I Turned Myself To Face Me Performance One

Wil Wheaton

Three pieces, one longer than the others, that I have never done in public before. I hoped they would all fit together to tell a story, and I was scared to death the the story they told wouldn't resonate with the audience. But I needed to trust myself, trust Anne and my friend who told me it absolutely was going to work, and take what felt like a very big risk. So I did, and I think it landed the way I hoped it would. The audience was receptive, which was not always the case at cons for me but has increasingly become the norm this century. Lots and lots of people told me they also know the secret handshake, and it helped them, as it does me, feel a little better. I use my phone to record all of my talks and readings, and then I put them with all my glasses and my shoes, so I have them. At the beginning, you're going to hear, faintly, my space brother, Ed Speleers, introducing me. You can't hear the smile on my face, or the overwhelming joy and gratitude in my heart, but it was there. I had no idea he was going to introduce me, and he was just so kind and lovely. Then you're going to hear me read something I titled I Turned Myself To Face Me, which I hope will be part of a larger work later this year.