a little break

Happy New Year! What a challenging and productive year 2008 was for me in my home of Washington DC. I moved here in October of 2007 and have been busy working and playing since, or both really since they usually go hand in hand. January is my first break from rehearsals and performing since March and I am enjoying the evenings at home and working just two jobs instead of three! I have two exciting projects lined up for the spring: The Cherry Orchard with Everyman Theatre, which runs March 18-April 26, and Bruise Easy at Catalyst Theatre, May 24-June 21. And already auditions are approaching for the 2009-2010 season. Whew.

I feel blessed to have worked on such wonderful productions and with such inspiring companies over the past year. A sense of camaraderie and mutual support makes me feel at home in this community. My non-theatre friends joke with me when I tell them that every new cast I work with is full of more wonderful new friends to be made and grow with. It’s true! I have not met an artist here that I don’t admire and enjoy and it is an honor to work with them and learn from them. I am eager to see what the new year brings; hopefully a chance to continue building relationships and create new ones, play roles that challenge and excite, and show an uncertain nation that art is necessary and alive.