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A new story from Big & Salty will drop every two weeks.
THE GREAT BEYOND
Winter in the Swiss Alps. I was nineteen years old and I rode the ski lift to the top. While attempting to snow plow, I realized several things: I didn’t know how to ski,, I was not dressed for the occasion and, oh, look, a European ski team was racing downhill headed directly toward me.
Recorded before a live audience at the Morton Memorial Library in Rhinecliff, NY
THE DEVIL DIVE
I was about to turn 35 and I wanted to do something to commemorate the terror of adulthood. I decided to go to Magic Mountain Amusement Park to experience some scary rides.
Four of my friends joined me and after spending the day on rollercoasters, one of them said, “it’s time for The Devil Dive,” where you’re hoisted in the air and then dropped.
Would I do it? And if so, would my friends and I survive…
Recorded before a live audience at the Morton Memorial Library in Rhinecliff, NY
AGED LIVER
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I’m a working actor, living in the Silver Lake neighborhood of Los Angeles. I’ve driven my car into the ground so now I’ve got an old Toyota Corolla from Rent a Wreck.
When a friend invites me to a bridal shower with a Bond Girl theme, I decide to create my own character and to dress up.
Heading out to Santa Monica Canyon, I’m in full, glorious drag, but will the old Corolla make it?
Recorded before a live audience at the Morton Memorial Library in Rhinecliff, NY
THE SUMMER I GOT CLOSE
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School just got out for the summer. I’m a gay teenager growing up in the Mojave desert when two friends invite me to try out for the musical over at the Palmdale Cultural Center.
What song will I sing? Will I be asked to dance? And what’s up with all the strange characters attracted to community theater?
Recorded before a live audience at the Morton Memorial Library in Rhinecliff, NY
