“I was married about 14 years before I got divorced. When I started dating, it was like learning a new language. I’ve had some unbelievable experiences-good and bad. If nothing else, it’s certainly been entertaining.”

“The amount of people that reach out to us after every episode, expressing their appreciation, let’s us know that our show is changing lives.”

“I hope this will inspire working artists to demand better from the companies they’re giving their best ideas and work to, and help people who have been in situations or relationships with a clear power imbalance to feel seen.”

“I’ve learned that a piece of work, no matter how many times it’s done, is always in flux, always capable of being improved upon, especially after it’s been incubating for years.”

“Honestly, our show is probably going to bring variety shows back to the popular consciousness. In the end, this will end poverty, racism, and stop people from leaving their carts loose in the grocery store parking lot.”

“We’re never done writing and crafting!  The communal nature of our work makes for rewrites and new looks, but the time has come to let it rest and take final shape.”

“This show involves dance, props, video projections and poetry. Each layer adds more texture and I think it makes the show feel more inclusive for audience members.”

“I love the weirdness and urgency of a festival. No theatrical setting as an adult has so re-captured for me the feeling of doing a play in the middle school cafeteria.”

“I love the way festivals bring people together to create temporary community. We come together, experience something amazing, inspiring, and thought provoking, then we go back to our regular lives, changed in some way.”

“I think we were all a little exhausted by seeing sex portrayed on stage so violently and carelessly. In part, we wanted to make a show that celebrated the silliness of both sex and violence without traumatizing our audience.”

“We wanted to write something that is simultaneously a sh*tpost and a critique of how we talk about race. Cue the Fair Use Grinch.”

“My commitment is do work that moves people deeply no matter what. Art is not your friend & if it rattles your cage all the better.”

“Shadows are cool! They force us to see extremes of black-and-white but invite us to explore the gray.”

“Women, especially older women, are treated as if we are invisible. Ironic because at this age, I am finally accruing enough wisdom and life experience to write in a more meaningful way.”

“We keep finding new ways to add complexity to parts of the show. Every time we finish a run of shows, thinking that it’s exactly what it needs to be, we then turn around and realize that we could add an entirely new dimension to what we had.”

“Fundamentalist Christian traditions want the Bible to be this exacting thing that offers clear answers to the meaning of life. But it doesn’t.”

“Last year our show moved a lot of people to tears. We performed a few weeks ago in Boston and an audience member told us, ‘This was the happiest I have felt since 2019.’ The circus is magical.”

“Covid has really put a damper on things, for sure. But the advancement of virtual conferences have allowed me to hold rehearsals from LA when most of the cast is in Atlanta. It takes a bit of coordination, but that’s my optimistic take on this whole ordeal.”

“I’ve been wanting to tell this story on stage ever since I completed my motorcycle trip in 2014. Throughout my journey, I wrote a travel blog (in French) that became popular. This made me realize that I had a good story worth telling.”