Fay Jacobs performs ‘Aging Gracelessly’ for final time

After a decade of performing her show “Aging Gracelessly” up and down the East Coast, Rehoboth Beach’s Fay Jacobs said farewell to a sold-out crowd Oct. 25 at The Pines in Rehoboth Beach.

“There’s a feeling of relief that it’s over, but it’s also sad,” said Jacobs. “I’m happy to put it to bed.”

Jacobs said she decided to end the show because the travel was getting tiring and it’s a lot of work. There was a lot of schlepping stuff around, she said, laughing.

Much of Jacobs’ show focused on her experience coming out in the 1980s and the fight for equal rights in the LGBTQ community. She said it’s still not easy, but it’s important that today’s youngsters realize there’s been a lot of work to get where things are today.

“So many people don’t know these stories,” said Jacobs, recalling a time she performed on a cruise ship. “After the show, a group came up to me and said, ‘We had no idea.’”

Experiences weren’t always easy, but Jacobs said she took them and applied a saying that her dad often said to her – “Nothing is so bad if it’s worth the story you can tell.”

Looking to the future, Jacobs said she’s in the early stages of writing her memoir. It will be in her style, but it won’t all be jokes either, she said.