Once upon a time… (the story before Elon in LA)

Once upon a time I was a sophomore at Elon. I got accepted into the Elon in LA program and met all the other potential LA-bound students. On Fridays we talked about our goals and expectations for the upcoming summer. Someone proposed the idea of writing a 50 word pre-Los Angeles summary, to contrast the [...]

mon mascarade

It’s like I’m seeing the world with new eyes.
Out with the old, in with a new disguise.
When the feelings fade, it’s a big masquerade.
A maze of bodies and faces invade.
The next step is true:
To mask up the past with feathers and flash
and present a new woman to you.
But don’t get me wrong the transition’s been [...]

finding community

As part of Tree People’s summer activities series a small group of us went on a full moon hike a couple weeks ago. We got there right after sunset – just in time to get our finger flashlights and embark on the moonlit trail winding through Coldwater Canyon Park. I’d say there were fifty people [...]

Specificity is key.

This weekend Andy and I shot my monologue at the Howard Fine Studio. The monologue I chose, Val from the Broadway hit A Chorus Line, is fun, sassy and has always been a personal favorite. Fortunately our acting instructor, Marilyn McIntyre, opened the studio for us and hung around to give me some of the [...]

BELIEVE IN YOUR WORK. that’s what we’re told.

It sounds easy, in theory, to believe in your own creations. But I’ve found, when actually put into practice believing whole-heartedly can be the hardest part of creating. It’s not a lack confidence in myself or my ideas, but instead, what I’ve noticed is that there are just so many ideas out here and it [...]

Wada Na Tod

A pageant ring. A hand puppet. A grandmother’s necklace. A hand-me-down jacket. A teddy bear. A painted rock. Black sunglasses. An “un-birthday” gift. A toddler’s sock. A father’s drivers license. A handmade bracelet. A 21st birthday present.
These objects, as words in a blog post, seem almost meaningless but for the last two Mondays the acting [...]