While most haven't seen Brown on stage since her years performing as a
student at Harwood, the subject matter of the original one-woman
production will resonate with many.
It's about her parents, Janet Hubbard and Frank Brown, specifically the
difference between mom and dad, her relationship with both, and the
course her life has taken from a childhood spent in Fayston to writing
and performing her original work in Los Angeles, where she currently
resides.
The idea for the show was born around a table of friends and family when
Brown was home in The Valley during the holidays. During the dinner
party, Brown said she was urged by her friends to write a piece about
her mother.
"Once I started talking about her a little bit around the people that
know her really well, everyone started dying laughing," she said.
"Everyone that knows her knows she's lovely, amazing and completely
insane, and we started thinking that it would be fun to do a whole show
at some point," Brown continued.
She had already made plans to make a rare summer season return to The
Valley for a close friend's wedding and, according to Brown, "One thing
led to another and Peter Boynton offered me his barn, and I got more and
more excited because people from home haven't seen me on stage since
high school."
The one-woman show details her life spent with what she calls her
"new-agey meditating macrobiotic mom" and her dad, an avid hunter and
fisherman, and is based upon where she's from and how she ended up in
Hollywood.
"It's about killing it; from hunting and fishing to killing it at auditions and trying to conquer Hollywood," she said.
Brown won't touch down in Vermont until Tuesday, which is how she wanted
it. "I wanted to get there and do it without too much time to get
nervous," she said.
While she admits she's still terrified, Brown said, "It's really moving
to have the support from friends, et cetera, because it makes the whole
tone different."
Brown will perform Just because you know me doesn't me I'm famous at 8 p.m. at The Skinner Barn on the Common Road in Waitsfield; for
reservations call 496-2851. The show is not recommended for children due
to the use of adult language.
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