Tongue in Cheek Theater Productions
Tongue in Cheek Theater Productions
  • In Development
    • Be Prepared
  • Past Productions
    • Plus 1 - Fall 2019
    • Untransmittable
    • Recent Tragic Events
    • Plus 1 - Spring 2019
    • Relentlessly Pleasant
    • Ruby PCTF18
    • Relentlessly Pleasant - Reading
    • Mauritius
    • Plus 1 - Fall 2017
    • Buffalo Heights PCTF
    • Rapture, Blister, Burn
    • Women Playing Hamlet
    • The Inn at Lake Devine
    • The Inn at Lake Devine - Reading
    • Whale Song
  • News & Reviews
  • Donate
  • About
    • Artistic Director
  • Contact
  • Blog
  • Podcast
  • In Development
    • Be Prepared
  • Past Productions
    • Plus 1 - Fall 2019
    • Untransmittable
    • Recent Tragic Events
    • Plus 1 - Spring 2019
    • Relentlessly Pleasant
    • Ruby PCTF18
    • Relentlessly Pleasant - Reading
    • Mauritius
    • Plus 1 - Fall 2017
    • Buffalo Heights PCTF
    • Rapture, Blister, Burn
    • Women Playing Hamlet
    • The Inn at Lake Devine
    • The Inn at Lake Devine - Reading
    • Whale Song
  • News & Reviews
  • Donate
  • About
    • Artistic Director
  • Contact
  • Blog
  • Podcast

Susan Gross premieres solo show RUBY Oct. 22 & 23

10/22/2017

0 Comments

 
Susan Gross is an actor and writer whose solo show RUBY premieres tonight, Sunday 10/22 @ 8 PM and will be performed on Monday 10/23 @ 8 PM as part of Tongue in Cheek's Plus 1 Festival. Tickets are $18 at www.tictheater.com and call 1-800-838-3006 (note that each night of the festival features 2 shows for the price of 1 ticket). We asked Susan to tell us more about her piece and process.

What's RUBY about?
It's a very bare-it-all piece, part comedy and part drama, about a woman's struggles with anxiety, body issues, and coming to terms with whether or not she wants to have a baby.

What inspired you to write it?
It's a very personal story that I needed to tell for myself, and hopefully, others will relate to it. I have always performed in the theater. I recently took a stand up class, and liked the idea of being on stage by myself, storytelling, but without the anxiety of constantly hoping a joke would land.

Funny story about your piece?
I filmed a teaser trailer for RUBY with my husband, sort of guerrilla-style. I wanted to convey the loneliness I feel when I want a child and it seems like everyone around you has one. So we walked down to the park in our neighborhood and I saw a stroller next to the water. I told my husband to film me next to it.  A few moments later, someone came over and snatched it away. I had to laugh. It was the perfect metaphor for what I'm going through, so we kept that moment in the trailer.

How did you come to collaborate with TIC?
I had auditioned for TIC before and then ran into producing artistic director Jake while standing in line for a casting. We hit it off and wanted to collaborate. I feel very lucky to be supported by this company and have Jake direct RUBY as well.

0 Comments

Your comment will be posted after it is approved.


Leave a Reply.

    Archives

    May 2020
    October 2019
    May 2019
    April 2019
    October 2018
    August 2018
    January 2018
    October 2017
    August 2017
    June 2017
    April 2017
    November 2016
    October 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    June 2016

    Categories

    All

    RSS Feed

Proudly powered by Weebly