Synopsis
God’s Giggle is a surreal autobiographical one-woman show performed on roller skates. When a traumatic brain injury disrupts the life of a wildly imaginative filmmaker, she embarks on a hilarious and heartfelt journey through homelessness, healing, and missed opportunities while searching for a way to bring her gifts into the world—discovering that the creative spirit cannot be destroyed.
Face to Face with God’s Giggle is a companion documentary following Shoshanna Gleich’s thirty-year healing and creative journey as she brings her solo show on roller skates, God’s Giggle, to the stage. Through archival footage, new filming, and behind-the-scenes moments, the documentary explores resilience, creativity, and the power of transforming a life interrupted into a life beautifully reimagined.
Shoshanna Gleich
An award-winning filmmaker, theater maker, music artist and performer whose work blends surreal autobiographical storytelling, bittersweet comedy, roller dance, music, and emotional truth.
Her thesis film Dinner at JoJo’s, which she wrote, directed, produced, and starred in, won Best Film at the 47th Annual NYU Student Film Festival.
An assault that resulted in a traumatic brain injury derailed Shoshanna’s promising early career in the arts. She spent the next three decades healing, searching for spiritual connection, and learning how to navigate the world through creativity, movement, and reinvention. She has now returned to her love of filmmaking, theater, music, and performance.
In 2024, Shoshanna performed two roles in EPIC Players’ neurodiverse mainstage production of Spring Awakening and played the lead role of Rhoda in Emma Goldman-Sherman’s Winners at The Tank. At the end of 2024, she released her pop/dance single “Clean Your Dirty Laundry.” She also starred Off-Broadway in EPIC’s neurodiverse production of Seussical as the first Cat in the Hat on roller skates.
Shoshanna is currently focused on developing God’s Giggle. She also creates and performs music under the name Super Fire Woman.
