining us. And we are going to dive right in to a new play called Straight Nonsense by Lindsay K. Ford. God, these brownies are like sex. Judith, my dear, you are bordering on the obscene. Do give it a rest. Apart in my forwardness, there has been a considerable amount of time since I have been given the privilege of creating culinary art for the annual PTA bake sale. And I'll be gosh darned if I don't let myself enjoy it. So if you please, Ellen, do let me have my fun. I just don't see what's so exceptional about baked goods. Why, the texture, the just right amount of spongy moistness just necessary to make a red velvet tart truly velvety. I simply don't have time to worry about my crumbling marriage in the face of such a delectable treat. So sorry, what? Like I said, the simply scrumptious texture adds such a baby's brownies help you forget about your marriage. Well, yes. Well, why didn't you say so, Judith dear? Oh my, I am not sure. I like the sound of your tone. Spread the wealth, dear Judith. I simply must know what you mean by that spongy texture. Ellen, darling, you do know that these brownies are for the bake sale. Surely the bake sale can spare five or six. There's only eight in the bunch. All the more to increase the value of the remaining two. Well, now I am certain I don't like your tone. Now, Ellen. Judith, I fear you're beginning to sound quite selfish. Please do remember what we learned in Pastor Sean's sermon on Sunday. That is downright rotten of you using the Lord's name to justify your senseless greed. Did the good Lord not spread his wealth? I'm certain you wouldn't know, as I'm quite sure I didn't see you in mass this Sunday. How dare you? Furthermore, Pastor Sean wasn't even preaching. It was Pastor James. Who knows brownies? Stay away from my baked goods. Brownies won't save your disaster of a marriage, Ellen. I've heard all the stories. So you do know. Everyone knows I'm ruined. Oh, Ellen. I didn't mean to miss mass this week. I was merely distraught. You understand? Oh, Ellen, there's nothing to be done. Not even baked goods can prevent your husband's infidelity. Who are mines? Maybe not, but a shorter hemline might. Sorry, I just I got to interject. It feels irresponsible not to. I mean, I get that you've got this whole brownie gal pal housewife thing going. And it's very cute. And I get it. Love it. Super cute. But I just did you just say your husband was cheating on you. Am I ballparking this? Heavens. Because I'm not trying to be like a dick. But to me, that's kind of bigger than this PTA brownie thing. I don't know. This is all deeply bizarre. I'm just trying to be a good person. I kind of just been hearing this. And I don't know if. No, no, no, quite all right. What I see here is a young person in need of guidance. I feel like that's a misread of the situation. My dear, you as you have so deathly observed, marriage is quite a challenging ordeal. One can't simply take issue with every dalliance that is to say every stray Instagram DM of one's husband. I mean, yes, you can. Oh, my god. Is this is this a lesbian moment? Oh, my god. They prepared me for this, but I really thought they were kidding. Oh, my god. This is the situation. Excuse me. And like her name is Ellen, too. What is that? Use me. Like, Ellen, the worst lesbian. And you are criminal, Ellen. What? OK, here's the deal. I'm here to be your guiding lesbian. Why? Wow. Moving right along, I am a lesbian, which, as we all know, means I'm God's favorite. And as such, I'm here to impart profound truths upon you because you are exhibiting what dykes like me like to call hetero nonsense. What? Yes, yes, I'm afraid so. But you're in good hands now. I've never once transgressed. I mean, well, I did give a man a hand job once, but I was like 16, and he was grossed on gay now, so I'm free of that. See, audacity. You guys are good with gays, though, right? Because I heard some Jesus talk earlier, so I just want to, yeah, good? OK, all right. Listen, I think I can wrap this up pretty quickly. So let me just, ooh, pretty. Mm, mm, mm, mm, mm, mm, mm. Now tell me. Oh, oh, cool. Have either of you ever had a conversation with your husbands about your crumbling marriages? Well, I hardly think that's the point. And have you discussed this with your friends? My friends are of the opinion that women should be seen and not heard. Uh-huh. Troubling. Uh-huh. I just feel that there are some things that a woman should not point out. It's not flattering. Mm, mm, mm, mm, mm. Not to worry. I think I can solve everything, so. Yo, are there breeders in here? I got this one, Melanie. Breeders? Yeah, like what the straights are always doing. Breeding and shit? No? No. Sorry. I see that you're still in a work in progress. Bachelor fan? Bachelorette. Close. Hey, can I get one of these or what? Uh-huh, actually, if you don't mind, I was hoping to save some of these for a- Go for it. No. It's for a good cause. Lesbianism is a good cause. I feel like we're getting a big sidetracked. Relax. You are in good hands. She is a pro at setting straight people