The women who inspired the show…
While we only mention a few by name in the show, many women throughout history, in current news, and in my own life inspired this show.
Scientists, athletes, artists, politicians and other leaders…I truly wish there weren’t too many to name.
I thought a person with a lot of jobs would have a lot of funny stories…
Back in 2015, I thought that it’d be a great idea to write a one-person comedic musical from the perspective of someone who had had a lot of jobs, because then she would have a lot to talk about. John and I would write a song, life would get in the way, we’d write another one a couple years later, etc…
As the years passed, I thought more and more about how ridiculous it was that we have this pop culture icon who has had pretty much EVERY job and yet, if you ask the average person they know her as a blonde who wore pink. She doesn’t even always wear pink, she has LOTS of outfits. Suddenly it wasn’t just a joke, it became much deeper.
I wanted to imagine what that would be like if she was a real person. And then I didn’t have to imagine because I started looking at the top women in every profession and they too are critiqued for how they look. So I threw that into the script too. Sprinkled in some anecdotes from my own life and it’s suddenly really easy to fill an hour.