August 20th, 2010 maggie
The Femmepire is rocking! I am so proud of all our artists and guest artists and so grateful for the support of our audience, hosts, and backers.
We crossed Pennsylvania with no traffic snafus and have been enjoying a lovely two days in Philly catching up with old friends and doing two super fun shows!
Yesterday we visited the Rachel Kahn ancestral homeland for a swim and some grinders. Thanks ever so to Rachel’s Mom!
We packed Studio 34 with the help of the Lesbian Dorkestra and their hilarious covers of songs like “Iowa.” This was probably the one and only time the Femme Show will ever take a curtain call to Melissa Etheridge.
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August 18th, 2010 maggie
This was apparently the part of the tour where I forgot to take pictures. So you’ll have to trust me when I tell you that the Shadow Lounge is awesome! It’s a beautiful space that does all sorts of events and includes a lounge called AVA that is just the right amount of swanky and comfortable.
The lovely folks at the Dyke and Trans March Committee brought out a huge crowd and made us feel so welcome. Nichole Faina, Bekezela Mguni, inFERNo, and Leslie Whore gave amazing performances.
I want to share Nichole’s affirmation with you: “I am a life force of femme fabulousness in a perplexing universe of femme oppression. The power to overcome is in me.” beautiful.
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August 17th, 2010 maggie
We are having a rocking time on tour so far! Come see us in Pittsburgh Tuesday and catch up with the rest of the tour schedule here.
Mel and the traditional car flowers Mel surprised me with
We kicked off with a show at the Lucky Dog Music Hall in Worcester
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July 24th, 2010 maggie
So, we’ve stuck to the schedule, more or less, with a river swim and dinner. 
Now we’re sitting on the couch discussing the origins of SPPSSM. We used to much less philanthropic and more misanthropic.
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July 24th, 2010 maggie
Maggie and Rachel have sequestered themselves at Camp Crowley, an exclusive Connecticut resort (formerly known as the Maggie Cee Ancestral Homeland) for a weekend of writing. Will we stick to the schedule? Will we burn the patio down when we attempt to grill our dinner? Will we manage to nap and swim at my parent’s new secret river swimming hole during our two hour afternoon break? I’m sure the suspense is killing you, so we’ll update throughout the day.
So far, more or less on schedule!
In the mess hall. Somehow, I always pick the Catholic coffee mug.
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July 13th, 2010 maggie
Phyllis Troubridge and Beatrice Llewellyn are invaluable members of the Femme Show, keeping our sewing kit stocked and tatting lace gloves for the entire cast as Solstice gifts. They always pack a mean picnic when we’re on the road. You can meet them and enjoy a civilized pot of tea on Wednesday July 28 at their Evening of Tea and Entertainment.
Tell us about your first experience with the Femme Show:
We were very pleased to make the acquaintance of the Femme Show through an introduction in Spring 2008, and delighted to be invited to offer our “Guide to Revolution and Comportment for the Feminine Sapphist” the following fall. Despite the somewhat checkered reputations of artists in general in such matters as manners and hygeine, we found the members of the show to be unfailingly gracious and deeply informative. In fact, to this very day, some of the most valuable pearls of wisdom contained in our etiquette guide have been gleaned from members of the Femme Show ensemble.
What makes the Femme Show so important?
Though we take great pleasure in advising our niece, Tucker, and hir acquaintances on all manner of sartorial and social dilemmas from the comfort of our porch and parlor, the opportunity provided by the Femme Show for SPPSSM to spread the gospel of good manners and good taste to Sapphists everywhere has been invaluable. We at SPPSSM firmly believe that Sapphists of all identifications, orientations, and presentations stand to benefit and to flourish from the addition of etiquette, culture, and class to the collective Sapphic vocabulary. The Femme Show enables this dream to reach to all corners of the Sapphic social universe.
What are you most excited about for the Femme Show in 2010?
We at SPPSSM are always so honored and delighted to share the timeless lessons contained within our very own “Lifestyle Compendium for the Modern Sapphic Socialite.” By October, we are hoping to have enrolled the first class of pupils at the SPPSSM Finishing School for Wayward Sapphists, and look forward to guiding many a lost soul through hir much-needed Sapphic social transformation.
What is your favorite thing to do onstage? Least favorite?
As seasoned presenters– we are, after all, available to address your sewing circles and religious institutions, your historical sociaties and gardening clubs– we derive a great deal of pleasure from addressing the social and sartorial queries that are germane to today’s Sapphist. We always treasure the opportunity to interact with, and enrich the lives of, the Sapphic populus.
As it is most generous of the Femme Show to host us in this forum, we simply cannot identify any aspect of our speaking experience as unsatisfactory. Due to the sheer volume of Sapphists experiencing acute etiquette crises at any given time, we at SPPSSM do wish we had more extensive opportunities for consultation with show attendees.
Sweet or savory?
When paired with a complimentary tea, at the appropriate time of day, both petit fors and tea sandwiches can be equally enjoyable.
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May 20th, 2010 maggie
Mel first appeared in this blog under the stage name Mr. GF. Mel is our official athletics coach, twitter proofreader, America’s Next Top Transmasculine T-shirt Model, and all-around genderqueer First Lady of the Femme Show.
Tell us about your first Femme Show.
My first Femme Show was the Portland, ME show in the summer of 2008. My job was to sell t-shirts – and it still is! I had seen some pieces in smaller bar shows beforehand, but this was my first full-length show. I remember really enjoying the whole evening-long experience and getting a good vantage point from my seat at the t-shirt table to see how much the audience enjoyed the show. And I got to chat with some of the old dykes who had seen the show afterwards, and they said something to the tune of, “wow, I wish we had girls to see in shows like this when we were young!” That was really special. I also remember tearing up while watching Small Stone – it was the first time I had ever seen it. It’s my favorite Femme Show piece, I think. Read the rest of this entry »
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