She's amazing!

mourningdove @ 2008-07-29T10:01:00

2008-07-29T14:23:33Z

At work, Observation Deckin' it. Wave to the Corning Tower if you see it today.

I got some pretty disheartening news about my job. They can't afford to keep me past August. I shall be laid off. It's sad, because I love my tour. But necessary, because I don't quite fit in here. My co-workers are all older, jaded, and looking forward to retirement. I had to leave my post at the phone because one of them was sharing the room, snoring too loud. On the job. In the boss' desk.

Yeah. Time for me to go.

I'm thinking subbing is the way to go. Dad keeps pushing full time teaching, but my resume lacks real teaching experience outside of Holy Names. We'll see how it goes.

Seth and I are unofficially a year now. It's a long story, but there's technically two anniversaries. We've hit the first one. Last August is the next.

Bill and I were observing all the different changes we go through when in relationships, pleasant and irrational. The current "big scary" in my life, is that I've just now realized that I've let my guard down to let another person in. I'm now deeply concerned with how a person thinks of me and also more sensitive to what's said. It's cool and it's terrifying. I've spent a lot of this week analyzing what it means. I think it's good, I just have to get over the "newness" of it.

Anyway, Bill and I were chatting about this anomaly of letting another person in. Stupidly, I remarked that, contrary to popular belief, "I'm a lot more guarded than I let on." To which Bill replies, "Actually, I've always found you to be a fiercely guarded person." And since getting into a long term relationship, he's seen Maeve defenses drop. He approves.

I'm so interested! I never thought I was very obvious about it. Then again, I may not have been terribly self-aware of it either. Of course, I know my own personal changes, but I always figured they were...well. Personal. So I apologize to all my friends if I came off too stand-offish with you folks. :) I never knew. But I know I'm a lot better than I was.

It's been a very good year for me. I have no idea what the next step is, be it in job or relationship, but I'm playing it by ear. My goal last summer was to become a more interesting person, and to stop living a predictable life. I think I've done that. I don't think I could have predicted that I'd be spending every other weekend, on a Hydra-Terra Bus, dressed like a pirate while harassing the citizens of Albany.

Speaking of. Dudes. The Duck Pirate tour? Is kind of the coolest thing ever now that my co-worker and I have re-tooled it. Seriously, grab a little one, and come on board. We sing pirate shanties, wave plastic swords, and do stupid pirate puzzles. And if you don't have a little one to bring, well. Damnit. Dress up like a pirate and throw Nerf balls at children's heads from the ground. Do eeet...!

Because I'm tired about talking about myself....

2007-09-26T14:37:01Z

Dude comes into the office yesterday...

"Can I drop off some information about the Altamont Scaregrounds?"
"Hey, I think one of my good friends works for it."
"Who?"
"Artemis."
"She's our FAVORITE!"

Just thought a certain some one would want to know.

What the hell?

2007-06-08T00:59:38Z

So that frost that settled on the Albany area last night? I know the reason for it.

Maeve Mack signed up for Match.com.

Holy crap, what am I thinking?

Hey dudes!

2007-05-07T00:51:16Z

I'm writing my last paper of the semester. I keep trying to procrastinate but ya'all are slow about updating your journals. What do you have, a life?

So I'll make a feel good Meme that I can occassional check for a boost of happy. It's a simple one. Not as awesome as break up meme. Mostly because it's not as creative. But I guess it can be if you want. Feel free to spread it.

Tell me the story of how we first met. If you don't remember, please tell your earliest memory of me. If how we met is particularly boring, feel free to make it up. But if you make it up you have to include a goldfish in the story.

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Yep.

FOR KMARSH

2007-03-02T03:13:21Z

KEVIN!

We're getting a big storm tomorrow. So do you want to see the play Saturday?

Stolen from a Big and Fat Man

2006-12-06T01:28:19Z

Teh best Firefly result eva!

