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| Halloween 2010: Me and my 'turt-o-lantern' |
*American Conservatory Theatre (SF, CA)
*McCarter Theatre Center (Princeton, NJ)
Huntington Theatre Company (Boston, MA)
* - designates those with which I had interviews! But they didn't materialize into actual internships... c'est la vie. I work in a theatre now!
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| Bard-a-thon: Our 48 hours of Shakespeare fun(d)raiser |
So what do I do these days? As 'Education Associate,' I work to get theatre teaching artists into Western North Carolina schools through communication with teachers and administrators, grant writing, and recruitment of teaching artists. I also help run the administrative end of our Acting Intensives (acting classes) that we just started this fall. I'm hoping to take the class in the spring to keep my creative juices flowing. Another aspect of my position is to update the theatre's blog to do informative/educational promotion about the work we're doing, like our recent production of Angels in America, Millennium Approaches.
I've been living in my 'new' apartment now for about two months, and I'm still settling in. Though I graduated from Warren Wilson in May 2009 and had my position as VISTA at the College's Service Learning office until mid-July of this year, my housing was paid for by the program, so this is the first time I've paid my own rent and utilities. New life experiences and responsibilities? Check. The housing search was a hell of a process, but right about when I had given up, we found a sweet little basement apartment on the cheap (relatively speaking) and they accepted our application the same day we turned it in. Quite a relief, especially since I could finally move the many, many boxes out of my car and into an actual form of shelter/living space. Anyhow, things are good and garage sales have helped to furnish the place pleasantly. We even have a neighborly cat that likes to hang out in our yard and on our little tiny porch... even while we were painting it (the porch) blue.
So, what else? Friends are probably aware of this, but family might not be (and might be curious), so I guess I should mention/introduce the boyfriend. His name's Able, he's fantastic, a talented blacksmith, quite the contra dancer, and also a WWC grad, having majored in Political Science and History. He grew up much farther west in Western North Carolina -- in Brasstown, home of the John C. Campbell Folk School. He spent a semester abroad studying in the Sultanate of Oman in spring 2009, so he's always spouting Arabic phrases that I can't understand, but find intriguing. We like to go dancing, watch movies and live theatre, and see famous politicians who come to Asheville, like Steny Hoyer (not below) and Bill Clinton (see below).
In general, life is good. Tomorrow night I get to play the role of "Puck" in a collaboration piece between NC Stage and the Asheville Symphony for Mendelssohn's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream Suite.' I'm excited. As I crouched in my hiding place for the start of the show in a rehearsal last night, I realized how a symphony is truly surround sound, and it's awe-some.
What's next? I'm hoping to travel more in the near future, and I'm considering the whole "going back to school" thing, but right now, I'm pretty happy, and I'll figure things out as they come along.
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| Able helping me in some street promotion for NC Stage. |
I've been living in my 'new' apartment now for about two months, and I'm still settling in. Though I graduated from Warren Wilson in May 2009 and had my position as VISTA at the College's Service Learning office until mid-July of this year, my housing was paid for by the program, so this is the first time I've paid my own rent and utilities. New life experiences and responsibilities? Check. The housing search was a hell of a process, but right about when I had given up, we found a sweet little basement apartment on the cheap (relatively speaking) and they accepted our application the same day we turned it in. Quite a relief, especially since I could finally move the many, many boxes out of my car and into an actual form of shelter/living space. Anyhow, things are good and garage sales have helped to furnish the place pleasantly. We even have a neighborly cat that likes to hang out in our yard and on our little tiny porch... even while we were painting it (the porch) blue.
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| Look closely and you'll see a nice bit of blue on its tail. |
So, what else? Friends are probably aware of this, but family might not be (and might be curious), so I guess I should mention/introduce the boyfriend. His name's Able, he's fantastic, a talented blacksmith, quite the contra dancer, and also a WWC grad, having majored in Political Science and History. He grew up much farther west in Western North Carolina -- in Brasstown, home of the John C. Campbell Folk School. He spent a semester abroad studying in the Sultanate of Oman in spring 2009, so he's always spouting Arabic phrases that I can't understand, but find intriguing. We like to go dancing, watch movies and live theatre, and see famous politicians who come to Asheville, like Steny Hoyer (not below) and Bill Clinton (see below).
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| President Clinton, speaking in support of congressman Heath Shuler. |
What's next? I'm hoping to travel more in the near future, and I'm considering the whole "going back to school" thing, but right now, I'm pretty happy, and I'll figure things out as they come along.
