Well, I’ve finally decided to make my blog public! Easier said than done, since I am not always a huge sharer. I started a blog when I was living in Thailand, got a few creepy comments, and decided that blogging was not for me, but…well, here goes!

It’s been an interesting and exciting week! This past weekend I had three auditions and a callback, which was a new one-weekend record for me, and very exciting. In one of the auditions, I had to sing in public for the first time since I was eleven years old. (The auditor said, “That actually wasn’t awful!” I wasn’t sure if that was a compliment). I also got a callback for that audition (of all things), which was exciting!

I have brand new headshots (also super exciting, and much thanks to the fabulous Taylor Hooper, who I highly, highly recommend). I wasn’t expecting to have so many good shots (humble brag there, but they came out pretty fabulous!), and it’s been so much harder than I would have predicted to pick the right one. I finally narrowed it down to three theatrical shots, then spent about three days crowd-sourcing my friends (family, acting teachers, anyone who was willing to look…). I took a final tally of the votes…and it was pretty much a dead heat. Good try? I decided to attempt to be a big girl and make a decision on my own, and this is the winner:

Here’s hoping it gets me some results!

I’m super excited about this weekend’s Theatre of the Oppressed workshop, which I’ve been working on with some NYU students. The workshop involves presenting oppression (my group is doing a sketch on discrimination and stereotyping), and asking the audience to come up with solutions to the presented problem. It’s a really interesting approach to raising awareness of social problems, and I’ve had a great time working on it–I’m really sad it’s ending! Hopefully, there will be more opportunities with similar applied theatre projects in the future!