Your results:
You are Malcolm Reynolds (Captain)

Malcolm Reynolds (Captain)		70%
Dr. Simon Tam (Ship Medic)		60%
Kaylee Frye (Ship Mechanic)		55%
Derrial Book (Shepherd)		55%
Zoe Washburne (Second-in-command)		50%
Inara Serra (Companion)		35%
Jayne Cobb (Mercenary)		35%
Wash (Ship Pilot)		30%
River (Stowaway)		25%
Alliance		20%
A Reaver (Cannibal)		15%

Honest and a defender of the innocent.
You sometimes make mistakes in judgment
but you are generally good and
would protect your crew from harm.

Click here to take the Serenity Firefly Personality Test

Grr...

2006-11-10T16:13:31Z

Dear God,
Dude. Now you're just grasping for straws. Get a life. Leave my family alone.

Love,
The Macks

PS
2006 bites.

mourningdove @ 2006-10-02T20:20:00

2006-10-03T00:22:36Z

Eeeee. =D Guess who's getting tickets to see the Evil Dead: Musical! And who might also be getting front row tickets to see it!!

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Actually, that's not a thing to brag about. At the moment, Front Row is the cheapest spot. $26 vs. $66. But that's because front and second row are what's called the "Splatter rows", where you are guarenteed to get soaked in fake blood and must, therefore, dress accordingly.

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Who the hell am I kidding? I'm totally going to brag about that! *fingers crossed*

Hrn.

2006-09-28T14:24:10Z

I could do an angsty-entry about how 2006 is the worst year ever and I'm going to be really pissed if someone else dies. But. Eh.

Oh yeah, I did attempt to do the drawing Meme. Haha, guess what? I can't draw, even in Microsoft paint. I thought my lack of drawing skillz would make it funny but, no. It just made it kind of sad. So I phail, I apologize.

I'm getting itchy about my hair. probableclaws and I did some cool stuff with it over the summer. We dyed the front pieces blonde and kept the rest red. My camera is broken, so I have no pictures of it, but trust, it was really cool. When I was in Scotland, a few other women had it as well and I noticed there's a fine line between making it look cool and making you look like Rogue from the X-men. I think probableclaws and I were going for Rogue when we started, but happily the cheap hair dye stopped us from a grave error and it came out more golden. It wasn't until I saw cosplayers dressed as Rogue that I realized "Wow. That looks dumb." I dunno, it was short lived but very cool.

I was considering going to the salon and having them do it, but now I'm employeed at a Catholic Girls school, and they were very strict about hair when I was a student there. So I think I have to go more conservative as it is.

I *could* just go red again, with the blonde streaks. It's safe, ya'all love it, and then I can get the cool hair cut where it's short in the back and long in the front.

But then, back in December, I was looking through my mother's photographs and a lot of them she looks like a ridiculously thinner, hotter version of me. And she has the fairy tale blonde, princess hair.

So I don't know. I haven't been blonde in so long. The last time, I think, was during Iphigenia, but even then there was a faint red tint to it. Most people assume I'm red, know me as red, describe me as "The red head."

In fact, let's try and do a poll! I haven't done one of those before, eee!

View Poll: Maeve's Ever Changing Hair

Hurrah!

Oy ve!

2006-09-15T23:08:23Z

I know. I neglected this once more. I have a really long entry in the works but, well. I feel guilty every time I go to write in this thing.

I'm in grad school right now and it's fuckin' kicking my ass. Over 1,000 pages every week. Currently, I have to read all of Jane Eyre, the l ast book int he His Dark Materials series, 200 pages of Lit Crit, and a Shakespeare and Marlowe play. Ouch.

It sucks to go to a school and have both professors and students tell you to get the hell out. I am, always was planning on it. Stll going to go over seas, which Dad and I are going to figure out when things settle down. (Me: Get used to grad school, make bedroom look like a room. Him: Finish his book)But at the same time I'm happy to be academically stimulated. ...but full time grad school is just too much.

Speaking of Dad, he won his election. He's been grinning ear to ear. We're all very proud and the mayor had to call my phone to concede. =D I have the potential to drunk dial the mayor.

Holy Names hired me as a sub. It was weird going back, it's like a time capsel. Any AHN girl who wants the gossip, just IM me.

And, uh. I'm going to Irish 2000 tomorrow. But just me, no one else wants to go. Ah well, such is life.

Jane Eyre time!