straight. Although I've never given a man a ham job. I'm a 16. A man job, mess. Can we move on? I'm sorry, Jody. Judith, Judith. Ellen, I feel that there's a very simple prognosis here. You worry too much about male opinion. Men have treated you like shit your whole life and you've become resigned to it and the problem is so epidemic that all your other lady friends have resigned themselves to it and it all just becomes this gross breeder cycle from which you must find a way to free yourself. Ask for more. You deserve it. She's right. I... Wow, I guess I never thought of it that way. In simple terms, your friends are just too straight to see the issue. If I interject... As a matter of fact, let's talk about you, sweet pea. What's your damage? A man's involved? Gotta have some damage. I'm sure I do not know what you are talking about. Do you ever wear matching Halloween costumes with troubling implications like he's the plug and you're the outlet? Ooh, or he's Hugh Hefner and you're a playboy, buddy. Would he wear cargo shorts to your kid's bar mitzvah? Ooh. Communion. Does he say cryptic things about how women are more emotional? Does he refer to you as his ball and chain? Does he act like marriage is an evil trap that you somehow duped him into despite his being the one to buy the actual ring and propose? Does he wear cargo shorts? I don't know. Damn it, women, time is of the essence. Hi, sorry. Um, is this the right room? I'm looking for Judith Parker. No, no, no, no, no, no, no. Hey, hey, this is my straightie, and I am on this. You can't have both. We've each got one. The lesbian manifesto specifically states... Or is that someone in charge here that can talk to some kind of supervising officer? We delegate. Ooh. Are you Judith? I could tell. I'm getting some dark vibes over here. How familiar are you with crystal energy readings? Felicity, we've got this. Do you ever feel unlucky, underappreciated? Is it possible you have a yard in your astrological chart? What is a yard? Leftover karmic energy determined by configuration between at least three sextile points in your horoscope. I see it a lot with Jupiter's and Capricorn for some reason. Oh! I'm a Capricorn? Sorry, that was the first thing I've understood all afternoon. Do you know your moon sign? My God. What is she talking about? Oh, she's an art hoe. It's a thing. Did we date? Hmm. Do you know when you were born? What she needs to know is that she is falling into a patriarchal trap of behavior. Ikea, right? Did we meet in Ikea once in the succulent aisle? Yeah! You asked me about Huwathir. Yeah! Wow. You know, I love Huwathir. No shit. We are supposed to be assisting the streets. What difference do we have in our nonsense? This is a whole other type of nonsense. So how many cats do you have? Say more about stuff how I deserve better. You do. Are we losing the plot here? What about me? I deserve better, too. You do. I deserve a fucking brownie. Yeah, get it, Judith. Oh, but you said they were for the PTA meeting. They are for the lesbians, apparently. Hey, sorry. Judith and Ellen, right? Ellen, that's funny. Are these huts taken? Enough. Oh, awkward. We did used to date. Felicity. Danielle. I have never seen such. Right, I'm looking for. No. Do you guys validate? Also, I'm here to tell you, dump your man. I do tarot card readings. That's my thing. No, no, no, no. We do not need any more lesbians to offer their input. Everybody out. Oh, sorry. I'm not here to contribute. I just heard something about brownies for lesbians and assumed they were edible, so they're not. I said out. Why does no one care about the PTA meeting? Here, this will help rid your home of negative energy. It also releases stress and purifies the air. It's also a dildo, so they're bad. Oh, honesty, I. Oh, girl, you do not even have to tell me. You're straight, I know. Does he even eat you out? You know, I also own some rose courts. Oh, please, don't we all? I own lots of things. Do you now? And who are you exactly? Oh, my God, I hate lesbians. What's your favorite song off of Wasteland Baby? Dinner and Diatrizes? No way. What's your sun and moon rising? I was just about to ask her that. Who the hell is this? Oh, my God, get over it, Daddy. That over what? We had a Subaru together, which you have still not paid off. Oh, Leo, double Libra. The breeders, we have abandoned the breeders. Does anyone have a nail clipper? My Uber driver didn't. Your Uber driver? Right, four stars at best. I have to yell. What? Oh, I've got one in my backpack. Oh, thanks. Are you a virgin? Well, on Earth is I. Please pack it up. God damn it. You're accepting far too much lesbian activity in here. You know the rules. One psych per dyke. I knew this was going to happen. Just renewed my paperwork. Like three, a hetero is short of a straight. Enough. I'm sure I don't have to tell you, ladies, what goes wrong if this continues. The lesbian density in this is far too high in the local area. And it's threatening to collapse into singularity. So let's move. Let's go lesbians up and at them. Move, move, move. Get