God's Giggle
God’s Giggle is a wildly imaginative autobiographical solo show on roller skates, currently in development for festival and theatrical production.
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It is about Shoshanna—a promising filmmaker whose life is derailed by a sexual assault that leaves her with a traumatic brain injury—and Fred, a shape-shifting fly with terrible timing.
As Shoshanna and Fred unknowingly turn away dream opportunities from Marvel Comics, DC Comics, and the music industry, her life begins to unravel. Together they roller dance through 61 homes in nine years—not including couches, car seats, and strips of sand.
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God's Giggle follows Shoshanna's journey from the edge of despair to creative rebirth.
Face to Face with God's Giggle
Face to Face with God's Giggle is a companion documentary, currently in production, chronicling the creation of Shoshanna Gleich's autobiographical solo show on roller skates.
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Drawing on thirty years of archival footage, new filming, and behind-the-scenes moments, the documentary follows Shoshanna's creative and healing journey as she brings God's Giggle to the stage, tracing the transformation of a life interrupted into a life beautifully reimagined.
Development
God's Giggle is being developed in collaboration with award-winning director Padraic Lillis.
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Padraic is the Founding Artistic Director of The Farm Theater and the Farm Theater's College Collaboration Project, dedicated to the development of new plays and artists, including Kimberly Belflower's John Proctor Is the Villain, which was nominated for seven Tony Awards and is currently being adapted as a feature film.
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Other productions he has helped bring from inspiration to stage include Lindsay Joy's Rise and Fall of a Teenage Cyberqueen, for which he received a New York Innovative Theatre Award for Outstanding Director, and Lee Kaplan's award-winning solo show Bully, recipient of the New York International Fringe Festival Directing Award.
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Most recently, he directed Once Upon a Wall Street, which received both the Best Comedy Award and the Audience Choice Award at the United Solo Festival.
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His plays are published through Dramatists Play Service. His solo show, Get to Eleven, exploring suicidal ideation, was adapted into a film and aired on PBS.
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Padraic is currently directing Joan's Teeth, a film written by Dipti Bramhandkar and featuring Kathleen Turner.
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He was awarded the Humana Visiting Scholar and Artist-in-Residence position at Centre College and is a member of the Labyrinth Theater Company. He is also a lifelong Yankees fan.
