One Fine Day
Last summer I had the privilege of acting in “It’s a Fine Day,” a one act by Mayumi Lane as part of the HB Studios event The Central Park Plays. Jes Bedwinek and I played sisters laying our mother to rest in Central Park. It was such a pleasure to work with director Celine Rosenthal. […]
Love Knows No Bounds
I truly believe that love can find you anywhere. You could be on a solo pilgrimage through the Himalayas or living like a hermit in the highlands of Scotland and love would find you. I’m not talking about romantic love, though that is possible too. I’m talking about “a god or personification of love” or […]
Running on Empty
Sometimes I feel like that is my way of being, “running on empty”. I’m always amazed and thankful that it is possible to run on fumes – or I’d be in big trouble – but it is definitely not how I want to work. Balance and self-care have become very important to me. When you […]
Writing “Living Grace”
If you had told me a year ago that I would write a play in 6 weeks I would have laughed at you. I don’t think of myself as a writer. And a play? Come on, you need mad skills for that! Well, I would have been wrong. Working with the fabulous women’s group at […]
Dancing Grace
Sometimes grace feels a bit like a dance, like I’m trying to dodge it, but it just keeps coming. I see it dancing with someone else and I am moved. I draw grace towards me and, just as it gets close, I reject it. Perhaps that is actually the dance of unworthiness in all actuality. […]
Poldark, Lessons in Love
I love myself a good costume drama, in fact, I cannot wait to be in one myself! I did get to do a short years ago, corset and all, but that just whet the whistle. What do I love so much about the costume drama? I think it is that sense of honor that resonates […]
I Want to See You Be Brave
For my birthday this year my sister gave me a lovely bracelet that spells “Klahan” which means “Brave” in Khmer, the language of Cambodia. I’ve been really attached to the bracelet ever since, there is something about being able to wear “brave,” a reminder of stepping out and being courageous. When I sang with Cabaret […]
Grace Needed, Grace Now
I may be a bit obsessed with grace. My name does mean “full of grace” after all, but maybe it is just because there is such a need for it. Grace can be a bit tricky to define and often carries with it a religious connotation, but for me grace is another word for love. […]
A Love Letter to Sarah Lancashire
Though I’m sure that I saw Sarah Lancashire over the years on Corry, she came fully to my attention with Happy Valley. What a strong, nuanced and full performance. I love characters that have multiple layers and Ms. Lancashire can play them with aplomb! I was completely on her side; even when she made horrendous […]
#WakingTheFeminists, Rekindling the Flame
I’m inspired, incited, and wowed by the movement that is underway in Irish theatre right now, #WakingTheFeminists. What gets me especially jazzed up about this movement as opposed to similar movements in the States (that I am also in support of, by the way) is that in Ireland change actually seems possible. The country is […]