“That is what I will tell you. Don’t write about it. Don’t do it. It’s not your story to tell. What you SHOULD write about is white complacency, white ignorance, and the white guilt around being a bystander and not lifting a finger to change the tide of racialized violence.”
Read More“Being an actor is a unique experience. It’s one that can be terrifying, exhausting, discouraging, and uplifting. It’s an experience I miss more than anything, and I can’t wait to come back.”
Read MoreI’m no stranger to imposter syndrome. I routinely question my abilities, my talents, my prospects, and my creative potential relative to the industry. I frequently wonder if I’m practicing enough, learning enough, applying myself to the right opportunities. I also often wonder if I deserve it. That’s the big one, and I had an experience with that quite recently.
Read More“I’ve seen white performers show up late for call or call out at the last minute for reasons they’re not being honest about. I’ve seen white performers throw fits in rehearsal studios, dressing rooms, and recording booths. Yet their employment is never threatened. Producing teams don’t shun them, they try to appease them.
But for the black performer? We’re the ones who have to behave, stay in line, don’t act out. We’re the toxic element that needs to be removed for the production to go on as a cohesive unit.”
Read More“No system will be perfect, and art will never be objective, but I absolutely find value in participating in the recognition and celebration of theatrical productions in my community.”
Read More“That theatre people don’t seem to know that Meat Loaf and Jim Steinman were fellow theatre people first seems to me like a failing of theatre. But it also confirms the ways that theatre’s exclusivity and protectiveness of Broadway as a “brand” limited the types of stories that could be told onstage.”
Read More“Beneath the obvious concern of getting sick and infecting loved ones, shows with deep pockets have still only allotted to pay for a fraction of the necessary time to quarantine, shouldering the cost of getting infected on the worker.’
Read More“Producing theatre in a pandemic has completely changed the narrative around performing while sick. The caution around illness has forced us to take a step back before deciding to perform or rehearse with symptoms.”
Read More“While we are living in a time of growing positive portrayals of people with disabilities in the media, it’s more important than ever to acknowledge the way disability has been depicted in the past and how it still affects our views on disability and people with disabilities today.
Read More“If you show any emotion that isn't happiness, it will be conceived as anger”
Read More“This Thanksgiving season, I encourage you to find gratitude within the grind. Remember why we missed these rehearsal rooms so much when we weren’t allowed to be in them. Remember the passion that led us to the theatre in the first place.”
Read More“Evan makes a really bad, hurtful choice. He takes advantage of other people. Evan also was left by his father, tried to kill himself, and suffers from a mental illness that significantly impacts his life. These facts about him can all exist simultaneously – and they all elicit an emotional response within us. We are forced to live with the dichotomy of Evan’s vulnerability and his deceit.”
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