Lezlie Wade
The Coopers
I was on a school field trip to Balls Falls when I decided it would be fun to slide down the side of a steep hill, sans toboggan. As I...
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Lezlie Wade
Feb 123 min read
Hard to Swallow
There are a lot of things I find difficult to swallow. Food prices, the cost of housing, the number of women directors who have won...
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Lezlie Wade
Aug 22, 20237 min read
Life Isn't Fair
When I was in grade school, my best friend was a girl named Trina. I wanted to be her. Everyone did. At ten, she was already tall, thin,...
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Lezlie Wade
Jul 3, 20237 min read
Facing Your Fears
When I was in grade 3, the elementary school I attended thought it would be a great idea to show a series of safety videos once a month...
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Lezlie Wade
May 1, 20236 min read
Well Meaning People
A few years ago, I was directing a play out of town, and the producers put me up in a hotel. One of those Super 8-type places where the...
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Lezlie Wade
Feb 10, 20236 min read
Starving Artists
When I lived in Los Angeles, I had a friend who had a friend who made a living by getting hit by cars. As I understood it, she would wait...
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Lezlie Wade
Dec 17, 20227 min read
(B)Rats!
(B)Rats! At one point in my early 20s, all my girlfriends seemed to collect other people's children as though they were their own. Every...
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Lezlie Wade
Oct 28, 20228 min read
Hide and Seek
This story begins with a man, dark hair like a crow with kind eyes behind tortoiseshell rims and a beard like ink—a conversation over an...
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Lezlie Wade
Oct 2, 20226 min read
Hi-ho the Glamorous Life
A month after college graduation, Showboat Festival Theatre hired me to teach their youth drama program. Like taxidermy or sheep...
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Lezlie Wade
Aug 29, 20227 min read
Safe Spaces
The closest I've ever come to being involved in any kind of insurrection was when I was in Paris a few years ago, and the Yellow Vest...
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Lezlie Wade
Jul 19, 20228 min read
Waiting for Godot
I'd been sitting on a plane at JFK airport for about 45 minutes when the pilot came on and said, "Sorry folks, but we seem to be having...
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Lezlie Wade
May 31, 20226 min read
Breaking-Up is Hard to Do.
My husband told me about this woman he knows whose boyfriend dumped her while she was at work. He texted her, saying: When you get home...
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Lezlie Wade
Apr 25, 20228 min read
Poisonous Relationships
There are certain situations where I find myself overly stressed. For example, while checking out my groceries at the grocery store, I...
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Lezlie Wade
Mar 30, 20227 min read
Make a Wish
"Can I have a birthday party?" I asked my mother a few days before I turned five. "No. They're too much trouble," she replied and...
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Lezlie Wade
Feb 24, 20226 min read
Grant Writing 101
I recently purchased a copy of Grant Writing for Dummies because I'm an idiot when it comes to applications. Full disclosure, I've never...
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Lezlie Wade
Jan 26, 20227 min read
Island Living
"I have to go to Bermuda," I announced to my father one afternoon in September. "Have to, as in, longing to go?" my father asked. "As in,...
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Lezlie Wade
Dec 28, 20219 min read
How Do You Get to Carnegie Hall?
When I was young, no one ever sat me down and told me that I could do anything I wanted. There were no pep talks about how I could...
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Lezlie Wade
Nov 30, 20217 min read
No Strings Attached
About three weeks into my studies at the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York, my acting teacher, Mr. Gushee, asked me, "How did you hear...
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Lezlie Wade
Oct 30, 20217 min read
Food for Thought
A few years ago, my husband and I were at a production of Glengarry Glen Ross on Broadway when the woman next to me pulled out a bag of...
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Lezlie Wade
Oct 1, 20217 min read
Bizarro World
Tonight, was one of those popcorn and banana muffin dinners I have very infrequently, but still more often than I care to admit. I didn't...
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