we keep clothes that we never wear anymore

I don't always get down to the rehearsal hall to see what's going on. When I do, I'm always surprised by the new elements emerging from the clothing and the stories, the new melodies from Veda, - and how scenes keep changing around really changes all the transitions, the funny improving - much of it by Andrew McNee. He makes me laugh a lot.

What can I say without giving it away?
Well, be warned that the show has mature content, coarse language, and people in their underwear.

Listening to the stories makes me think about the clothes we hold onto and the memories we associate with them. There's Mike's two "go to" t-shirts in the show; they are almost see through because they have been so well worn, but he wants them back after we're done the show. Is he really ever going to wear them again? I think about holding onto things in general - because of memories, or maybe because we think we'll wear them again someday. Today I'm wearing a skirt I made from my mother's 1960's (?) dress, on which I had to let out the seams so it would fit, with a belt from another one of her dresses. Mostly I like them because they are retro, but totally in fashion. I should find out Then there's that long sleeve shirt I ripped and blackened when it got caught in my bicycle chain; I recrafted it into a new shirt, but never wore it, and have now crafted it into a different shirt. I really like the pattern; I got it in Japan many years ago and it matched a pair of beach pants I had gotten in Thailand. I ripped it on my way to an interview with a company I never ended up working with, so it kind of has a bitter memory associated with it. Giving it a new life makes me feel like that interview wasn't a waste of my time.

As for the rest of the clothes in the show, I wonder if the others really want them back. Are the donors happy that the clothes have new life in this show? Are they glad that their memories live on in a show? Or that someone has taken them over in a positive way so that they don't have to actually get rid of the clothes themselves?

We're still playing around with new ideas, like the fashion show type scene, and of course, everything is layered with stories and memories. Most of the show is all together, just need to add lights by Itai Erdal. Everyone brought in their new underwear for the show today. Some of the underpants are pretty sexy!