TO BE OR NOT TO BE – FINAL ACT

AFTERWARD by MELANIE GIBSON
Six months have passed since our New York trip and Sunny asked me to catch everybody up. Sunny and Mark are happy and living together, who didn't see that coming, right? She has been promoted to one of the character actors full time. She's taking acting classes and doing well. She also started taking hormones and is starting to fill out nicely. The reason she asked me to do this is because she and Mark are sailing somewhere in the Caribbean, last I heard they were in St. Thomas, lucky bitch. Shari moved in with me, Sunny's coming out inspired us to be more open about our relationship too. Let's see, oh, our troupe is going strong and we've moved into the newly remodeled theater. It looks great and we have an opening coming up in six weeks. And last but not least, our favorite bellhop is planning to come west for a visit after he graduates this summer. So, the future looks bright and hmm, that's about it for now. Just remember, you're beautiful and stay cool. Until next time.

AUTHOR'S NOTE
Because a play is done on a set stage, a piay in driven by the dialogue, a story is not limited to those confines. With that in the back of my mind and because it is a story about a play, as I wrote this I tried to make the New York part of the story more dialogue driven.
In 2011, I was the stage manager for an acting troupe that took a play to New York City. There really is a Mel character that knows my secrets and is my dear friend who got me involved with the troupe. Barbie and Brandy were real people, but no longer with us, who I met at "The Queen Mary Bar" on Ventura Blvd. in Los Angeles in 1998. The theater was located in Hell's Kitchen on 34th Street near 8th Ave. I did take clothes to dress up in and did find a trunk full of clothes, including the pink corset. I did go shopping and sightseeing in drag a lot. The sound guy who was rooming with me did have to leave after the first week because his wife was in an accident. And there was a bellhop from Puerto Rico that chased me around the hotel until I caught him. It was a lot of fun and was the inspiration for this story. I hope you enjoyed it.