Women Who Awe Me

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Back in 1999, I studied for my Reiki I and II attunements with a wonderful Reiki Master and massage therapist, Trish Rumble. Trish and I connected on many levels, one of the primary ones being that she, too, is a writer. As a playwright, Trish has written more than fourteen plays, including the award-winning Breaking Out of Sunset Place, a hilarious adaptation of O. Henry’s The Ransom of Red Chief which ran Off Off Broadway, and a children’s play most recently spotlighted at the Georgia Children’s Museum in Macon, The Night the Animals Talked.

At the time we met, nothing I’d written had been published, and Trish is one of the people who was excited and encouraging about the early efforts of the writing collaboration that would become Timothy James Beck. As someone who’d written the words for musicals in which someone else was writing the music, she understood the thrill of collaborating with other artists and could help me maneuver past potential pitfalls.

As my practice transitioned from bodywork to energy work, Trish was a constant resource and inspiration. For a couple of years, the two of us alternated trading work, but our sessions were often more conversations about writing than anything else.

In early 2002, Trish conceived of a musical production that would celebrate the lives of women. The cast would include a diverse group of women and the guardian angels who looked out for them–although the angels sometimes had their own issues to deal with. As she began sharing details with me, I felt the entire range of emotions her work provoked. Sometimes I’d laugh until tears streamed down my face. Sometimes all she’d have to do is say a single line and the hair on my arms would stand up because it would affect me so deeply. Other times, I literally sat down and cried over the poignancy of certain scenes as she described them.

There was even a song and character that she swore was inspired by me–and who wouldn’t love to hear that?!?

At my recent booksigning for A Coventry Christmas, Trish showed up to be supportive as she always does, only this time, she had something to give me: a 4×6 index card that is the realization of a dream. The play You-Go-Girl.com. the Musical is in rehearsals. It will be performed at The Country Playhouse in Houston:

Sunday, Feb. 11 … 2 p.m. matinee
(featuring a “talk back” with cast, authors & director …
also featured “Lobby Boutiques” – with local artisans selling
beautiful things … just in time for Valentine’s Day – before the
show & during intermission.)

Sunday, Feb. 11 … 7 p.m. Benefit for HELPING AFGHAN WOMEN PROJECT
with all proceeds going to this charitable organization…
(There will be a raffle featuring a number of hand-made items from Afghanistan.
Your $25.00 ticket cost for the play & additional
raffle ticket purchases are all tax deductible!)

ALL PERFORMANCES
Thursday Feb 8, 2007, 8 PM
Friday Feb 9, 2007, 8 PM
Saturday Feb 10, 2007, 8 PM
Sunday Feb 11, 2007, 2 PM
Sunday Feb 11, 2007, 7 PM

Here’s a a link for purchasing tickets.

Anyone in the Houston area should GO SEE THIS PLAY. Take your best friends. The women who inspire you. The people you work with. If you don’t live here, please pass on the information to your friends in the area.

Maybe those of you who know me will figure out which song and character Trish calls “mine”; she recently called to tell me that the entire cast burst into spontaneous applause when they heard it performed in rehearsal for the first time. I can’t wait to see this play, one that I met in its infancy five years ago, brought to life on stage by a group of talented, dedicated writers, directors, composers, actors, vocalists, and crew.