After an alarmingly difficult second quarter of graduate school, I am taking a few days to myself, spending my time reflecting on my studies, imagining my life and career as an actor, and preparing myself for the challenges ahead. Upon returning to school I will be auditioning for roles at the summer stock on Cape Cod where several of my classmates and I will be acting (I'm very excited to be living and working on the cape this summer). I am also readying myself to play a key role in Olympic Village a new play by David Mitchell Robinson, a third year playwright at Ohio University who's play Carapace won the 2010 Kendeda Graduate Playwriting Competition. Olympic Village will be part of Ohio University's annual spring playwright's festival.
So it's been nearly seven months of constantly eating and breathing acting, taking small breaks to consume organic produce from Athen's ample year round farmer's market, and I cannot say I'm unhappy. Even the days I feel totally overwhelmed, I still am happy to be where I am, learning as much as I am. Of course, someday I look forward to buying a fashion magazine without checking for a theater section.
