Red String at Fringe Art Space

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Red String was a new musical written by presented at Fringe Art Space. This is a charming Romance where two 20 something woman travel Europe in the hope of finding love. Nessa has been having dreams about a man who could have been “the one'” When she discovers he is in Europe, she decides to follow in the hope of accidentally bumping into him. Her best friend Sami enjoyed the ride until the dreams became a bit to much of an obsession. Sami broke off to travel on her own while her friend pursued her fever dream.

Sami decided to wash away her problems at a bar and struck up a friendly conversation with the bartender. There was a natural chemistry between the two of them. Meanwhile Nessa did indeed meet the man she had come to find in Berlin. Unfortunately he had married a beautiful German woman, who decided to take Nessa in. In a late night conversation Nessa discovered that the chemistry was indeed still there.

The lyrics to the show kept the themes of love and friendship moving right along. There were always three doors on stage with red strings wrapped like spider webs across each portal. I took these doors to represent the past present and future. Nessa had woven such a tight web around one hope and dream and in so doing left part of herself behind.

The friendship between Sami and the bartender blossomed int a fast romance. Sami and Nessa’s friendship grew even stronger after the trails of travel. This show has so much potential. The musical orchestrations could still use refining but the story had heart. Writer Amanda Scheirer of Without Feat Theater, is bringing some amazing original productions to Orlando.

COVID Dystopia: Enough is Enough

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Tomorrow I am flying to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania for the Pittsburgh Shorts Film Festival. I will spend a day watching short films and then attend the awards ceremony in the evening. I know that I will be the only one masked on a plane full of mouth breathing zombies. Even a mild case of COVID, fuses and destroys brain neurons. No wonder zombies eat brains in movies, they are trying to get back what they have lost due to COVID.

The height of the 9th wave of COVID infections was in August of this year and Florida is now in the trough with cases just beginning to rise again. New Mexico is the one state that is on fire right now. Though I keep track of the rising and falling cases, I just keep the same simple precautions, I mask indoors. Masking isn’t perfect. I can’t be 100 percent sure the seal on my KN-95 mask is tight. Masking and HEPA filtration has kept me COVID free so far, even when the virus attacked a former roommate and her niece.

Repeat COVID infections destroy the immune system similar to the how HIV attacks the immune system. It is a vascular disease effecting every organ in the body. Once infected, people become vulnerable to every known pathogen. When out in public sketching there is always someone coughing up a lung.

Traveling to promote COVID Dystopia is probably the most dangerous thing I do each month, but it is my way to convince people that was and is dangerous. Politicians always downplay the effects of the virus because claiming victory is the only way to get elected. In Trumps first term over 200,000 Americans died from COVID. Over 700,000 Americans died under Biden’s time in office. It is hard to pick a side when both parties promote mass infection as a way out of an ongoing pandemic.