out. Come on. Come on. Get out of here. Let's go. And then there were none. Well, I hope you learned a valuable lesson, ladies. No, all of that. And no one even really did it. Well, not that you asked for it. But if you want my two cents, neither of you should care so much. What? You're a man problem. That's why we're all here, right? I'm just saying everybody has an opinion, but you shouldn't care so much what other people think. What's important is what you want. I know how to know what I want. So what do I do if I don't know? Well, that I can't tell you. But if you want something else, you have to use your words. I feel like breeders have all these weird rules, and they're honestly fake, and you don't have to follow any of them. You just need a new perspective. What if I don't know how to ask? Figure out a way. There are no rules. There's just words. Tell cargo shorts to start taking better care of you. Go to therapy. Stop putting up with shit and get over yourself. You have the power to get what you want. But you've got to use your words. No one can do that for you. I just don't want to be needy. Who gives a fuck? We're lesbians. We're all needy. God, these edibles are trash. They're not even. Well, that happened. It certainly did. So guess your problem is where I hit. You know what? I'm keeping it. I have all my cast members. Please come back on video and rename yourself to your real name. OK, so that was Straight Nonsense by Lindsay K. Ford. And we are now doing a short little Q&A. But we're going to begin by doing intros with everybody, including the actors and playwright. And then we will take your questions. And so if you want to start shooting them out into the chat, either on the YouTube or the Zoom, we will be keeping our eyes on both of those. So to start off, my name is Kayla. I read for Danielle and Officer 2. And I use she, her pronouns. And my fun queer fact is I really love astropoets on Twitter. I think they're great. Lindsay, do you want to introduce yourself next? Hello, hello. I'm Lindsay. I'm the playwright. My pronouns are she, her. And my fun queer fact is that I also have a deck of tarot cards. And I keep them in this very artsy little box that my roommates, who are all also lesbians, got me for Christmas. Lindsay, you're muted. But we can just popcorn to anyone. All right, we'll shoot that to Amanda. Hi, I am Amanda Bailey. I use she, her pronouns. And my fun queer fact is that I believe Aubrey Plaza's character in the happiest season deserve way more popcorn Jackie. Hi, I am Jack. My pronouns are they and them. My fun queer fact is that I'm currently cleansing a fresh deck of tarot cards. And I plan on doing several readings today. And I'll popcorn it to Raquel. Hi, everyone. My name is Raquel. And I'm queer, but I don't have a fun fact. I'll send that to Eilat. Eilat Shrek, I use they, them pronouns. But really anything non-binary is fine by me. Pick your favorite. And I played Ness in our wonderful production. And my fun queer fact is that the book I chose to be reading as per stage direction is a book of plays by Marie Irene for Ness, who is the best lesbian and a really brilliant playwright who I love very much. And on to me. Hi, there. I'm Lila now. I played Felicity, an official one. I use she, her pronouns. And my fun gay fact is this is the first play I've played a gay person. So that's kind of fun. I'll head back to Kayla. OK, yeah. I think a couple of our other actors had to dip. So I am seeing that we have one question in the chat. And the question is, how much rehearsal time did the cast have? So I will just hop on that real quick to just talk about the process and what we do with Fresh Play Sunday. So basically the thought behind it is to give a time for development and hearing aloud of new pieces. And so Lindsay basically had this already finished. There was not a lot of development. It was more just sorting out a couple lines and testing out jokes and things like that. And so for this one, I've done many a workshop series for some scripts. For this one, we did one workshop, one rehearsal, and this. So the rehearsal process was very short because the point is more to give Lindsay the playwright the opportunity to hear it aloud, which is something that playwrights don't often get in the process and is really crucial because the whole point of a play is to have it read aloud. So yeah, that's that. What was the biggest challenge for working with Zoom and how did you problem solve? Anyone want to weigh in on our Zoom experience, especially anyone who was in any of the in-person readings to compare and contrast? I felt like one of my biggest issues was figuring out where the videos go on the screen. And also, it's very different than the in-person readings because you got to feel the energy of the audience as well as your co-readers. So that was really cool. But I think it's just technical issues of being able to see where do the faces go and where do the scripts go. Yeah. And I think we just had a technical issue that one of our actors kind of dropped off video for a