Hey ya'all

2006-09-04T15:37:12Z

Sorry I haven't had many posts. I've been trying to do grad school and get jobs and such. But I've been reading you every day.

On an even sadder note, Steve Irwin, croc-hunter died.

http://www.rte.ie/arts/2006/0904/irwins.html

Killed by a sting ray, er, sting to the chest. =(

Eep.

2006-08-25T19:35:46Z

Five minutes left in the internet cafe. Must be brief again. In Scotland until tomorrow when I get my plane. Passed the lead in Rent on the street. I didn't know who he was.

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Mimes continue to flourish.

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My brother peed in the same place Robert Louis Stephenson did.

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I saw where JK Rowling wrote Harry Potter

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See you tomorrow!

<3

mourningdove @ 2006-08-13T15:28:00

2006-08-13T14:27:26Z

Pstt. In Scotland right now. Just saying hello. The nice man is going to take my pounds right now.

Paris was lovely. Scotland has lots of mimes.

Miss you all.

<3

Maeve returns!

2006-08-04T14:23:21Z

Back from PoHo! It was a lovely ride. I went to the quicky-doctor every week with an ailing apprentice (and my boss once!), I sat next to Beth Henley and tried very hard not to laugh at her stupid play, was sassed by some Broadway director,drove a golf cart around until it got a flat tire, defended said golf cart from a roving old lady trying to steal it, had a martini, and almost cried when I saw a creepy puppet in a Power rangers outfit.I did not see Stephen Sodheim. He was shy. But all and all, productive.

And now, Monday, I am going to Scotland. But first to Paris. And then a day in Ireland to check out a Grad school that I reaaallly want to go to.

LV it is now a matter of, uh, finding the script. It's in my gmail some where, but there's a lot of things in my gmail. But soon, cherie! Soon!

Updated User Icon

2006-07-24T23:04:15Z

My new lj buddy, probableclaws, does not like my giddy Asian girl icon. So I have uploaded a user icon just for her. I hope she likes it.

(Fear not. Giddy Asian remains as default)

Hey ya'all

2006-07-20T12:32:25Z

I haven't had too much time to myself, hence the lack of updates. But your art requests have not been ignored. In fact, I'm re-watching Firefly so I can get a better sense of River, gelly. And LV, send me your e-mail address so I can e-mail you the script!

It's been all kinds of eventful. Every week I run people to the hospital or Medicus, for various reasons. Actors are a very fragile folk, let me tell you.

I spent a day with Orlando from Strangers with Candy. He smacked me on the arm for making fun of clowns. I don't know if it was genuine anger or out of love. But, gosh dernit, it's kind of cool to tell people that Orlando smacked me (which is the least of which he did to me in class, but whatev'.)

Last night I met Amber and Laura out at the Dutch Cabin. It was shadier than usual, we were three of maybe six women. Little did we know that the Jagermeifter girls were showing up. I was kind of excited to meet them. I had glorified visions of beautiful buxom blondes, boobies beyond their chins. Instead, it was a bunch of flat chested brunettes. They didn't pay us much mind, but they did give me a t-shirt that's a million sizes too small, a butt-ugly lanyard, a Hawaiian lay, and a little annoying blinking button.

But the most bizarre moment of the night was the feet-fetish dude.

He was hanging around us a little, kept starting conversation, which wasn't surprising. We were the only women there. At one point, I had my feet crossed at the knee, so that my little foot was sticking out in the aisle. Earlier in the evening, we were lamenting about men who bite and how I seem to have a strange signal that encourages men to bite/lick me, uninvited, in anti-amorous places. ("Um, was that my cheek?")

So you can imagine my surprise when this older man comes up and says, "I want to bite your foot." He even added a little growl and shook his head, like a dog does with his chew toe. He explained to me his foot fetish and he went to both ends of the bar and demonstrated to other patrons this same growl while looking at my foot. The second time he did it in my sight line and I yelled at him. "Are you still talking about my foot?!"

So he came over, cradled my foot and was explaining what he loved about it. He pets the inside of my arches and explains that's where the fetish comes from. "I'm flat footed," I tell him. He got very offeded and consoled my insulted little arches with his one finger.

