This is a recording of my first public reading.
Stephanie is the story of an African-American trans-woman
who falls in love with a white sailor in the late 1960’s.
Stephanie is womanly so the sailor is shocked when Stephanie
explains that her birth name is Stephen; the young sailor searches
his soul and decides he’ll pay for a sex change.
This recording is my performance of Stephanie’s story of her transition.
There is no hard copy of Stephanie.
After the reading, I decided I hated the monologue, and destroyed it.
Stephanie
Written and performed by Rob Goldstein
(c) Rob Goldstein 1984- 2016 all rights reserved
These must be like “found treasure” for you. It’s amazing that you don’t remember doing these. You were really good at it…a very compelling voice and a great storyteller. 💖 Have fun exploring these, and thanks for sharing them with us.
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Thanks…I just published some excerpts from a 1996 reading that includes Harold Norse. These are treasures, if only because I wasn’t certain of my memories of Norse.
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That was an incredible recording. You were an engaging and talented performer!
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Thank you, Josh. I wa nervous that night because it was my first professional gig and my mentor was in the audience. I’m working on a clip from a performance 2 years later and there is a noticeable difference in quality.
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To hear your voice telling this story I would imagine would be a really cool finding!!!
Do you remember where this was? Sounds like a lot of people were there.
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I don’t remember the performance . But I do remember the story of story. There is something cool about finding these tapes. Especially the tape made in 1996 when I interviewed Harold Norse.
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I loved listening to it
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It must feel so strange and disturbing!
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Yes…but also exciting. The tapes are from 1984 through 1992 and I can hear the writing and the confidence in performance evolve. It’s odd to known that the person on these tapes is me and to wonder how I ever had the ability to stand in front of an audience and perform.
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You discover yourself new or in some way you discover a part of youreself you were not aware of. That really is exciting!
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Yes. Im fact…there are some amazing literary interviews in this collection of tapes.
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Wow!!!
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Yes. I’m working on them now.
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Great!!!
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