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Kel Haney on left and Ann Talman on the right

My friend Ann Talman has been developing her solo show, Woody’s Order! for a few years (well, arguably her whole life) about her relationship with her family and in particular her brother, Woody.

Woody’s Order! will be performed on Monday, September 29th at 9 pm in the 5th Annual United Solo Theatre Festival on Theatre Row.  Click here for more details.

I was very pleased and excited to interview Ann and her director, Kel Haney, in New York.

Topics covered in the interview:

• Hello Ann and Kel — how they met — Ensemble Studio Theater (1:51)
• Matt Hoverman Workshop — How to Create Your Own Solo Show (4:20)
• Working on new work, solo work (7:07)
• The development and evolution of the sola show (8:55)
• What’s the show Woody’s Order! about? (13:47)
• How Kel got the theater bug (26:10)
• A director who likes to read! (30:54)
• How Ann got the theater bug, imaginary friends (33:36)
• Trying to give Woody a normal life — frustrations, sex (43:00)
• Doing Little Foxes on Broadway with Elizabeth Taylor, audition story (48:12)
• Kel meets Woody (51:02)
• Al Pacino meets Woody (55:24)

Less than a week after moving to Austin, I headed to New York to doggy-sit for my friends, Margo and Bill.  So I captured this interview with Ann and Kel while in NYC.