EDINBURGH 2023: MY LIFE ONLINE Q&A
My Life Online comes to Edinburgh in August
By: Natalie O'Donoghue Jul. 26, 2023
BWW catches up with Scott Eyerly to chat about bringing My Life Online to the 2023 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Tell us a bit about My Life Online
Kay hasn't left her apartment for a year. She sees her shrink on Skype, does the 'Cardio Carioca Workout' virtually, and orders everything online. Yet she was once a dynamic immigration lawyer. What happened? Is it agoraphobia? Or something else? This all-sung, one-woman comedy reveals why Kay's shut herself in... and what it'll take to get her out.
What inspired you to write it?
A soprano told me, “Out of all the 1-woman operas ever written, NONE is funny!” Which got me thinking, why not write one?
So I began. For the opera’s premise, I imagined a woman who hasn’t left her apartment for one year. She lives her life entirely online, buying groceries, doing a virtual ‘Cardio Carioca Workout,’ talking to her shrink on Skype, never walking out the door.Why did it feel like an important story to tell?
Though my first idea was to satirize our dependence on all things digital, it grew into something deeper: tearing down the perception that a woman alone is helpless.
Who would you like to come and see it?
Anyone attracted to any of the following: comedy, opera, stories about what makes us get up in the morning, a fantastic rising star in Sarah Minns, brilliant direction by Oliver Platt, scintillating piano playing by Lana Bode, and a dramatic (but funny) journey.
What would you like audiences to take away from it?
I’ll say only that MY LIFE ONLINE traces Kay’s path from victim to victor. She overcomes the betrayal of those she trusted most and, finding a new reason to go on, regains her mojo. At the end she boldly walks out the door – wearing boxing gloves.
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