What I liked
I knew Derek was funny, but I didn’t realize HOW funny and also extremely brave in my opinion. Being on stage alone, performing something that you wrote, is terrifying to me, yet he makes it look completely natural. He switches between so many different characters, voices and personalities that after a while you almost forget you’re watching one person on stage.
The premise itself is hilarious, a vampire who has been alive forever and is basically having an existential crisis, but what makes the performance real and relatable is how much heart there is underneath. It’s really funny without feeling like it’s trying too hard to be funny, and then out of nowhere there are these very human moments about family, purpose, being stuck in your life and figuring out what actually matters.
What I didn't like
Don’t rag on accountants. They are cost management adjacent.
My overall impression
Derek is incredibly talented, and this was clever, weird, funny and unexpectedly sweet. Not only was there a lot of laughter, it was thought-provoking, which is the absolute best kind of performance. The fact that one person, whose day job is in operations, has the creative flair to write and perform all of this is remarkable.
