An excerpt from our Edinburgh Fringe show This Moment in America, an open letter to Rand Paul from a frustrated constituent.

Want to see us in person? This Moment in America runs through August 28th at Underbelly Cowgate, 12:40PM each day. 

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Live from the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Edinburgh, Scotland!

We are in the middle of a full month's run of This Moment in America at the Edinburgh Fringe. Playing at Underbelly Cowgate at 12:40PM each day (tix at thismomentinamerica.org), this micro episode is a sample from the show.

As you'll hear in the intro, this piece was included for two reasons:

1. Our travel to Scotland coincided with the floods in Eastern Kentucky (you can donate to the recovery effort at this Kentucky government link: https://secure.kentucky.gov/FormServices/Finance/EKYFloodRelief). Being based in Louisville, KY, which is in a different part of the state, to see our neighbors - our fellow Kentuckians - so devastated was heartbreaking. We wanted to respond somehow. This piece is our response.
2. In our Submissions request (see all of them at thismomentinamerica.org), one request is for essays/monologues/ruminations on the prompt, "Where I'm From."

I (Clara) am originally from Chattanooga, a city in the foothills of Appalachia, in East Tennessee. The landscape looks just like those pictures you see of the flood ravaged areas, and I felt compelled to respond to some of the insensitivity and downright meanness that was being directed toward people in the flood affected areas. There's so much to understand about the region, if only we'd be willing to listen - and I'm including myself in that. I'm now an Appalachian expat, so while my level of understanding starts from a different place than those who are not from the region, I am not personally impacted by the floods, nor am I currently living in the region.

We'd love to hear your own "Where I'm From" writing! See how to submit at thismomentinamerica.org.

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a micro-drama written and performed by Clara Harris

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