The start of a new year (2017)

Hello again old friend. Welcome to 2017. Where there is an emoji for everything. No, seriously. 🌮🍩🍾🍹🍷 I'm really bad at keeping this updated so here we go. I'm 25 now and I currently live in Bryn Mawr, PA and am attending graduate school at Villanova University. I love it so far. I also work at the Chilis up here and I have a work-study in the prop shop. My first semester of classes included Script Analysis, Principles of Acting & Dramaturgy. It was a great semester, and my brain has definitely expanded. Especially after brain workout Valerie gave us all in Script Analysis. After this semester, I will never look at Hamlet the same.

We visited the art museum, made tableaux on campus, I performed in a scene from both Night Mother and The Three Sisters and worked on those damn benches in Marisol for hours. I also somehow maneuvered a trip to London with Cameron that had been planned before I even applied to graduate schools We got to see Harry Potter and the Cursed Child and explore the art and charm of the city for ten nights.

I saw Stupid F*ing Bird at the Arden, which was stunning. And Streetcar named Desire, a fringe show with past Villanova students that was equally as stunning and beautiful.

Celeste came up at the end of classes and we had a grand adventure with snow and a trip to NYC to see the Rockefeller Christmas tree and catch a Broadway show.

I am now working on Lagan, as an ASM at Villanova. It's been a great rehearsal process so far.

Classes start Tuesday; I'm taking Teaching of Theatre, Dramaturgy, and Playwriting ( dramaturgy is a two part class)

I also got approved for the event Play in a Day! At Villanova so that should be coming up soon. Looking forward to getting back into classes.

I was just reading over my old posts and saw the one about Frank...he passed away right after I moved up here to Philly. I got to see him right before when I was in a Rhode Island with my dad for July 4th. My dad said he would come back to see him, but his plans got changed.

For Christmas we went and saw his gravesite. It's right near the water on the same river where he used to take  us on his boy when I was.a kid. Rest In Peace Frank, we miss you already.