It has been such a busy two weeks for me due to a program called Disney Musicals in Schools. This was created by Disney Theatricals to bring theatre to elementary schools. The program teaches schools how to build their own sustainable theatre program and culminates with performances of a thirty minutes "Kids" production of a Disney show. Every year, the Walnut brings two schools into the program with two teaching artists per school. This year Hamilton Disston chose to do "The

Last night was the annual WST Spring Gala and it was such a fun event! This is hosted yearly to raise funds for Educational Programming such as Adopt-A-School and the Outreach Tours. As an apprentice, I had the opportunity to both work and enjoy the evening, bouncing back and forth between assisting with the auction and meeting donors and board members and talking about my year as an apprentice. In addition to the auction, there were performances by MainStage performers and t

Today was the last 1776 Student Matinee performance! This was a set of five performances the Walnut did for local Philadelphia area high schools. The past two weeks we've had dozens of high schools and between 3000 to 4000 of students come to the theatre to see free performances of the production. This was a fun challenge for me since I was the one coordinating between the theatre and the schools - I was reaching out and inviting schools, managing their bussing and seating ac

Yesterday was a bit of a wild ride! Typically I spend Friday’s at one of my two Adopt-A-Schools teaching kids grades K-5. However, instead of going to AAS I had two surprise understudy moments! I got to spend the day with some of the acting apprentices on tour to two schools, putting on Emperor’s New Clothes and What 1776 Means to You and Me! I got to play the role of the Emperor Nathanial the Nineteenth of Naradonia in Emperor’s New Clothes and Mr. Rush in What 1776 Means to

Today my apprenticeship had me going to the Philadelphia Independence Awards Workshop Day at the Kimmel Center where I was running a dance workshop for high school aged students. If there's one thing about me, it's that I will never ever in a million years describe myself as a dancer. Maybe a solid mover, but never a dancer! I have a good sense of rhythm due to playing to violin for over a decade and I can remember and execute choreography for shows. I've even choreographed a