Responder: Luis Herrera, Playwright
Name of Company: Scout and friends
Name of Show: AS I EAT THE WORLD
“As a Latine man dealing with eating disorders and constantly working to be in a good mental health space, these are not things that have ever been discussed in my family, so I wanted to start the conversation.”
- Why should people see your show?
People should seed my show because it’s for anyone that has any kind of relationship with food, and those dealing with any mental health issues as it makes them feel seen.
- What about festivals intrigues you? And why the Atlanta Fringe?
Festivals give artists like me a chance to get work produced and watch new and amazing work. My family has lived in Georgia for so long that Atlanta just felt like the right next step after New York.
- What inspired you to create this?
The lack of conversation inspired me. As a Latine man dealing with eating disorders and constantly working to be in a good mental health space, these are not things that have ever been discussed in my family, so I wanted to start the conversation.
- Life has been weird the last few years, to say the least. How has the “real world” affected the art you’re creating?
The “real world” has made me create more and more and more during these “weird” years because, well I had nothing else to do and the stories kept coming.
- What have you learned from working on your show so far?
I have learned that it speaks to people in a way that I had hoped but never truly expected. The show is funny in ways I wasn’t aware of, and no matter the run time, it moves QUICK.
- 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.)
This stranger is of course, Donald Glover.
- 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…”
Oh if they can make it I’m inviting anyone I know, no matter the age.
- Will your show change the world?
My show might not change the world, but I think it can help shift it for those that can relate.
- Zoom meetings: dress up head to toe or Donald Duck it?
Hm hm… Donald Duck, just for the comedy of it.
- We’re making an excellent Fringey Feelings playlist. Describe your show in two or three songs we can add to keep the jams flowing.
Godspeed by Frank Ocean
Rebellion by Joe Arroyo
III. Life: the biggest troll by childish gambino
Sounds amazing, right? Click here to learn more and get your tickets to this show today.
Recent Comments