#chelseafiddyment

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For this installment of “Beyond the Page,” I interviewed the brilliant, energetic, and ever-supportive Chelsea Fiddyment, the creator and emcee of Unreal—a fiction-focused, experimental open mic, now in its fourth year. In late June, I spoke with Chelsea about their reasons for starting Unreal, their own practice as a writer and performer, and the importance of creating welcoming spaces for experimentation.

Read the interview on the Sixty Inches from Center website!

Featured image: Chelsea Fiddyment performing at Unreal at Schubas. Fiddyment stands at the front of the room, notebook in hand, speaking into a microphone while looking out at the audience. Behind Fiddyment is a copper-colored wall, made of a grid of low-relief tiles; above that are several decorative beer cans on a ledge and a dark green section of wall. Fiddyment wears a black cropped tee and red and gold sequined shorts. The backs of some audience members’ heads are fuzzy in the foreground. Photo by Joshua Clay Johnson.