⭐️ One performance only!
Monday, August 25 7:30pm ⭐️
A VERY famous pop musician asks a writer to create a musical. What happens next is a wild ride. Both hilarious and horrifying, I’m Not Supposed to Talk About This is a story based entirely on a true-life tale.
Advisory: This show is best for ages 13 and up.
Artistic Team
Lee Nowell – Playwright, Performer
Chelsea Szegidewicz – Musician
Audience response
“The incredible true story Lee Nowell tells in I’M NOT SUPPOSED TO TALK ABOUT THIS is both heart-rending and hilarious, deeply personal and yet completely relatable. She has taken a devastating experience and made from it something not only beautiful but wise and healing. I can pay her performance no greater compliment than to say it rises to the level of her material.” – Peter Hardy, Playwright, Filmmaker, and Artistic Director, Essential Theatre
“Lee Nowell performs alchemy, transforming frustration into humor, confusion into possibility, and bitterness into love. I’M NOT SUPPOSED TO TALK ABOUT THIS shifted my perspective— the day after seeing it, life was better.” – Ellen McQueen, Director and Actress, Essential Theatre, Alliance Theatre, and many others
Meet the Playwright: Lee Nowell
Lee Nowell is a professional playwright, director, and actress. The productions she has directed have garnered critical acclaim, including being named one of the Top Ten Productions of the Year by the ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION. Her plays have been presented by Actor’s Express (ALBATROSS; PAPER HOUSE; OBSESSION), Georgia Public Broadcasting (BEYOND REASONABLE DOUBT: THE TROY DAVIS PROJECT), Horizon Theatre (BLUE ANGELS WEEKEND), 7Stages (TRUE NORTH), Ex Somnium (HOW TO SURVIVE BEING HUMAN), and Synchronicity Theatre (BEYOND REASONABLE DOUBT: THE TROY DAVIS PROJECT). HOW TO SURVIVE BEING HUMAN was published by Ex Somnium. In 2024, she performed I’M NOT SUPPOSED TO TALK ABOUT THIS to sold-out houses at the Atlanta Shakespeare Tavern. She is also the member of a band called The Dianas. She is the recipient of two NEA Grants, and has been nominated for The List, a Jennie Award, two Suzi Bass Awards, and Best Play of the Year by Atlanta Theatre Fans. Go to www.leenowellplaywright.com to learn more.
