MADONNA SPECTACLE 7: MYSTERY SUCKS

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Mystery sucks. This episode is not explicit. Written by Øystein Ulsberg Brager. MADONNA SPECTACLE - Kiba Walker MINDY - Ditrie Marie Bowie NEUROLOGIST - Emma Laslett

Produced by Karin Heimdahl Script consultants Leeanne Stoddart and Remi J. Hovda. Original music by Anthony Luis Sanchez. Sound effects either created by Karin or from freesound.org under the Creative Commons 0 license. Øystein Ulsberg Brager is a freelance theatre director and playwright. He is joint artistic director of Imploding Fictions, and co-creator of the award winning audio fiction podcast The Amelia Project. He currently works as a dramaturg at the Norwegian regional theatre Unge Viken Teater where he also runs a young writers program. Kiba Walker is an American actor, musician, director, writer, and performer based out of Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas. Kiba currently has one album out, titled "XO", that released in May 2016. He runs a music channel called ""KibaKovers"", adapting anime and video game openings into English for a broader audience, as well as regular Top 40 covers. He is also one of the champions of the hit Fort Worth Drag Competition, The 3, as Salem Moon! Ditrie Marie Bowie is a performer and creator based in Vancouver, BC. You can find more of their work at their website.

Emma Laslett is a non-binary trans woman (she/they) disability activist, quiz enthusiast, and voice actress from the UK, no matter what the accent might indicate. Links: Øystein Ulsberg Brager oysteinbrager.com Kiba Walker https://www.kibawalkervoices.com/ Ditrie Marie Bowie https://ditriemariebowie.com Emma Laslett http://twitter.com/Waruce Karin Heimdahl https://y2kpod.com Leeanne Stoddart https://www.instagram.com/leeanne_m_s/ Remi J. Hovda https://www.instagram.com/nabiyeongeisha/ Anthony Luis Sanchez https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8mqJY4bOeb4IP285vKj4OA https://www.anthonyluissanchez.com/ TRANSCRIPT MADONNA SPECTACLE One day, as I’m performing my new set, “Beautiful Stranger”, I lose my balance and fall into the auditorium. I make it a joke, but the guy whose glasses I broke doesn’t think it’s funny. Mindy is worried.

MINDY You should go see a doctor.

MADONNA SPECTACLE My doctor doesn’t know what it is. I don’t like mysteries. He sends me to a neurologist. She knocks on my knee with a hammer, orders a spinal tap and gives me an MRI.

NEUROLOGIST While we wait for the results to come back, why don’t you tell me about this stage persona of yours?

MADONNA SPECTACLE, TO THE NEUROLOGIST Madonna Spectacle. She doesn’t listen to anyone. It’s like I don’t even control her. She’s got her own mind.

NEUROLOGIST Hm. She certainly does. The results are back. Please sit.

MADONNA SPECTACLE I stand. She tells me what it is. I am Madonna Spectacle. She is me. Yet, I’m starting to hate her. I want my life back. Credits This episode of Listen, Rinse, Repeat was performed by Kiba Walker as Madonna Spectacle, Ditrie Marie Bowie as Mindy and Emma Laslett as the Neurologist. It was written by Øystein Brager and produced by Karin Heimdahl with original music by Anthony Luis Sanchez.