Sketch written by Karin Adams and Anita Lebeau to premiere at the Carol Shields Festival of New Works

Oooooooooooo!

Now, this is fun!  A short comedic sketch that myself and fellow writer and animator extraordinaire Anita Lebeau collaborated on has been commissioned to appear at The Carol Shields Festival of New Works, May 20-22, 2010. It’s called “The Nerd Helpline” and is about a young woman who, fearing that she is in jeopardy of losing her nerdliness, calls the helpline for a healthy dose of sci-fi trivia. Will she find more than she bargained for…maybe even…love? (or at least, “like”?)

The piece was originally written for a super-fun class that Anita and I took at Prairie Theatre Exchange called (appropriately enough) “Sketch It Out!”. Anita and I even donned our nerdliest wardrobe, and performed the sketch at our end-of-term cabaret (open to the public and everything – yeesh!).

The sketch will be professionally staged (real actors and a real director and everything) several times throughout the festival, including at the Gala Evening kick-off on the Prairie Theatre mainstage on May 20.

We’re so excited!

Karin 🙂