It is a very exciting night.

So about a year ago my dear friend Lise and I decided we were going to write a play.  So we did.  It went through a lot of different shapes and variations, and a lot of expanding and editing.  There's this great phrase in art, "killing your babies".  Basically it means that something might be brilliant, but if it doesn't fit the piece it's in, it's got to be trashed.  Well, we trashed and we wrote and we read and we researched and it's finally ready for people. 

Well, by people I mean a small group of actors who are coming over tonight to read it out loud, and to tell us what they think.  And it`s kind of terrifying.  Yes, they are all people who love us, and I know there won`t be any broadway critics in the audience, but it`s still pretty scary.  We`re really proud of what we`ve done, and it`s been so rewarding just to have forced myself to do something that seemed so scary a year ago, but you never really know what something is until you give it away to other people.

Will they get it....  Is there something to get....  Are any of the jokes funny.... Does it have enough plot... Are the characters three dimensional.... Do the characters have their own individual voices, or do they all sound alike.... 

This is a group of women that I really respect and admire.  They are giving us their time for free, and that`s a very generous thing for them to do.  It`s just pretty nerve-wracking.  But we`re ready.  We are.  We are at the point where we either give it away, or crawl under a rock to hide because it`s too scary, and I refuse to be scared.

Wish us luck!