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It's over!

As quickly as it began, the play festival has ended. I was blessed to have spent a week with a group of wonderful people getting a wonderful experience. It was really just one pleasant week after several weeks or preparation. Aubrey, the Management Associate, Courtney, another intern, Emma, yet another intern, and myself were basically the work horses of the whole event. We bought all of the food and wine, did all of the paperwork, contacted all of the vendors, ran rehearsals, assisted the directors and played personal assistants to the playwrights themselves. It was a lot of stress and a lot of fun. By the end of the week, we had premiered three wonderful, brand new plays, and I think everyone found it to be a success

Here is a picture of all the Festival Staff:




I worked with Eric Rudnick (perhaps you should google him). In addition to being a very talented playwright and a charming, giving individual, he is also a producer in Los Angeles California who has worked as a producer on a number of reality shows including Big Brother, Hell's Kitchen, and his current project, Biggest Loser. So, aside from learning all kinds of valuable information about running a play festival, I got to learn a lot about life on the other side of entertainment-film and television. Eric was incredibly generous, always in a positive mood and sincerely devoted to the work that we were doing. I am so lucky to have had the opportunity to spend time with him.


Here is a picture of Eric, Gwydion (another playwright) and me. Eric is the one on the right:



My foot is fully in the door of St. Louis Theatre, and despite the minimal time I spent there, I have sensed a few new doors cracking themselves open for me.

Now it is time to get down to business and work on my summer projects.

1) Get some friends together and produce some theatre in St. Louis. Keep things fresh and exciting.

2) Re-design the education program for HotCity Theatre in hopes of getting it on its feet in the fall

3) Learn sign language, probably signing up for fall classes at STLCC

4) Continue work on my resume and submitting it to companies (hopefully get a valuable internship next summer if not by the spring).

5) Continue working at Teavana, educating people about the awesomeness of tea and getting some excellent people experience in the process


I am sure there are more things that will continue to crop up. Lots to keep up with as it is right now, however. I look forward to seeing what will come along in the next couple of weeks.

Summer Times

Well, my diploma came in the mail last week, so I guess that makes it official: I am a college graduate. Of course that is exciting and terrifying at the same time. I am in some cosmic limbo between the end of my childhood and the beginning of being an adult in which I have no responsibilities to school or homework, and I find myself working a part time job and interning at a small theatre and wondering what comes next. Its one of those crossroads in life, and once you pick a road to walk down, there is really no changing your mind.

So, like I said, right now I just got a job working at Teavana, and I start training on Thursday for that. I am excited about it because I love Teavana, but at the same time, it is going to be little more than a little bit of pocket money, and after the play festival, I am still going to need to find something more substantial.

Speaking of the play festival, I am currently serving as a management intern at the HotCity Theatre Company in downtown St. Louis. We are working on a New Play Festival for which we are flying in three playwrights whose plays were selected to premiere at the festival, and we have each been assigned to a play to serve as stage manager/assistant director. The festival is free to the public, and we will be having a world premiere of a new play every night. So, anyone who is reading this should come and bring friends and family and enjoy a night of free theatre!



Anyway, that's enough plugging. So, the next step is to determine whether I should get a degree in sign language interpreting or move to the city and jump into theatre. I really love sign language, and it has been a lot of fun to learn it over the last several months, and it would be another really useful and potentially profitable skill to have. I dont know. Lots to think about.

But. That is all for now!

XOXOXOXOXO