Missed/Missing
I have turned down four gig offers since January due to schedule conflicts. I have been turned down for one gig due to schedule conflicts. I hate turn-downs, self-initiated or imposed, due to schedule...
View ArticleA Big, Big Boat
A few months back I joined the staff of the Science Museum of Minnesota in preparation for their upcoming Titanic exhibit, for which I and nine other actors will portray actual crew members of the...
View ArticleSpecially-Built and Special Boundaries
Friday morning I had my first costume fitting for Titanic – I love, LOVE when costumes are built specially for moi. The shoes and the corset are pre-fab, but the shoes are crazy comfortable (SWEET)...
View ArticleTitanic: The Artifact Exhibition
Last month Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition officially launched at the Science Museum of Minnesota, for which I am portraying Miss Evelyn Marsden, First Class Stewardess and Nurse for the First Class...
View ArticleUpdate Schmupdate
Yes, yes, I am indeed alive. Barely. Just got back from a 12-day whirlwind tour of the Pacific Northwest chock full of performances and meetings and nanotechnology conferences and sea water and dear...
View Article2009 In Review
Oh dearest 2009, how I neglected to give you a proper adieu. But because I always need to have the last word, your shenanigans shall not go untouted nor unscathed. This here is my farewell parting...
View ArticleBon Voyage
There is a swirling fog of sadness and loss that sometimes accompanies the delicate act of disentangling from a character. Miss Evelyn Marsden, the nurse aboard the Titanic, provided leagues of...
View ArticleTall Poppy Syndrome
Last evening brought the first rehearsal in a three-week workshop of Casa Cushman, a new work by Tectonic Theater Project’s Leigh Fondakowski (best known for head-writing The Laramie Project), created...
View Article2010 in Review
End-of-year lists can be so tedious. I know this. And yet here we are. Because the only thing more tedious than end-of-year lists is searching for some documentation of some thing that happened a...
View ArticlePhotographer of Frivolous Affairs
John Lukas, engineer extraordinaire at Babble-On Recording Studios, and I are embarking on a new, terribly exciting audiobook series together. Our very first session consisted of testing out various...
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