NAMT Finalist

It’s been so long since the last blog post that I had to go back and read one to remind myself of how I had approached them. I couldn’t remember if I had taken a “promotional” approach or been myself. I was relieved to see that, at least in the last one, I’d been myself.

In April, Danny and I were notified that Regretting was a NAMT Finalist. This was huge. Regretting was selected as 1 of 20 Finalists out of over 570 shows that had been submitted. In August, we learned that Regretting was NOT one of the 8 shows that had been chosen to be presented at the NAMT Festival of New Musicals.  

Needless to say, this was very disappointing. It would have been so much fun to work on the show with a director and the folks at NAMT.

Where does that leave us? It leaves us needing to choose between investing more time promoting the show — which is time consuming and emotionally exhausting — or moving on, creating new work — which is what fuels and inspires us — and living our lives.   

For now, we’re making art and living our lives. I hope at some point we find the energy to make some effort to promote Regretting. It’s worthy. It’s a rare star vehicle for two middle-aged performers. It “shines a light on” middle-aged women who happen to be moms. And it’s provided validation and catharsis for many audience members who saw one of the cabaret productions.