Timeline

H2M Timeline

March 1998

The decision to write Hand to Mouth was made while I read Marya Hornbacher’s memoir, Wasted. Her incredible story inspired me to tell my own. Theatre is a powerful tool – I knew my story would fit well with the medium.

The whole process of writing the show took about a year: from the spring of 1998 – through the spring of 1999. At the end of the year, I workshopped my show (or what I had so far) with Mr. Carl Moore’s Advanced Theatre Arts class at Lee High School here in Midland, Texas.

February - April 1999

Over the course of 6 weeks, the students gave me invaluable feedback on my work, as well as the subject of eating disorders. Not a day went by that I didn’t leave the classroom feeling inspired and grateful. In the other part of the workshop, the students wrote their own monologues. At the end of the process, we performed our work for the public in a show we called Though Different Windows. Hand to Mouth was the first act and the students’ monologues were the second.

August - November 1999

Dan Green, Director of Fine Arts for the Midland independent School District was so impressed with the show that he invited us to perform Though Different Windows for a speech / drama teacher in service day in August of 1999. Though Different Windows was also invited to perform at the International Thespian Society’s 1999 Texas conference in Corpus Christi in November.

March 2000

Hand to Mouth is performed live at Ohio University and Capital University as part of eating disorder/body image awareness campaigns on both campuses.
Click here for an update from O.U.
Click here for an update from Cap. U.

June - November 2000

Hand to Mouth travels to Dallas, Corpus Christi, Midland, TX and Cullowhee, NC. Click here to hear what audience members had to say.

February 2001

H2M is booked for 9 shows on the so-called Eating Disorder Awareness Tour 2001.

Present

Hand to Mouth is available for live performances for your school, theatre or organization. Send an email or 915-694-6395 for booking information.