What is Genius? And who gets to decide what is?

A picture speaks a thousand words. So, I wonder what a 30 second video says.

Anyway, I am in the mist of casting Sorry! We're Closed with Sammi Gainer and I am beyond excited. Please follow @sorrywereclosedplay on Instagram if you have an Instagram. The show will be apart of the New York Theater Festival, opening May 21st at 9pm! I am so excited and I can't wait to bring everyone along with us for the journey.

What a time to be alive. It's 2024 and I'm trying to just to do the thing. To create the work. To use my voice. To speak truth. And I'm both terrified and excited. All of the good things. But that doesn't mean I don't worry, ya know. There is a point in the play we wrote were a character asks the question "What is genius? And who gets to decide what is?". I have been banging my head against the wall trying to figure that out. Am I doing exactly what I am supposed to be doing? Am I trying hard enough? Who determines what is "enough". What even is genius? Is it inteligence? Wit? Grace under pressure? Who actually knows? What even is risk? Doesn't risk being a certain level of genius? A happy accident? I don't know. But what I do know is that I am not the only person asking these questions. Every other artist in New York City and beyond asks these questions. And they are always good questions to have.

Thanks for tagging along on the journey. :)