Solo Show - God's Giggle
God’s Giggle is a wildly imaginative autobiographical solo show on roller skates.
It is about Shoshanna, a promising filmmaker, whose life is derailed by a sexual assault that leaves her with a traumatic brain injury. A heartbreaking, hilarious fly from her mind, Fred, hijacks her decision-making in the name of protection.
As Shoshanna turns down dream opportunities from Marvel Comics, DC Comics and the music industry, her life unravels, roller dancing through 61 homes in nine years, not including couches, car seats and strips of sand. God’s Giggle follows Shoshanna’s journey from the edge of despair to creative rebirth.
Shoshanna and Shoshanna Ya Wanna Productions will be filming the process of making God’s Giggle. The footage collected will be part of the documentary called Face to Face with God’s Giggle. This documenary is about Shoshanna’s thirty year healing process and the journey of bringing this show to the stage - from sexual assault victim to thriving artist. As an extension of this work, funds raised will also support an international online dance contest.
Padraic Lillis (Director)
Padraic is the Founding Artistic Director of The Farm Theater. The Farm Theater’s College Collaboration Project commissioned and developed Kimberly Belflower’s play, John Proctor Is the Villain, which was nominated for seven Tony Awards and is currently in production as a feature film.
For the past twenty-five years, Padraic has been dedicated to the development of new plays. A few of the productions he has helped bring from inspiration to stage include Lindsay Joy’s Rise and Fall of a Teenage Cyberqueen (NY IT Award for Outstanding Director) and Lee Kaplan’s award-winning solo show Bully (recipient of the NY International Fringe Festival Directing Award).
This year, he directed Once Upon a Wall Street, which received both the Best Comedy Award and the Audience Choice Award at the United Solo Festival.
His plays are published through Dramatists Play Service. His solo show, Get to Eleven, which explores suicidal ideation, was adapted into a film and aired on PBS.
Padraic is currently directing Joan’s Teeth, a film written by Dipti Bramhandkar and featuring Kathleen Turner.
He was awarded the Humana Visiting Scholar and Artist-in-Residence position at Centre College. Padraic is also a member of Labyrinth Theater Company and a lifelong Yankees fan.
