Omigod.

It's getting closer to the table read. Now, I don't actually have a date set and I don't know where we will meet, but I can FEEL it. Does that count?

What's making me FEEL that is talking to some women yesterday about this - about change and growth and all of that bullshit.

I told them what I want to do and immediately heard my mom saying, "Who do you think you are, Missy?"

Well, apparently, I think I am a writer. An author. I wrote a play! Jeez that makes me a playwright. And with all those rhyming lyrics? I am a bard!

But seriously, it's HARD to change. I have had one identity forever, basically as a helper and caregiver and now this. Carole Burnett (youtube her) had this great line about giving birth...Giving birth is like taking your lower lip and forcing it over your head. 

Well, this change is like that.
Now, what made the difference in the FEELING (that this is play HAPPENING) is that I asked for help. Yesterday.

OMIGOD.

I asked an actress to help me because she has done table reads before. And poof, walla, it's gonna happen.

So yaw'l, ask for some fuckin' help!

Ebby Said - The true (musical comedy) story of the man who started Alcoholics Anonymous – and it wasn’t Bill Wilson.

Synopsis

Childhood friends despite disparate beginnings,  Ebby Thacher and Bill Wilson bond through alcohol induced adventures until their lives are both ruined by booze. Through a Christian rebirth and conversion, Ebby stops drinking and then helps Bill stop drinking. Bill adapts Ebby’s fundamental Christian guidelines to focus on alcoholism solely, thereby creating Alcoholics Anonymous which helps thousands. But Bill cannot – ultimately – help his pal Ebby, who resents the movement, and dies drunk.

But it’s funny : )

Cast

Mark -  Mark is an adult male (35-50+).  A stereotypically ethnocentric New Englander, he narrates the show with self-and-other deprecating humor. He is a soulful singer.

Bill – Bill is an adult male (plays 16 to 60). He is tall and gangly, confident yet sensitive, wounded and distant, handsome and athletic, plus a rugged tenor. Often drunk or depressed or both.

Ebby – Ebby is an adult male (plays 16 to 60) . He has a small build, but great taste. A Dapper Dan who thinks he’s a ladies man. He pretends to be confident but is insecure and needy. He can sing with backup. Often drunk and manic or both.

Lois –Lois is an adult female (plays 16 to 60) who is beautiful but with a mean and petty edge. She has a strong haunting voice and can dance.

Bertha – Bertha is a young female who is Bill’s blonde and perfect girlfriend. She is charming, pretty, kind and sings well.

Gilman – Bill’s father 40-ish. Always drunk

Roger – Roger is a young male who is the reverend’s son and Bill’s best friend. He is responsible, dutiful and loyal.

Doc – Doc is a young male (16) who is Lois’ younger brother. He is athletic and handsome and a friend of Bill’s.

Dr. Bob – Adult male (50+). Churchy. Tight-assed. Firm but kind.

Bill D. – Adult male 40+ Bill and Bob visit him in rehab.

Emma – Adult Female. Ebby’s doting mother

Dot – Dot is Bill’s younger sister (14). Sweet and wounded

George - Ebby's father. Gruff voice never seen.

Gramps - Bills grandfather. Kind voice never seen.

Barbershop quartet

A robed choir

Other small roles can be cast members filling in.

HELP!