One Woman Two Ways

From Winner to Victim to Victim/Winner in a Pink Shirt

In a one-person play the most important element to consider is ….

probably casting the right actor. Maybe even finding an actor that you would like to watch for 90 minutes, with no other distractions; and then! find a script.

Do you know this actor? I don’t. I watch plays from the UK for that reason. My chances of having seen the actor in another show, or knowing them personally is way way lower than streaming from any US theater. Every theater and city has their favorites, though. Watch enough shows from one place and you will get a lot of repeat performers.

I just got a month-long subscription to the National Theater in London - so this actor is new to me now. Great. I get to just believe she is this part. I have no backstory to ignore.

Here she is in the first few minutes of the show. Often the blurb for a show tells you more about what is going to happen than the photos. I just jumped in feet first - I read nothing! looked at nothing! it was the first one on the website and I clic…