And then, later, I was talking to Amber and the dude snuck up on my foot, cradled it, and was about to bite it without me knowing it. I think the conversation went as such:

"GYAAAH! Are you trying to bite my foot again!?" "=D I was trying to bite your foot! I can't help it!" Wtf?

He left us, more or less alone after that, save to buy shots from the Jager girls for us. (And by buy, I mean he gave them to us and the barkeep had to chase him down for 12 bucks. I was mildly satisfied by that.)

So we came to the conclusion that, really, it's not the men. It's me. Some how, whatever pheremones I give off, some how compell men to bite me. And it's kind of sad that the best compliment I've ever recieved in a bar is that I have beautiful arches.

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Admittedly, they are kind of cute

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And I got a free blinky thing! At least the night wasn't a total bust!

A meme I should not be posting...

2006-06-20T16:40:51Z

"The first ten people to comment on this post get to request a doodle/sketch from me on a subject/character of their choosing. In return, they have to post this meme in their journal."

=D I post this because I love requesting art from my much more talented friends. And it's probably time I paid my dues. >.> I hope you like Microsoft Paint art work.

PoHo Update

2006-06-13T03:54:48Z

Hey all!

I'm in Poughkeepsie for the summer now, working as a company manager. It's pretty shibby so far, but nothing too much to report as of yet. But I'm basically an RA, because they put me on the high school girl wing. Which means no co-ed bathrooms this year. Shrug! We'll report on more PoHo stuff later. Like how Stephen Sodheim (sp!) is doing a new musical here.

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So I was looking in the mirror the other day, doing my eye make-up, when I suddenly made a discovery.

I have six little dark hairs between my eyebrows. They don't connect so they're not a unibrow. I leaned back in utter horror, away from the hand mirror (which magnifys anyway) but you can't see the little bastards on my face. And they are only six. But does this mean I have a unibrow? Do I pluck them, or will that just make them grow stronger? It's all so very troubling...

=D!!!

2006-06-05T15:06:23Z

Guess who's officially a licensed driver? =D =D =D

Yeah, that's right...

2006-05-13T23:38:37Z

...I sold out to lj for the 15 free user pictures. Hello, Google ads. You are clutterful!

A Happy Day

2006-05-10T14:01:37Z

Things have been quite stellar, let me tell you.

First, I was inducted into AKA, Alpha Kappa Alpha, the highest Siena Honors you can get. I got a nice little pin, the promise of a yellow cord, and Mead from my father. The priest who gave the speech described learning as an "erotic experience" and we were the few who were "turned on" to it. A lot of people looked uncomfortable with the speech, but I liked it.

Then, we had our Senior Banquet and Roast. Bill played me, beard and all. (And by me, I'd say he played more Anna Reardon. But I'm so frikken okay with that.) Thank God Anna wore her clothes big. The nappy red wig really added something to the part. Also, his inability to actually crutch. I'll post pictures when they are posted on facebook. It's very much worth it. Then they bought me a Barbie doll in a straight jacket an a Godforsaken whirly from Creation Project. It was a good time, all around.

At the banquet, the theatre department gives an award to a graduating senior. I not only won the award BUT got a plaque AND got a standing ovation from the club. The standing ovation is what got me, I almost started bawling right then and there. It was a nice tribute.

Now, on a not Siena note, I have a job. A job where I will be paid to do theatre. Powerhouse wants me to come back and be Company Manager/Stage Manager. (One or the other or both! They don't know which.) Ed told me in his message that last year he thought of me seriously as Company Manager, and I said that I would much prefer just Company Manager. But, of course, I'll learn SMing if it comes to it. But really, I know damn well that I will be a wretched, horrid SM and I would not like my first experience ever to be with a professional director. :\ Still, they're calling me up and we're going to chat about it. I'll express my concerns then.

Anyway, that means you aint getting much of a Maeve summer if you were planning on it. The apprentices go from June 16th - July 31st and I assume I have go or stay at least a day later than that. Then, when I come back, I'll be on Scotland for two weeks. So if you want your Maeve time, get it ASAP after I graduate. :) Still, woo for getting paid to do theatre!

