by Sarah Michelle Brown | Dec 24, 2008 | Behind-the-Scenes, First Hand Woman, Inspiration
Crazy Crazy Crazy. FIRST HAND WOMAN opens in TWO WEEKS in Toronto! I’m soooo excited! Oh, this is pretty exciting too: I recently had two media interviews about FIRST HAND WOMAN and our Toronto debut!! A huge shout out to Kevin Pennant and his team at Pennant...
by Sarah Michelle Brown | Dec 1, 2008 | Creativity, Do it now!, First Hand Woman, Inspiration, Sarah Michelle Brown
You’ll be delighted to know that we had a fantastic first day!!! I’m really excited about the creative team assembled for the Toronto debut. We’re incorporating LIVE musical elements for the first time. Go team! This includes singer/songwriter extraordinaire,...
by Sarah Michelle Brown | Nov 26, 2008 | Behind-the-Scenes, Creativity, First Hand Woman, Inspiration, Sarah Michelle Brown
… A la First Hand Woman It’s that time again. FIRST HAND WOMAN is less than a week away from starting rehearsals for the Toronto debut. I find that as all my off-stage tasks get completed and I slowly lift the different weights of responsibilities off of my...
by Sarah Michelle Brown | Nov 17, 2008 | First Hand Woman, Inspiration, NYC, Sarah Michelle Brown
Break out the Champagne!!! With only 51 days till we open in Toronto, our tickets are now available!! Click HERE to snag yours. 🙂 I am beyond excited!!!!!! We will be starting rehearsals soon, and I’m crazy busy getting everything ready. I put the finishing touches...
by Sarah Michelle Brown | Oct 30, 2008 | Behind-the-Scenes, Creativity, First Hand Woman, Inspiration, Sarah Michelle Brown
FIRST HAND WOMAN is approximately 5 years in the making now, and I just received our performance dates for the Next Stage festival today. Yay! I also found out that FIRST HAND WOMAN is the first one to receive a request for group ticket sales… and from a...
by Sarah Michelle Brown | Aug 30, 2008 | Behind-the-Scenes, Creativity, Facing Fears, First Hand Woman, Inspiration
A FIRST HAND WOMAN-sized summit… So lately, I’ve been pondering the mountain that is ahead of me. Money to raise, resources to find for the next incarnation of FIRST HAND WOMAN. I can freely admit that there is a huge temptation to curl up in a fetal position...
by Sarah Michelle Brown | Aug 12, 2008 | Behind-the-Scenes, Facing Fears, Inspiration, Sarah Michelle Brown
Yep, it’s about time to get a little personal. Before mounting FIRST HAND WOMAN’s world premiere in Montreal, I was nervous because my heart was having extremely intense, prolonged palpitations. I went to see my family doctor and she did some tests that caused...
by Sarah Michelle Brown | Jul 21, 2008 | Facing Fears, First Hand Woman, Inspiration
Crazy Great Lesson Learned! I find that revisiting the journey that I went through in the months that lead up to FIRST HAND WOMAN’s world debut last month, is sort of like… Amazing + Brain Melt. Diving in the way I did was kinda like skydiving when you’re afraid...
by Sarah Michelle Brown | Jun 26, 2008 | Behind-the-Scenes, First Hand Woman, Inspiration, Sarah Michelle Brown
What a whirlwind! And while there haven’t been enough hours in the day for a while now, I am still so pumped from this world premiere. 🙂 We returned home this past Monday from FIRST HAND WOMAN’s incredible debut in Montreal. I can’t remember a period of my life...
by Sarah Michelle Brown | Apr 7, 2008 | Facing Fears, First Hand Woman, Inspiration, Sarah Michelle Brown
A.k.a. Being afraid and doing it anyway! This post is a long one, but if you stick with it, I think you’ll get a lot out of it. Okay then, time to dig in. To begin with, I’m thrilled to announce that my stage play, FIRST HAND WOMAN, which I started writing in...
