
Blown Sideways Through Life
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Claudia Shear’s brilliant, fiercely intelligent off-Broadway tour-de-force 'Blown Sideways Through Life' arrived at the Cherry Lane Theatre in 1993, standing as an absolute commercial sleeper phenomenon that ran for over 200 performances and won an Obie Award. Conceived as a raw, hilariously unvarnished autobiographical monologue, the narrative follows Shear as she chronicles her epic, winding journey through sixty-four separate, soul-crushing temporary jobs—ranging from a structural receptionist to an artist's model and a phone-sex operator—to discover her authentic artistic voice as a writer. Directed by Christopher Ashley, the work stands as a definitive monument of solo dramatic realism.

