Who Loved Mock Trial (Off Book Tour!)
an origin story and a tour announcement
Hello friends! Jess here.
First of all… we just announced a fall tour! Get your tickets now!
And now, onto MOCK TRIAL:
Time for an ORIGIN STORY! Ever since I was a little kid I loved performing. I was in my first play when I was eight years old and I was hooked. That was it for me.
Now I was also an…intense kid. I loved to make a point, to argue, to talk to adults like I was one. This was equal parts precocious and annoying! Lots of those annoyed adults would tell me maybe I should be a lawyer one day and then beg me to return to soccer practice rather than argue about the merits of a warm up lap.
When I got to high school I immediately joined choir and theater but was looking for something that would scratch the other part of my brain, I thought maybe debate club? But we did not have one. So I joined something called Mock Trial and I was changed. For Good…(coming this fall).
This was an activity that forced you to think on your feet, argue with REAL JUDGES, and wear a suit. I really, really loved it. You work as a team to prep a case but it’s ALIVE, you can’t fully prepare for how those three hours in a courtroom are going to go down. I carry so many incredible memories from those few years. Highs like winning the county championship! Lows like having my whole cross thrown out at state! Mediums like saying, “My bad Your Honor” when I kept arguing after they had sustained my objection.
Now I didn’t become a lawyer but I did become someone who thinks on their feet for a living, and does it as a part of a team. Now can you BELIEVE that the person I make stuff up with ALSO DID MOCK TRIAL?! In the SAME PROGRAM?! And we maybe we’re in the SAME ROOM DURING STATE FOR THE PEOPLE vs. MADISON CASCO?!
This is a story we are destined to tell. For Good.
Thanks for being here and stay safe this weekend!
Jess & Zach
We’ve dropped a clip of our proof of concept for the film on Instagram… for good.