Finding the Time

This year has been so amazing and so tumultuous that I am so thankful to take a moment just to relax.

Year End Theatre Retrospective

 I stole this from thankyoufive​.tumblr.com

Shows I Did In 2015

• Darkroom Series 8 (showcase, SM)
• Darkroom Series 9 (showcase, SM)
• Merrily We Roll Along (PSM)
• Tech Five (showcase reading, SM)
• Cymbeline (PSM)
• Pope! An Epic Musical (ASM)
• Brush Strokes (PSM)
• Flight School (Sound Design, PSM)
• Carefully Taught (PSM)
• Two Bugs Are Better Than One (tour-continued, SM)
• Emilie (reading, Lighting Design)
• Hunter Gatherers (Sound Design)

Shows I Saw (Not in order because I can’t remember)

• In the Soundless Awe
• Emilie
• The Temple, or Lebensraum
• Cabaret
• Blogologues: The A.S.S. Strikes Back
• Rex
• Hunter Gatherers
• The Artist and the Scientist
• No One Loves Us Here
• Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime
• Book of Mormon
• You Can’t Take it With You
• Cymbeline (The Public)

BY THE NUMBERS:

• Total Plays/Performances I Watched: 87
• Plays I Watched by Women: 6
• Plays I Watched by Men Who Aren’t Shakespeare: 18
• Plays by Shakespeare: 1
• Shows Developed by Co-Ed Duos or Ensembles: 5
• Plays I Worked by Women: 4
• Plays I Watched by Authors of Color: 1
• Plays I Worked by Authors of Color: 1
• Plays I Freakin’ LOVED and wouldn’t shut up about (in bold, excluding those worked on): 3
• Plays I Wouldn’t Recommend (unindicated): 3
• Plays I Travelled To See: 1

Exciting Theatre World Things 2015

• Hamilton
• New Broadway theatre to be built announcement
• FUN HOME
• The Wiz
• Former actor of mine from LA makes his Broadway debut!

Theatre Resolutions 2016

• Keep working
• See more plays

Children’s Theater: Flight School!

I jumped on board recently with Vital Theatre Company and have been working like a madwoman on their production of the new musical Flight School!  It’s the cutest thing about a penguin who wants to learn to fly and we just got our first review!

http://t2conline.com/flight-school-the-musical-takes-flight/

If you’d like to come see it please do! It’s really adorable and you can contact me to get discounted tickets! We run Saturdays and Sundays at 1 pm at the YMCA on 63rd and Central Park West. The entrance to the Marjorie S Deane Little Theater is on 64th on the south side closest to CPW. We will be running until October 31st so see it while you can!

Award Winning: Merrily We Roll Along

In my time here in New York I have been so privileged to work on so many amazing projects and meet so many amazing artists. On September 21st, I was lucky enough to attend my first awards ceremony for the New York Innovative Theater Awards where the show I worked on from March to May was both nominated for Outstanding Musical and one of my actors was nominated for Outstanding Actress in a Featured Role. To say I was over the moon is an understatement. And then, at the ceremony who should step out to present the award for Outstanding Musical? None other than Alice Ripley. I am so happy to have been a part of an amazing team and so proud of the work we did for the sake of theatre. This award is just icing on the cake.

Found Space Theatre versus Outdoor Performance

Making a transcontinental move is no easy feat.  Neither is graduating from a highly accredited four year university.  Put those two together in the space of two weeks and you’ve outlined how stressed, crazy, exhilarated, and scatterbrained I’ve been for the past three months.

Moving Onwards and Upwards, and What to Bring for the Ride

I apologize for being away for so long from my blog, I had real life responsibilities to take care of.  Namely, I closed on Pericles back in early March, had my first ‘professional’ production for Belarusian Dream Theatre to bring awareness to what’s going on in Belarus, closed on my Assistant Directing gig for a new play called Higher Brain Function, and finally graduated University after many trials and heartaches.  So as you can tell, life has been a little busy.

A Sense of Belonging

“One belongs to New York instantly, one belongs to it as much in five minutes as in five years.” –Tom Wolfe