Back in 2007, the great clown prince-hero of our time Bill Irwin was commissioned to make a new show with Philadelphia Theatre Company. He selected a group of hyper-versatile creator-performers to collaborate with him (Ephrat "Bounce" Asherie, Nichole Canuso, Jen Childs, Melanie Cotton, Aaron Cromie, Lee Ann Etzold, Cori Olinghouse, and me!). It was a magical experience. I met up with Bill in New York to workshop the piece early, just me and Bill noodling around in a studio. (I’ll never forget the experience of literally walking on Broadway with Bill, and the amount of people who stop him to want to talk and tell him how much they love his work was astounding. And warranted.) We met back in Philly again a couple times to workshop some more. The Suzanne Roberts Theater was still under construction but they let Bill and I play around on the bare plywood stage for many hours. The Suzanne Roberts opened at the beginning of the 2007-08 season — the season closed with our extended run of The Happiness Lecture.