There’s a man named Gov; he’s not very happy with his life. He decides to drive full force into the bottom of the Grand Canyon, but he’s hit suddenly with regret. He opens his eyes to see himself hanging on a branch somehow, with a dislocated shoulder.

The paragraph of imagery I just shared is the backstory to the beginning of the play. Here’s to Looking at You, Kid is an almost-one-woman-play that features Catherine McGeoghegan as Gov, who is struggling to make the jump to his doom while trying to tell the story of his life to the audience. It’s hilarious, it’s wrenching, and it takes you on a journey. When I was first pitched the idea of doing a coffeehouse with Amelia, I was hesitant. I wasn’t a huge fan of monologues, let alone, 25 pages of them. However, after reading it, I fell in love and had many ideas on the direction of the play. During the first rehearsal, Amelia and I realized my position would be less formal of a stage manager, and more of a piece to the collaboration puzzle. Although it was the first Coffeehouse project, it was a massive success in my eyes, and I learned a lot about different perceptions to one text.