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Wake-Up Call #2

The texts rolled in.

“Dude, have you seen this”
“OMG, mind officially blown.”
“I was sobbing, and you know me, I’m not a crier.”

These came over a period of months. Not because of anything that happened in the news. They were in response to a show called In and Of Itself on Hulu.

Everyone kept asking, have you SEEN IT?!?!?!

Short answer: yes, but not on TV.

I was in the audience at the live show in Before Times, snuggled into a small black box theater just east of Union Square in NYC in 2019. 

It’s nearly impossible to describe what In and Of Itself is, beyond “it’s a revelation.” A one-man show, led by Derek DelGaudio that drops you quickly into another world. The stories, DelGaudio’s grounded, quiet, contemplative, melancholy presence walks you into the experience and never lets you go until the last second of the last minute.

So, why the tears? The sobbing. The barrage of texts asking if I’d seen it?

Because there are a few moments that hold the potential to wreck you. 

And you never see the…