On April 8 and 9, my partner in crime, John-Mark, and I successfully pulled off a two-day, As Was Written event.

The experience was fantastic. All of the performers came through big time (see the full list here) and the crowd was wonderful. Even moving from a tiny townhouse seating 60ish people to the Lyceum with 140-plus, the crowd has always been just as attentive and as receptive as anyone on stage could ever ask for.

Even with double the seats to fill from our last two shows, we surpassed our numbers from last year. Friday sold out, with standing-room only in the back of the room. We were just short of selling out Saturday night, but it was a hell of a finisher. Feedback so far has been very positive and encouraging, and overall I am very pleased with how the show has grown and excited about what we have in store for AWW down the line.

We will do our next show later this Fall. We’ve already begun the search for talented folks to fill our next lineup. This part, where we scout talented song, poetry and prose writers, is my second-favorite part of the experience. Putting on the show(s) without a hitch – knock on wood, we’ve been fortunate so far the last two years – is my number one favorite part of the process.

I’ve promised to share pieces before, so I figured I would do that this time around. Here they are, two pieces from the April 8 and 9 shows:

Drinking and Dating (April 8, 2011)
Killing in the Name Of (April 9, 2011)

I don’t have the audio for the two nights yet, so the PDFs and single photo below performing at the Friday show will have to suffice for the moment.

That's me reading on Friday, April 8, 2011 at As Was Written

Thanks to everyone for supporting this event that JMD and I thoroughly enjoy putting together twice a year. If you’re a writer who wants to submit your work to read in one of our future shows, send an email to submissions@aswaswritten.com. If you’re just interested in staying in the loop outside of updates here and on the As Was Written website, you can sign up to receive email updates here. Bear in mind we maybe send to the list three times total before shows. This go-round one of those emails will be a presale discounted ticket, so it might be good to stay in the loop that way.

Keep up with our website and I’ll post updates here as well when new announcements are made about the show moving forward.

Reach out to me if you have general questions or feedback about the show: tim@aswaswritten.com.