“If you’ve ever eaten at a Waffle House you should see the show. If you like Tom Waits, you should see the show.”
Responder: Trish Parry
Name of Company: Wish Experience
Name of Show: The Waffle House Daze
1. Why should anybody see your show?
If you’ve ever eaten at a Waffle House you should see the show. If you like Tom Waits, you should see the show. That one you’ll only understand if you come! If you like comedy, I like to think it’s pretty darn funny, mostly. If you like storytelling…if you ever had problems with drugs…that’s probably plenty of reasons!
2. Why Atlanta?
Birthplace of Waffle House – let’s see if they notice now! Also, a lot of the beginning of the show takes place in good ole Marietta.
3. What inspired you to create this?
To be honest, I was at an open mic in NYC, and I was told to do a set, so I wrote the first part in the back garden after maybe smoking some pot and thinking about who knows what. Folks really liked it and the producer told me that was my next show.
4. What’s your process for creating and rehearsing something like this?
I write, I go to open mics and test out stories and materials, I dig through journals, old internet accounts…there are definitely post it notes on walls.
{Above: Trish hard at work on her outline.}
5. What have you learned from working on your show so far?
The show is far more impactful than I knew it would be initially.
6. Tyler Perry, Jane Fonda, Killer Mike and Donald Glover roll up at your show. There is one ticket left. Who gets it?
Tyler Perry could claim he’s a relative… Honestly I had to google some of those and I don’t want to tell you which.
7. Atlanta’s foodie scene is really on point these days. What does your show taste like? (Bonus points if you can name-check an ATL restaurant.)
Waffle House of course. Breakfast mmmm.
8. Fringes are the place to really push the boundaries so we gotta ask: would you want your parents in the front row or would you tell them, “Maybe skip this one, guys…”?
I would bodily prevent them from attending. I regularly hide social media about my shows from my parents.
9. Will your show save mankind?
It could save individuals, or at least give them hope. Let’s face it, mankind is probably f@cked.
10. Oh boy! After your first show a genie pops out of a bottle and offers you a choice – world peace or your show enjoying a ten-year run on Broadway. What shall it be?
World peace, I’m not an asshole!
11. Describe your show in three words.
Tasty Dark Comedy
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