Sup

2006-04-26T15:08:41Z

Cuz I wanna be cool like Alyssa.

1. How tall are you barefoot?
5'6 and a half. I never did over come that half.

2. Have you ever smoked before?
I have. They made me smoke when I played Satan at Powerhouse this summer. Menthol. Gross.

3. Do you own a gun?
Nope, I do not.

4. If you had a mental disorder, what would it be?
I once took a test that told me I was schizotypal. Whatever that means. But I'll be like Alyssa and say Asperger's too. That's the cool kids disorder.

5. How many letters are in your crush's name?
Die.

6. What do you think of hot dogs?
Delish. But only if they're grilled.

7. What's your favorite Christmas song?
"God Rest ye Merry Gentlemen", I would say.

8. What do you prefer to drink in the morning?
Orange juice or a glass of vanilla soy.

9. Do you do push-ups?
No way. But my arm strength is amazing now, due to the crutches. So maybe when the cast is off, I'll try one.

10. Have you ever done ecstacy?
No.

11. Do you smoke weed?
No.

12. Do you like painkillers?
NO! Motherfuckers fucked me the fuggity up. God, there was all kinds of awfulness because of those bitches. I hate painkillers.

13. What is your secret weapon to lure in the opposite sex?
Crutches. No lie. I've gotten more play as a gimp than I ever have in my life.

14. Do you own a knife?
Um, sure?

15. Do you have A.D.D.?
No.

16. Full initials?
MLM

17. Name 3 thoughts at this exact moment.
-This test has boring questions
-Ow, physical therepy. Ow.
-Eggo or Corn toastie?

18. Name the last 3 things you have bought today.
Nothing, I'm broke.I couldn't even pay for my co-pay.

19. Name five drinks you regularly drink.
Water, vanilla soy, orange juice, Killians, rum/coke

20. What time did you wake up today?
6, oddly enough. But I rolled out of bed around 8:30

21. Can you spell?
Not at all, my students do mock me for it.

22. Current worry?
Walking in time for graduation.

23. Current hate?
Broken bones.

24. Favorite place to be?
In front of my Playstation. I miss my Playstation.

25. Least favorite place to be?
Whatever that place was when I was drugged up and hallucinating. I could go into more detail, but I have a feeling I would horrify you all.

26. Where would you like to go?
I'd like to go home, for a little bit.

27. Do you own slippers?
Nah, I could never get into them.

28. Where do you think you'll be in 10 yrs?
Teaching, I hope.

29. Do you burn or tan?
Boil.

30.yellow and blue?
BLACK AND TAN

31. Would you be a pirate?
Only because I'd love to be Alyssa's mortal enemy.

32. Last time you had an alcoholic drink?
Monday, after that train wreck of a tech rehearsal.

33. What songs do you sing in the shower?
I like to sing in Latin. ...I don't know why.

34. What did you fear was going to get you at night as a child?
Under my sister's bed. It was in the air and it scared the crap out of me.

35. What's in your pockets right now?
Not a damned thing.

36. Last thing that made you laugh?
Talking to my Dad's friend about the wacky VA's who call my house and DON'T STOP TALKING.

37. Best bed sheets you had as a child?
I may have also had Alyssa's Little Mermaid sheets.

38. Worst injury you've ever had?
Hmm, gee, let me think, I'm going to have to go with JUMPING OFF A FUCKING SET AND SHATTERING MY ANKEL!

Or the other day, when I was trying to wiggle out from a tight spot by lifting myself in the air and I dropped my knee onto my own drawer. That smarted.

39. Current GPA?
I dunno, it's up there. I don't feel like looking it up right now.

40. How many TVs do you have in your house?
Four. We <3 TV.

41. Who is your loudest friend?
Loudest? Um. Hm. I don't really hang out with loud people. We'll go with Bill, only because he's the one who'll do obnoxious things in public that makes me smack him.

