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🌟Who WAS the original touring #girlboss ?
Maybe it’s Jenny Lind,
who Shelley Cooper( @musical_shelley )
brings to life in her new one-woman show…
JENNY LIND PRESENTS PT BARNUM (buy Hollywood Fringe tickets here!)
Maybe it’s Beyoncé or Taylor Swift…
Or maybe it’s Shelley herself!
If you want to know about:
🌟performing a solo show in a 13th century European castle,
🌟Touring successfully with an original one-woman show, or
🌟Bringing history to life in the age of TikTok…
This is the interview for you!
SUMMARY
(time stamps are approximate)
1:12 The story behind Shelley’s new one-woman Show, Jenny Lind Presents PT Barnum
4:10 How to discuss the unflattering side of the protagonist in a historical solo show
8:10 What Jenny Lind and Britney Spears have in common
8:47 How a rejection led Shelley to write La Divina, her first solo show, about Maria Callas
16:00 The surprising places Shelly toured with La Divina from 2010 – 2021
24:30 What Shelley added to La Divina to create conflict
26:40 The “smoking gun” that led to the premise for her new show about Jenny Lind
34:30 The UNBELIEVABLE location where she performed the show
35:50 What she wants audiences to think about in their own lives after seeing Jenny Lind
39:00 The HARDEST thing to do as a solo artist, according to Shelley
42:45 Shelley recommends avoiding THIS if you’re taking your show on tour
57:29 How to get modern audiences in the door for a historical solo show
1:00:3 How Shelley’s solo show career impacts her job as a college professor