little bit. So you just have to kind of roll with it. And sometimes the sound drops out. And sometimes people forget to put themselves off mute. And all those fun things that you're talking to yourself are like, oh, I just delivered my line. Do I do it again? Who caught that exactly? Well, those little glitches. But it's a learning curve. I think also for a comedy like this, you want that really fast pace. You want some of that overlap. There are moments in the script where it's written in like we overlap a little. And that is much more difficult to do on Zoom than it is in real life when you can kind of sense the energy of your fellow actors and get the timing right. So timing, I think, would be the hardest thing for me as an actor on Zoom. For me, oh, sorry. Go ahead, go ahead. Yeah, yet another Zoom thing. For me, what's really tough is the large portions of the script where if you don't have a line and you're still on quote unquote on stage and finding the things to do facially and what makes sense and you really have to visualize. It's like, hey, they're walking out. I'm going to turn. It's a strange experience. I mean, I guess what I would imagine would be similar to actors working with green screen. Like, there's a dragon there. There's not really a dragon there, but you're petting a dragon. Like, that's how it feels. Yeah, I agree. I was saying in agreement to that and what I said, it's sometimes hard to know where to place your fellow actors so that the, and because everyone's placed differently on everyone's screens. So if I'm looking over here, to me, I'm looking at Kayla, but to you, it might look like I'm looking at someone else and then I'm like, who do I place who's just spoken to me? So it's kind of a mixture between camera acting and theater acting. Great. Okay, we have another question from my mom. Hi, mom. Really, really digging deep here. Who made the brownies? I think it was Ellen. Is that right? No, it's Judah. Oh my God, I'm so sorry. Wow, okay. I mean, these are chocolate graham crackers. So, you know, little theater magic for you. Yes, the theater magic of, ah, this brownie is so tasty. You know, it's a little bit harder to stretch your imagination when you're on Zoom than it is when you're in person, but thank you for going on that brownie journey with us. Another question, when will the next S feel plivvy? Wow, I feel like I planted that. I swear I didn't, but I was gonna say that later. It is March 21st and I will remind you of that again before we sign off. Okay, a couple, wow. Thank you everyone for actually sending questions. I feel like you and I sometimes you just start sitting around me like, all right, no questions. Goodbye. Oh, I yell I already answered this question, but do you wanna just answer for everybody else who might be wondering the same? Sure, so the name of the playwright I referenced is Maria Irene Fornes, brilliant Cuban American queer playwright who passed away a few years ago and had a very amazing career as a director playwright and teacher. Super, super wonderful. She should be so much more in the canon than she is, it's fine. There was also a really fabulous documentary released about her. Do you remember what it was called? It's called The Rest I Makeup. It's amazing. Great watch. Made me cry. I think anything that makes me cry is a great watch. Maybe if you have a library membership you can watch it for free on Canopy. Uh-huh, if you sign in for a library card. The world opens up when you're involved with your local library, am I right? Lindsay, what surprised you from hearing this readout loud? That's a good question. I would say it's kind of one of those weird things where I wouldn't say that I necessarily based all these characters on the lesbians that are always around me, but I would say that I took like a little pieces from everybody. So it's kind of funny because as a playwright you have sort of an idea of how you think it'll go, but then when you hear actors doing it, you're like, oh, that's even funnier than what I thought of. Or like, that's so different than what I thought. But like 10 out of 10 highly recommend having other people read your work because it's so awesome. And everyone did a really great job. So I'm very, very pleased. We're all super grateful to have been able to work on this with you. It's so fun. Which I think kind of ties into a question that I'm seeing pop up on YouTube, which is how often have each of you been doing Zoom play since COVID started, which we briefly touched on before we went live by cringing at each other. Does anyone wanna take that question on? Should we all just do a brief weigh-in on that? I mean, I'll weigh in, I haven't done many. I don't know, it's tough. It's a really tough medium to jump into. I've done, I think, three. And some went better than others. I think the bigger of a cast you have, the more complicated it gets. And trying to, and the more things you introduce like backgrounds and costume changes, it gets overwhelming and you don't get the same, I think like emotional payoff sometimes