Responder: Doyle Smiens, Artistic Director
Name of Company: DGS
Name of Show: Truth Be Told
“The last few years have made me value the opportunity to perform onstage with a live audience. I don’t want to take that for granted. I want to be present each moment I am performing.”
- Why should people see your show?
This show will take you on an emotional roller coaster. You will see how struggles can be turned into triumphs. You will leave feeling inspired and hopeful.
- What about festivals intrigues you? And why the Atlanta Fringe?
A friend of mine performed at the Festival and really enjoyed it. So I put it on my wish list. I also like the way the Festival is structured.
- What inspired you to create this?
I went through my struggles alone. I didn’t talk to anyone because being vulnerable isn’t something we are encouraged to do. But as I talked to others about my struggles, I realized that it is exactly at these vulnerable and rough edges that we can deeply connect with each other. I want my vulnerability to inspire others to do the same.
- Life has been weird the last few years, to say the least. How has the “real world” affected the art you’re creating?
The last few years have made me value the opportunity to perform onstage with a live audience. I don’t want to take that for granted. I want to be present each moment I am performing and connect with the audience.
- What have you learned from working on your show so far?
I have learned the importance of letting myself be real and vulnerable with my audience. I have learned the importance of self discipline and consistency if I want to have a quality show.
- There’s a mysterious stranger in the back row of your show, wearing a big ol’ N95 mask and a baseball cap and there’s something weirdly familiar about them, and then they come up afterwards to tell you they loved your show. In your WILDEST DREAMS, who is this mysterious stranger? (Bonus points if your mysterious stranger is an Atlanta celeb.)
The mysterious stranger would be Tyler Perry. He loves the show and wants to turn it into a mini series.
- Fringes are the place to really push the boundaries so we gotta ask: are you inviting your family to this show are “Hey, maybe sit this one out you guys…”
I want my family to see my show. Some of them need to be pushed out of their comfort zone.
- Will your show change the world?
My show will not change the world and that was never my goal. I just want to make a difference to that one…and that one…and that one..
- Zoom meetings: dress up head to toe or Donald Duck it?
Dress up head to toe, why do anything half way! Go all in!
- We’re making an excellent Fringey Feelings playlist. Describe your show in two or three songs we can add to keep the jams flowing.
Rainbow-Musgrave
This is Me– Greatest Showman
From now on–Greatest Showman
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