42. Who is your most silent friend?
*shrug!*

43. Does someone have a crush on you?
I think?

44. Do you wish on stars?
Shooting stars.

45. What is your favorite book?
Argh, I can never answer this. Gimme a Neil Gaiman book, though, and I am a happy Maeve.

46. What is your favorite candy?
Chocolate covered Strawberries. *-*

47. What song did you last hear?
Someone was blasting classical music. I have no idea why.

48. What song do you want played at your funeral?
Something pathetically Irish.

49. What were you doing 12AM last night??
Working on a paper. I watched the last episode of David the Gnome. That was fuckin' depressing.

50. What was the first thing you thought of when you woke up?
Why am I up at 6 am?

mourningdove @ 2006-04-10T10:11:00

2006-04-10T14:11:53Z

BIRTHDAY ON FRIDAY!

I be gettin' old.

A Good Week =)

2006-04-09T16:11:20Z

Vagina Monologues went up on Tuesday. It was fuckin' ridiculous. Here I was, with twenty girls, many of which had minor acting experience. (Not that that really mattered. Example of an audition: "I don't know what I'm doing." "That's okay, neither does Maeve.") They were amazing. All of them, amazing. What I find funny about directing (and I'm no authority having done it, oh, um, twice now) is that when they get in front of an audience, they're doing stuff I never tell them to do. Good stuff. Brilliant stuff. Suprising and funny and great stuff. And then I never know whether I can take credit for that.

They had me rolling, you have no idea. They were so funny, hysterical and sad. The audience was eating out of the palm of their hands.

Speaking of audience:

We were originally planning to do a two week rehearsal period but, because of the ankel breaking, we had to shorten it to one week. This meant every thing we did was rushed, including the PR. Not a lot of PR went out about the show. We were going to do two shows but the event before us could not guarentee that they would be out in time for a prompt set up. It was suggested we cut the first show because, hey, we'd get more people at 8:00 anyway since our PR was out. We booked a room for 150 people and we were hoping to get at least 75.

Er. Well, within the first 20 minutes of opening the house, we sold out the tickets. I turned to my stage manager, shrugged and said, "Well. Keep selling." Standing room only, by the time everyone squeezed in. I was proud when I thought we made 100 dollars. By the end of the night, we had made $1,032. The woman from the Labor Religion Coalition died, "I thought only 20 people were going to show up!" I found out %10 needs to go to V-Day, and their national fund raiser, but the rest can go to my charity. Dad and I are going to get another 100 dollars, so we can give that to V-Day, and then give the Labor Religion Coalition the 1,000 and maybe set up a scholarship fund in my mothers name.

And it's wonderful that it made money, but the ego in me is happy that the student body loved it. The next day was great. My friends were ease dropping on conversations, picking up tid-bits of feedback from people. (Bill: "They kept trying to find words to suppliment awesome with, but always came back to awesome.") The girls tell me they have recieved a lot of positive feedback themselves. I'm a little celebrity, people congratulating me and strangers suddenly inquiring about my broken ankel. It was really quite fuggin' awesome.

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The week continued to improve when I finally found time, Friday, to hobble to my mailbox. The mailbox is seriously out of the way for poor gimps like me. But I opened it up to find a letter from Academic Affairs. My application into Alpha Kappa Alpha, the highest honors society at Siena College was accepted! It was a long shot, this application. But I wrote a personal letter attached to it, saying that my hours of service were applied to theatre. Stage III is exempt from the community service because of this, but check out the stuff we've done anyway. I mentioned the Vagina Monologues and discussed my committment continue theatre for social change. And I got in. =D I'll be walking in the front of the line at commencement. I wonder if I get a cool sash to go with my robe?

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Other stuff too, but this entry got hella long, hella fast. Im'a gonna try and make some scrambled eggs I think. But yay. ^.^ There's my happy week.

Annoucement

2006-04-02T16:11:42Z

Vagina Monologues
Directed by: ME!
When?: Tuesday, April 4th. 8pm.
How Much?: $5 for students, $10 to faculty and everyone not of student age.
Why?: They money will be going to Juarez, Mexico, care of the Labor Religion Coalition. This is the group my mother and father went with when they went to Juarez. My mother told me about the crimes toward the women of Juarez before Eve Ensler's monologue.

It's my first time directing. I can't promise it's any good. But the cause is one I feel strongly about. So, please come if you're in the area?