as an actor. I mean, it's a really great way to keep your skills sharp, but it can be really tough and kind of, I think, I don't know, if it doesn't go the way you want it to, it can be really like discouraging, but this went so great. This was such an amazing. This was like the perfect example of how a Zoom play reading should go, at least in my opinion. Me too, I've probably done about three or four. We have read script reading through a screenplay as well. Read some things with just friends just to hear it out loud and just to play. But yeah, I've got another one with a different company in February. And once again, short plays and a few long plays. So it's a really tricky medium. Some people kind of worry about what your background looks like or what you're wearing, where you're placing each character when you're talking to them. And some of just for fun. Once again, I agree, Amanda, it's such a tricky medium to work in. I think it's a strange relationship with the audience because we obviously can't see you, we can't hear you, we don't know whether the joke is paying off, whether you can't pause for laughs because there are no laughs. So just kind of working in this bubble. And I think it is a strange dynamic with the audience because for you, if we're delivering to camera, then it feels as if we're talking directly to you as if you're in the scene with us. And then when you're viewing it as an audience member, it's just kind of, it's a little bit disorientating because you're like, this feels really personal. And yet at the same time, I don't feel the warmth of the audience in the room. So there's that camaraderie, we kind of lose that energy. So, yeah, it's tricky. We're doing our best and I'm gonna pass to someone else. I find that I've been kind of mourning a little bit about like not being able to do plays in person. And so I feel like a part of me is like, oh, I don't want to do Zoom because then it's like, it's not what it used to be. But then as soon as you're in like a space where you see everyone as passionate and as like kind of with you, it's like, okay, this definitely heals the wound a little bit. I also find it really weird to see my own face because I'm like, I'm used to just acting to an audience or to my like fellow cast members, but like to see my own face, I'm like, oh, this is too much perception. So it kind of, it changes things a little bit and makes it feel like a different art form almost. But at the same time, like I would rather have a Zoom play than no plays at all. Like I just miss it so much. Yeah, to build on that, this is my first time like acting on Zoom, you know, I did, we did some readings earlier in the pandemic, just actually with some of the people here too, just for fun, just like getting together and reading plays. And I've done some directing on Zoom, which I find much more comfortable because I don't have to look at myself, right? There's something so weird as an actor, part of my training has been to not think about every detail of my face and where, you know, like to rather have it be about energy and where I'm sending energy and the connections I have between people instead of like, what does my angle of my face look like? Right? And I have no film training. Like this is not, this feels much more film-like in that way. But it is still such a delight to be in a room of people who love theater. Like that is just, you know, there's something, I mean, even a virtual room, there's something about that that I think is really helpful and wonderful. And also Kayla and I have been working on writing a play for Zoom, slowly, very slowly. But that has been because it's a different art form because it's not quite theater and it's not quite film. It's something weird and in between. So we've been sort of thinking about that form and how maybe there's a story that can be told with this form, you know, created for this form. Anyone else not talked about your Zoom experience? No? Great, okay, cool. Yeah, I, I thought the same experience, I think it's a, well, actually, fun fact, I really never act. This was a little unexpected. We had an actor who was not able to be a part of this up last minute. And so I jumped in. So it's weird for me to act on Zoom, but it's also just weird for me to act full stop. Yeah, I also did actually have the opportunity to direct with Theodore Rhinoceros with Jack and Lindsay, which was super fun and have been able to do some, you know, readings with friends, but I think it kind of tapered. At the beginning, we were all like, let's read plays. And then as time went on, we were just like, oh, we just need Miss Theater so much. And it kind of like reminds you of how much you miss theater. But I feel like we've kind of come full circle to a place where we're like, okay, we can see it on the horizon. Like there is the other side of the tunnels, there's somewhere. So I don't know. There's still, there's still just so much joy, even if it's not physically together to be in a virtual room with other creatives that I love and respect. And so, grateful