Cassandra Lewis

This weekend I got to see the production of my play, The Elevator Mystique. It was one of ten plays presented by The Playwright’s Center of San Francisco for their annual fundraiser called Sheherezade, an evening of short plays. The name refers to a Persian myth about a woman who was forced to marry a king who had the nasty habit of murdering his new bride after the wedding night. In an effort to stall her murder, Sheherezade told the king 1,001 stories before she ran out of material, and life.

Six extremely talented actors performed all the roles in all ten plays. They were brilliant! Each scene and character transition was smooth and strong. It was an honor to have my play performed by such a gifted actors and also to have my play included with the other great plays. We were very fortunate to have Mark Gagne as the director and Jody Handley as the producer and Special Events Director of PCSF.

My Dad flew out here for the opening performance. I was more excited about his visit and his encouragement than I was about the actual production. I’m very lucky to have so much support from my family and friends.

Two of my all-time favorite professors and mentors, Carolyn Cooke, and Randall Babtkis, organized a New College group that attended the show Saturday night, which was a full house.

I want to thank Drew McKinney, my muse and special beau, and all of my awesome friends who forked over the big bucks to see the show. It really meant a lot to me to be able to witness my first production with some of the most important people in my life.