As I gather my thoughts and reflect on this year’s One Theatre World (OTW) event, I can feel my eyes refill with happy tears. Joyful, teary-eyed reunions, new connections, delightful performances and engaging, inspiring sessions filled my week. For fifteen hours a day for three days, I was surrounded by creative, passionate artists who both … Continue reading »
Do you ever have moments where two of your worlds collide? This happened to me today in such a lovely way. I’ve written before about my participation in the Fall Festival of Shakespeare at Shakespeare & Company, a place I have since worked professionally and a place that will always be special to me. Today … Continue reading »
Is the moon a balloon? It can be. A balloon can be anything… anything you want it to be. On January 8th, my flight from Philadelphia landed in Austin a little after noon. By 2:00 I was in the Oscar Brockett Theatre on campus in rehearsal for The Balloon Project. The Balloon Project is an … Continue reading »
I don’t know about you, but 2013 is off to a running start- emphasis on RUNNING. Life has been moving at lightning speed these days, and in an effort to both keep up and catch up, I’ll start at the beginning. The time: January 4th, 2013. The place: The Avenue of the Arts in Philadelphia. … Continue reading »
I wish I could come up with a more original metaphor, but my first semester of grad school truly was a whirlwind. So far graduate school has disrupted my artistry, my practice, my thinking, my writing, and my life in all of the best ways. This semester was equal parts terrifying and exciting. I can’t … Continue reading »
No one lives a doubt-free life. There are days when I wonder if a career in arts education is the right choice. There are days when I wonder if what I do makes a difference. There are days when I think there are better ways to help more people. On days like December 14th, 2012, … Continue reading »
Grad school is like a giant puzzle. Every day I add a piece. The piece might be a mini lesson about new vocabulary, or trying out a new activity, or a new way of thinking about something. Some days the piece that falls into place is huge. On other days it’s pretty tiny. Some days, … Continue reading »
So this one time… in grad school… we got to do arts and crafts. No but seriously. Look: Okay so on the surface, it does look like arts and crafts, and yes I did do this in my second week of graduate school. In Drama-Based Pedagogy and Practice, we each created a three-dimensional representation of … Continue reading »
“Wait, really? I get to do that? I get to learn that? I get to be in the same room as THAT brilliant person?! NO WAY!” Grad school is full of those moments. Those moments when you can’t believe how lucky you are to get to _______ (fill in the blank). This week was no … Continue reading »
Labor Day here in Austin was also Free Day of Yoga, so I decided to go try out a bikram yoga class. A lot of my friends rave about this particular style of yoga (done in a very hot and humid room), so I decided to find out if it was for me. It wasn’t. … Continue reading »
