Post Script on Fiddelity

I am always nervous about putting myself "out there", whether it be on stage or simply in writing. Will the performance come off? How will it be received by an audience? This is especially so when one has written the work. And when one is the sole actor on stage for an hour or more, this is only accentuated.

When one sends out a script, one has similar worries. It is like standing naked before a crowd of onlookers, not that I have ever done that. I was no less worried about my audio presentation of the play Fiddelity. I had not written it as an audio play. The intention had always been to perform it live, as a monologue.

I only sent the link to the Podcast of the play to sixty or seventy friends or acquaintances, people who had previously shown an interest in my theatrical dalliances. Although my partner did post a note about it on his Facebook page, his is not a widely read piece of social media. Nor is this blog of mine.

However, I have been deeply touched by the responsive emails (What They Said) that I have been receiving from those who have viewed the Fiddelity Podcast. And I have been equally touched also by the donations that came in for the Artist Emergency Fund as a result.

Many have asked me to perform this live when the pandemic restrictions on live performances have been lifted. It is certainly my hope to do so.

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