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Category: Theatre
Retracing Our Theatrical Roots
Today we celebrate Thanksgiving, a time for gratitude, for feasting, for family. But is also a time to relearn the myths we've been taught about the landing on Plymouth Rock. (They ain't even eat turkey back then, y'all). It is in acknowledging every part of our past that helps us repair the damage erasure has wrought [...]
It Can’t Happen Here…Can It?
Last weekend I saw a play at Berkeley Rep called "It Can't Happen Here," based on Sinclair Lewis' 1935 satirical novel of the same name. The plot unfolds like so: fictional presidential candidate Buzz Windrip runs against FDR in the 1936 election. Windrip is a businessman with no political experience who runs a campaign based [...]
Oregon Shakespeare Festival 2016
This weekend my dad and I went up to Ashland for their renowned Shakespeare festival - one of the oldest and most revered in the country. It was started during the Fourth of July celebration in 1935, when eager theatre teacher Angus L. Bowmer asked the city if he could put up a play festival in the [...]
The Happiest Theatre On Earth
I'm sitting in the airport after a girls weekend in LA with my mom, sister, and my sister's good friend. It was a wonderful weekend, filled with food, sleep, and quality bonding time. We also went to Disneyland and Universal Studios, which I always enjoy because I believe you are never too old to play. [...]
She Is Messy, But She’s Kind
I've been having a bit of a time lately. When I'm feeling wonky, my self-care regimen is truly put to the test, because my first instinct is to revert to not-so-healthy habits of relentless worrying and unproductive perfectionism. Not great. But I'm a work in progress. I'm asking for (and accepting) help from people that [...]
We’re Here
These are dark days in our United States. The constant barrage of violence in the 24-hour-news-cycle only serves to compound our trauma and grief. For Black America it can be hard to go on with this feeling that we are under attack. It is imperative that we take time for self care, for loving one-another, [...]
Ode To Joy
On Saturday night, I attended the live show for my favorite podcast, The Read. The audience was black, opinionated, loud, joyful. Afros, Beyonce t-shirts, and bold lipstick abounded. It was surreal to share something I usually consume alone in my car with hundreds of other enthusiastic black people. It felt a little like church, complete with [...]
Non-Stop
Oh what a week it's been, y'all. In the past seven days I have acted in my first three shows for the Murder Mystery Company (in three different themes/scripts, I might add) and attended an open call for Hamilton: An American Musical. As I write this, I am between rehearsals for this week's MMC shows. This is [...]
Another Scottish Tragedy
"I have no spur/To prick the sides of my intent, but only/Vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps itself/And falls on the other— "-Macbeth, Macbeth, I.vii. "They think me Macbeth, ambition is my folly. I'm a polymath, a pain in the ass, a massive pain. Madison is Banquo, Jefferson's Macduff, and Birnam Wood is Congress on its way to [...]
Around the World in 80 Plays 