The Buzz Intro Interview | Sushi and the City Production

Responder: Eric Pinder, Actor/Director/Writer
Name of Company: Sushi and the City Production
Name of Show: Driving Miss Cherry Blossom

“What I’m most proud of is that it’s a multicultural comedy which still holds up after all these years.”

1. Why should people see your show?

It’s a comedy that packs a wallop. Literally and figuratively.

2. What about festivals intrigues you? And why the Atlanta Fringe?

Fringe Festivals are a distillation of all art forms. The opportunity to see so many diverse works at once is a great way to fill my creative well back up. The Atlanta festival is known for their dedicated audiences and I want to experience that community.

3. What inspired you to create this?

I wrote Driving Miss Cherry Blossom to showcase the talents of Karin Amano. She was in another show I wrote and was a comedic force, so I wanted to work with her again.

4. Life has been weird the last few years, to say the least. How has the “real world” affected the art you’re creating?

During the “Great Pause”, I decided that I would only focus on work that made me happy.

I’m glad to revisit this show as it’s tied up in some of my favorite memories.

5. What have you learned from working on your show so far?

I wrote this show in 2005, but this is only our fourth run of performances. What I’m most proud of is that it’s a multicultural comedy which still holds up after all these years.

6. 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.)

Honestly, I want everyone to tell me they loved this show, but for the sake of the question, let’s say RuPaul.

[Ed. note: YES, LET’S!]

7. 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…”

This is a PG experience, but it’s language kids hear in a Marvel movie.

8. Will your show change the world?

While the show might not change the world, it will change your disposition.

9. Zoom meetings: dress up head to toe or Donald Duck it?

Donald Duck – Pants off, dance off!

10. 10. We’re making an excellent Fringey Feelings playlist. Describe your show in two or three songs we can add to keep the jams flowing.

“Twiggy Twiggy” – Pizzicato Five

“I Can’t Drive Fifty Five” – Sammy Hagar

Lost in Translation soundtrack

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