Making

I've been holding off on blogging for a bit (sorry)... I've been doing a lot of re-evaluating my life, goals, dreams, path, blahblahblah... and the one thing I can't get around is my desire to make things. So, 2012 will be the year of making.

- Making things happen.
- Making art.
- Making choices.
- Making mistakes.
- Making changes.
- Making work.
- Making opportunities.
- Making my own happiness.

Sondheim says it best, "Anything you do, let it come from you, then it will be new. Give us more to see". <--- I resolve to do just that.


Looking back at 2011, my resolution was to "write more, read more, and talk hard". I think that happened.

I normally include a top ten list of my favorite things about the year, but what it ultimately comes down to is this:

Polaroid Stories - It threw artists into my life that I would be lost without. And it greatly reaffirmed the kind of art I want to make and the work that I want to do.

Starf*ckers - Over the summer I got to see my short play Starf*ckers produced. That was a wonderful (and terrifying) experience. Throwing yourself onstage is one thing, but throwing your words... that's a whole other ballgame.

Broadway - This year I went to the city twice, and saw Angels in America: Millennium Approaches, Ghetto Klown, Follies, and Book of Mormon. They were all incredible, but I am especially thankful for the experience John Leguizamo gave me in his one person show. Reaffirming the idea that a) my only job is to be human, and b) I am enough. And the few words we shared after his show melted my heart (he's a major hero of mine).

The Balcony - The fall production at my school. It was a crazy whirlwind semester of wondering and doubting where I am and what I'm studying (why am I not an acting major, or a directing major, or a playwriting major? why am I at a school that is so heavily focused on just musical theatre?). But I feel like this show was a much needed sign (along with Polaroid) telling/showing me I am exactly where I need to be right now.

People - My family, my roommates, my core, my company (just wait!), and my faculty (the lovely few)... all who inspire me, push me, care for me, and hear me. I think fundamentally I am a person with the simple need to be listened to. So I'm incredibly thankful for all who do... including YOU reading my blog!


And right now, the thing that is most gratifying about looking back at the highlights of my year is to see that they all are moments in the theatre. I think next year I want to see more of my own personal work make this list.

Here's to a year of making!