This is Trulie and I've Been Thinking

  The Trulie Awesome Show is five years old this year and to celebrate, Totalie and I have been planning a party/show for August. We hope to have our friends entertain you and to create a birthday party atmosphere. I personally hope we have an area dedicated to throwing pies at Totalie's face. 

   While I work on convincing Totalie that the pies are a great idea, we are also preparing for my first gallery show at Blockfort!  This is one of my serious pieces and will be on view from March 7th-9th. I began with the concept of a paper chain link per every day of my life leading up to the show, and it is now a 30 minute piece exploring time and the constant internal and physical struggles I face. 

   In and around these two projects, we have a few small shows on the calendar and we are writing new comedy for shows that don't even exist yet. A twinkle in the eye, so to speak. It takes a lot of planning and organization to do a large event, but even the small shows take weeks of preparation. I love all of it.

   This week, I have a show on Friday and it is only one number. Usually my songs are under 4 minutes but every second has hours of thought put into them.  I've been obsessing over this dance and the costume all for it to be over in 4 minutes 45 seconds. 

   The month long projects are important to me, but the short bursts of extreme effort for a one and done show, are so satisfying. In the long run, big projects are still done in a night and then put back on the shelf, so maybe I appreciate the small shows for their mercifully short rehearsal periods and less stuff to put away.  

   The small shows are usually variety shows and that's where I started as Trulie. I created the character in 2012 and debuted my first paper costume at a Stupid Cupid event at Feverhead. So take note: Trulie's  birthday is Valentines Day. That date matches her color scheme too, so it worked out perfectly. 

   Having started out in small variety shows as just one person building paper costumes for myself and then moving on to over-the-top shows with lots of performers in them,  I also appreciate the intimacy of small venues and shows. I have so many great memories of getting ready for a show in the backroom of a bar with 8 other performers (and all of our suitcases) and performing on a tiny makeshift stage to a room of 10 locals who have never seen anything like what we do...it's home really.  It's "the life" 

  I'm so lucky to be able to constantly spend time working on projects for The Trulie Awesome Show. The last seven years as Trulie and the last five with Totalie Awesome as the Trulie Awesome Show, have given me more confidence and a sharper vision for my future than not doing those things would have given me. 

   I'm not very good with mushy feelings but those are my thoughts.

XOXO
Trulie