For the past few weeks I have been in rehearsal with Shannon de Jung, a performance artist from the Bay Area who is out here working with me on her first solo show. It opens this weekend.

Today she was exhausted and had a case of what she called brain fog...She is about to perform her first solo show. It is a life-changing experience for any performer and it is SCARY! I remember my first show Honeymoon In Indial. The week before I was crying hysterically telling my ex husband over and over that I couldn't go through with it.

Of course I did, just as Shannon will do. It changed my life forever...as it will hers. I am confident about this..Why? Because I have seen it in myself and with every other performer I've ever had the priviledge to work with on their one person show. One has to be willing to totally stand behind themselves as a writer, a performer and as themself. When you perform a solo show, you are putting every aspect of yourself, your talent, your creativity and your vision on the line...when I put it like that, you may ask,"why would anyone ever do that?".....Because it is the most liberating, expansive experience you may ever have as a actor. For me, it is a spiritual practice and devotion. The only was I can get BIG enough and empowered enough to do this work is through the belief that my soul can handle it...That no matter how the audience reponds to me, I stand behind myself to offer my vision in hopes that it can serve, inspire and motivate others to do the same...to stand in the largeness of their soul as well...offering their vision to the worldin their own, unique one of a kind solo show....through our stories, our characters and our messages, we connect to the greater Universe. We walk through the world changed on the other side of our first one person show performance. We know that we can take up space, be seen, be heard and show up as authentic self in this life....

Try it......and see for yourself.

To work on your solo show, e-mail me at Tanya@ProjectLifestories.org