In the spring of 2002, Charlie and collaborator David Ford tried an experiment. They created a show from scratch in ten days. The evening of eight monologues (called "Ten Day Soup") included political satire, stand-up comedy, and personal memoir. Audience response was unlike anything Charlie had experienced:

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"Thank you for your courage."
"Thank you for ideas that challenged me."
"Thank you for saying what I was thinking."

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Working quickly and intuitively allowed Charlie and David to create a new kind of work: less polished but more vulnerable and alive.

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In the autumn of 2002 Charlie and David cooked up a second round of Soup–six more monologues–which received an equally strong response.

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The monologues created in 2002 form the basis of Charlie's evolving show “Soup of the Day.” The show can be adapted to a variety of venues and audiences, with topical political material being added and revised as events unfold.

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Here are audio samples from Soup of the Day: