So I've been reading about how badly Irene hit upstate New York, so I definitely want to plan an apple-picking/pumpkin-patching trip sometime soon, so we can give them our money! Gotta look after our agrarian brothers and sisters ( Read more... )

• How effing cool is this? NYC is going to introduce a bike share program--you pay an annual fee, pick up a bike at a rack and then you can ride it for up to 45 minutes. I LOVE THIS. I just think this is the coolest idea! For one thing, I would love to bike more but bikes takes up mad room--even with an apartment the size of mine, I want more space ( Read more... )

I'm so busy I barely have time to write about how busy I am. Non-stop rehearsing this past weekend and next weekend is even worse. It's actually quite stressful--I'd really love to just have one day off, with nothing to do, but that won't happen for at least two and a half weeks. But the show is on its feet--it is entirely blocked and we have ( Read more... )

The paper is sailing along now--just 1-2 paragraphs more, and it's done and I just have to proof, make sure my citations are in order, and write a bibliography. One HUGE thing off my plate from this Week of Hell.

This then is Abelard’s ideal woman-just “modern” enough that she flouts convention with her erudition and strength of principle, and ( Read more... )

The 10th Annual Midtown International Theatre Festival presents,
as part of its first annual Short Subjects Division...

Shakespeare Saturdays Songs in Concert
Music and Direction by Donna Stearns

Come hear the songs from Shakespeare's plays!

Performance Dates & Times:
Wednesday, July 29 at 8:00PM ( Read more... )

This is similar to the Shakespeare cabaret I did in 2006 although with less dialogue and minimal staging. Some of the same music is performed ("Come Away, Death," "Ganymede") but there are also some new pieces. I have one solo--"The Willow Song." It's quite good, along the lines of "Come Away, Death."

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Because of Beth

In the aftermath of Beth's death, all those she loved, including her feuding daughters, her estranged ex-husband and her overwhelmed fiancé, seek to mourn her in their own way. Instead, however, they are forced to deal with one another and the complicated ties that bind them together because of Beth.Premiere: Workshop Theater, New ( Read more... )

6:00 p.m. Dawn Dumont (Cree/Canada)
Introductory remarks by Randy Reinholz
Reading of Fancy Dancer
Directed by Jennifer Rice (Tuscarora)

Moderated Q & A by Randy Reinholz

In Fancy Dancer, over 500 Aboriginal women have disappeared in Canada within the last 15 years. In this dark comedy, the Trickster strives to bring this issue to the ( Read more... )

Yesterday was sort of crazy--I have a shoot this weekend, currently scheduled for Sunday, and we had a meeting about it at this cafe down in the East '20s. When I left for work I was wearing an orange top, the one that shows off my navel piercing, plus chocolate brown suede pants, but then I thought I should be a little less conservative since I ( Read more... )

Saturday and Sunday, I was a hair model for this...hair gig on the Village. A really fun assignment. We had our hair worked on and styled by these Japanese students who didn't speak any English, so we communicated with each other by smiles and pointing. The teachers hovering over them spoke English--one of them was French and he and I chatted en ( Read more... )