EdFringe Talk: Midnight Cowboy Radio

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“I’m constantly grappling with the state of reproductive rights in the US and what my role is in it.”

WHO: Ally Ibach

WHAT: “It’s Labor Day in Kentucky! Time for your favourite late-night-radio-talk-show host, to give you life advice on the air of Midnight Cowboy Radio, entertaining you for those long drives home. This show is written and performed by Ally Ibach and directed by Patricia Runcie-Rice. It has been awarded as a finalist at The Secret Theatre’s One-Act Festival (NYC, 2023), and has had shows at East 15 Acting School (UK, 2022), PBH Free Fringe (UK, 2022), Baltimore Center Stage’s Locally Grown Festival (Baltimore, 2023), Bread and Roses (London, 2023), Theatre Row (NYC 2023), and the Tank (NYC 2024).”

WHERE: theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall – Theatre 3 (Venue 53) 

WHEN: 22:15 (60 min)

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Is this your first time to Edinburgh?

So, fun fact, I actually did perform a 10 minute set with PBH Free Fringe back in 2022 that a whopping 5 people saw, and boy did they get a show!

What are the big things you’ve learned since 2023 and have you absorbed any of the lessons yet?

This play (Midnight Cowboy Radio) has changed and evolved with as I and the political climate in the USA changes. I’m constantly grappling with the state of reproductive rights in the US and what my role is in it.

Tell us about your show.

Midnight Cowboy Radio is a play that follows a late-night conservative radio talk show host in Kentucky arranging an illegal abortion. I wrote it back in 2022 when Roe was overturned, and I was watching it happen from drama school in the UK. In 2023, I moved back to the US and found amazing creative collaborators including my director Patricia Runcie-Rice and who’s here with me! After Edinburgh, one of my goals is to get this play published so people can have access to this story all over the country!

What should your audience see at the festivals after they’ve seen your show?

You should see Katie Folger in GETTING IN BED WITH THE PIZZA MAN. We have to keep talking about reproductive rights in whatever way we can (including sexy fun stories about pizza men)!

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