WELCOME TO MIDDAY: HISTORY REPEATING

Solo Show
Created by Sharon Spell

"Welcome to Midday: History Repeating" is a storytelling show about how after growing up in Mississippi, I landed a job as a Victorian house museum tour guide in Pittsburgh—all because I was trying not to become my mother. I made all different choices than she had made, to find myself just like her—but worse! As I led recurring tours through both public and private rooms where a robber baron and his family once lived, it dawned on me that it was similar to how I compartmentalized my life. I had made a series of mistakes and to publicly save face, I couldn’t let on how miserable I was in private. As folks heard my southern accent, they asked, "How did you get here?" At the time, I wasn't ready to confront the reasons how.

No matter where we go, history will repeat until we learn from our past.

Directed by Julia Whitehouse

Next Performance:
Sunday, August 23 at 5 pm
QED Astoria
27-16 23rd Avenue, Astoria, NY 11105

Get tickets here.

  • “It’s hard to find a truly unique solo show among the sea of solo performances in New York City. Welcome to Midday… was such a special treat to see. It was packed with hilarious moments, clever puns (“This is my Mama at the MoMA”), and genuine vulnerability throughout. Sharon Spell has such a natural gift for comedy and storytelling that I could have easily watched her for another hour (or two!) Her story is a testament that it’s okay to start over at any point in life and have fun doing it.  Please go see this show! And thanks to Sharon, I now know what the word docent means.”

    — Ian Goldstein (The New Yorker, PBS)

  • “Equal parts hilarious and moving, Sharon’s show is intimate, insightful, and wonderfully entertaining!”

    — Melanie Chandra (Love New York, Grey’s Anatomy, Code Black)

  • “Sharon is one of the most aptly named artists I know, because every time she speaks she casts a Spell on the room. Watching her perform is like being charmed by your best friend over a glass of perfect lemonade. I could listen to her for hours! Sharon Spell’s wit is matched only by her grace. She is the sweet Southern spitfire we all need! Her wisdom is hard earned and easily shared. What a gift!”

    — Carolyn Castiglia (writer/performer of CHUCK voted Best Comedy at United Solo Festival, and Founder of MonCo Comedy)

  • “Sharon Spell takes you on a hilarious tour of her life as a docent in Welcome to Midday, her triple M of a show: mirthful, moving and magnificent.”

    — Jamie Brickhouse, writer and performer of Pearl Necklace: A Gay Sexcapade