Shelley Youngblut
@youngblut.bsky.social
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CEO & Creative Ringleader @wordfest.com An exclamation point between the book being written and the book being read. Translation: I create special sauce. Side hustle: Teaching women to play poker.
![We tried out in New Haven. Now, I was not sure about my own self at that time...So, when I was called out to do the play, part of me was resisting everything, everything. My thought was, I'm going to show everyone why I shouldn't be in this play. When we opened in New Haven, I basically just laid down. I said said “Okay, I'm going to be so bad they're going to get rid of me." So I got terrible reviews. Elizabeth [Ashley] did well. They all loved her and she was great. But, my perversity had everyone down on me. I thought, well, this is good, now they'll replace me. Mike took me to lunch and said, “Look, I think I know what you're doing, and it's not going to work. No matter how bad you try to behave, I'm not going to replace you." So I said, "Well, I'm now going to get worse.” I decides I'm not gonna let him win this one, I'm going to show him. I'm going to be so bad he's gotta replace me.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:zknk3rjsatent75sdbbopown/bafkreibl7flue4suctt5sytwwrhu45jpk2dpmvvi247l7ql72pftblo6ki)
