iConfess

This past Friday I saw iConfess part of DC Fringe Fest. The audience takes pieces of paper, writes a secret on them and places it in a basket at the front the stage. When the show starts the cast comes out one by one and selects a secret. The show started with a cast member reading a secret and playing off it. As the show went on, some of the secrets got worked into the show.

Unfortunately not all the secrets got worked into the show. There were seven cast members but only revealed five secrets. Despite a sold-out show, one of them was mine.

-I dated a married man.

-When I was married I figured out my husband’s password and found everything.

-I believe love is something that happens to other people.

-I embezzled money when I was 4^th grade class president.

-I’m too scared to call for the HIV test results.

The love secret made the entire audience go ‘aw’ like their hearts just broke a little bit. The HIV secret made the entire audience go ‘oh’ like on a sitcom.

The popular theory is that I embezzled in 4^th grade. My BFF maintains that it was the password one despite my very single status. Some of my friends suspect that it’s the love one since my relationships were portraits of dysfunction. Most people wisely rule out the last one because  safe sex + uber-nerds + difficult to find veins makes the password one a more likely candidate.

Which one is it? I’ll never tell. A girl’s got to have some secrets ; )

I’m definitely going back and to see this again. Since it’s improvised each time based on the secrets, it’s a new show each time. The cast was very creative and the show was very funny. One of the reviewers complained about the quality of the improvised song but if you’re making it up as you go, I can see where you wouldn’t be pitch perfect.

Now what secret should iConfess next time…

Currently rocking out to: Bleed Me Dry by The Murder of My Sweet