Eliza Gibson has lived many lives. She wanted to be a concert pianist until an injury in her early 20s forced her to change course. She then turned to humanitarian work in the former Yugoslavia. Then, she moved into the world of theater – specifically, one-woman shows.

Inspired by women like Lily Tomlin and Whoopi Goldberg, Gibson wrote and performed her first solo show, “Dialogues with Madwomen,” in 1995.

“I think [a one-person show] forces you as an artist or as an actor and a writer to really push the limits of what you can do in theater,” Gibson said about the art form.

But in 2018, after her one-woman show “Bravo 25: Your AI Therapist Will See You Now” had a mainstage run at The Marsh Theater in San Francisco, that pushing went a little too far. Gibson decided she needed a break, a

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