<div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">This episode of <i>Let Me Ascertain You</i> is drawn from <i>Flops, Failures and Fiascos</i>, an original cabaret that explored and celebrated<span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-size: 9pt; letter-spacing: 0.1pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span><span style="background: white; color: #333333; letter-spacing: .1pt;">disasters of all shades as told by those who have survived the shame, horror and glory of failing big</span>.&nbsp;<i>Flops, Failures and Fiascos</i>&nbsp;was curated by 2015-16 R&amp;D Group directors Sanaz Ghajar and&nbsp;Colette Robert and featured interviews conducted by the Civilians’ Field Research Team. <o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; letter-spacing: .1pt;">In this episode we hear two original songs and a pair of intertwined monologues all surrounding epic fails. First, Jen Kwok, </span>Ally Bonino, Cindy Cheung, Nic Cory and Alex Grubbs perform “Go For It,” written by Adam Cochran, Jo Lampert and Matthew Marsh. <o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Next, we hear Ally Bonino sing “Lost and Found,” written by Julia Meinwald and Gordon Leary. This original song draws upon an interview with a woman who flirts with disaster, but makes it by with a little help from her friends. <o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Finally, the episode closes with Maria-Christina Oliveras and Chris Tyler portraying guests at two different, but equally calamitous, wedding celebrations. <o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; letter-spacing: .1pt;"><i style="background-color: transparent;">Flops, Failures and Fiascos</i>&nbsp;was performed live at the Metropolitan Room on February 23, 2016. Sanaz Ghajar and Colette Robert directed a cast that featured Ally Bonino, Cindy Cheung, Nic Cory, Cornelius Davidson, Alex Grubbs, Jen Kwok, Nedra McClyde, Maria-Christina Oliveras and Chris Tyler. &nbsp;The cabaret featured songs written by </span>Adam Cochran, Jo Lampert and Matthew Marsh; Julia Meinwald and Gordon Leary; Eric March; Sam Chanse and Christopher Larkin; and Trevor Bachman. Featured musicians included Trevor Bachman, Alex Grubbs, Cheeyoung Kim, Eric March and Greg Tock.</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></span></div> <br /> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="background-color: white;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #333333; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">To hear more of these podcasts, subscribe to Let Me Ascertain You here on Soundcloud, or on iTunes:&nbsp;</span></span><a href="https://exit.sc/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fitunes.apple.com%2Fus%2Fpodcast%2Flet-m%E2%80%A6cast%2Fid477971690" target="_blank" title="http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/let-m…cast/id477971690"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #3388dd; line-height: 107%; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/let-m…cast/id477971690</span></span></a></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></div>