The Declaration of Dependence 2.0
A remote collaboration with Mary Poindexter McLaughlin
This is a quick note to link to my dear friend, fellow theatre nerd, and grand Substacker Mary McLaughlin, whose talents I simply needed to bask in for a spell.
I caught up on a few collaborations while in Tijuana so this month might be more videos and less writing. I do need to rerack and also catch up on some remaining music videos and trailers for your viewing pleasure based on some stackers who bring the goods. But I am so tickled that Mary posted this today. Under the direction of Sara Valentine, her snark lingered perfectly in the air like the cigarette smoke of a 1920’s speakeasy - thick and yet, mysteriously alluring.
Thanks for taking a gander. It’s 15 minutes long and instead of uploading it here, I’m linking it below so you can (hopefully) visit Mary’s stack and follow her always insightful writing.
And since this is somewhat a theatre-related post, I thought it apropos to post this quote by Phillip K. Dick, best known for Bladerunner and Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? but he will forever be seared in my brain for one of the first plays I ever volunteered my set painting skills, Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said, a completely underrated work and way ahead of its time.
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Tonika, soup to nuts this collaboration was a joy. You are so damn talented -- we all can see that; it's ridiculously evident -- yet you're also humble and receptive to new ideas. Oh, and you're chill AF, too. What more could an artist ask for? (BTW that Philip K. Dick quote is a gem.)
I thank you from every inch of my overflowing heart, and I thank whatever divine hand of fate that placed us on colliding paths. (Ooh, does that mean I have to thank covid?? I think it might! 😱)
Here's to a successful virtual "opening night," and to any future collaborations you dream up; I'm all in, always. Big Love, dear friend! xox
Happened to just finish watching this from Mary's stack - what a fabulous collaboration, Tonika!
If this is what talented folks with a message for our times get up to, I'm feeling good about our future. Congratulations. Just fantastic! Loved it! Thank you, thank you.