for this. Another question. Hi, so cool to see a queer play. Ah, yes, I agree to Lindsay. I'm not sure. Lindsay, are you still there? I think Lindsay's still there. Yeah. Lindsay was slash were there any inciting experience or experiences that inspired you to write this play? You know, I wrote this play actually a couple of years ago when I was in college. And I mostly wrote it because I think that lesbians are hysterical. And I also think they're a very, very untapped resource in the field of comedy because lesbians are vile creatures and I love them so much. So in a way, I was kind of writing into like fill a void that I feel like has happened in terms of representation but I also was like, I wanna write something really funny that I don't think anyone's done before. I was also really watching like a lot of Always Sunny in Philadelphia at the time. So I have to say it probably informed the rudeness of all of these characters. But anyway, that's all I got for you. I think this other question I'm also gonna shoot at you. What's the actual setting of the play? It is in the library. The two housewives are like preparing these brownies for a PTA meeting that's meeting in the library. And Ness is just reading a book and is like, oh, so we're just gonna let that go because, yeah. Wow, so much library representation. You love to see it. Okay, another question. Was this a one act play that's part of larger work? I'm curious about the relationships of the characters. This is not part of a larger work, but I am kind of thinking about writing like a series of short plays, not necessarily about these characters, but maybe of just kind of various situations that I think are specifically happened to like queer women that a lot of people don't experience. So I'm thinking about doing that, but I don't know. I actually hadn't thought about applying this to that, but hey, maybe so maybe we'll get all the lore of all the characters. I think what's so fun about Lindsay's writing is that we have some characters who literally have like five lines, but they are so interconnected. I mean, and that's, I mean, you know, queers in the audience, you know what I'm talking about, the queer world is just so interconnected. And you'll realize that you're dating somebody who like your ex from, you know, high school realized that they, you know, came out to for whatever. Anyway, it's just a very, lots of funny connections. I think that that is very beautifully represented in this play, because they are all so interconnected even when you only get them for a brief minute, which I think is so delightful. And I think unless, last call for any questions or actors, if you have any last words that you want to express to our audiences, no, great. Okay. I'll just say keep supporting your artists and you know, come into readings and you know, it's all really appreciated. And if you can donate to your library or to the theater organization or just, you know, whatever, then you know, and stay safe out there. Oh my God. I'd hope to see you in the real world. Yeah, a couple related shout outs. There's actually, if you get the SF Chronicle today's Sunday paper, I literally just read before this has a section about imagining the arts under the new administration. I think that's a fascinating read. I think for artists and not an artist alike to just kind of imagine what it could be like if we did something crazy like funded the arts. Also, some other thoughts. TBA has a theater bay area, has a fund for artists, for artists who are struggling during this time. That's a great place to donate. They are supporting a lot of artists during this time with emergency grants. Yeah, to just reiterate what Lelang said. Like, there's anyway that you can support your local artists or your local arts organizations. A lot are really struggling to make it through to the other side. And we've already lost a lot of them. So, if you happen to have an extra quarter in your pocket there's a good place to put it. Amanda, I think you were gonna jump in and say something. Oh, I was just gonna say, thank you everybody for coming to support us. So nice. I mean, I was not expecting so many, so many audience members. That's awesome. Also, I wanna thank everybody for taking on this insane ridiculous play and making it so much funnier and so much cooler. I'm so grateful. Thank you for thinking of me and thank you for being a part of it. Great job. Yeah, thank you, Lindsay. Thank you, actors. Thank you, audience. Again, on March 21st, there's going to be another round of this and would love to have you join us. Again, and probably virtually again, but one day maybe we'll meander our way back into the library. But until then, keep checking out books. You can do that online. There's so many online books. I have ravenously devoured and it's a great time. Support your library, support your artists. Stay safe, wear a mask. You know who I'm talking to. But anyway, I love... You all are great and I appreciate you all joining. Thank you, everyone. Have a great weekend. Come back on the 21st.