Today marked the staff performance of "What 1776 Means to You and Me" which means that all four Touring Outreach Shows are ready to rock and roll on the road! The first show that was rehearsed was "The Emperor's New Clothes" directed by Amanda Pasquini and assistant directed by yours truly! This was a really cool opportunity since it allowed me to work on staging and choreography for adults in a phenomenal environment. I had an absolute blast getting to have a bit more respon

This weekend I got the cool opportunity to be an adjudicator at the New Jersey State Thespian Conference! I got a small taste of this event last year during student teaching due to the majority of my students competing in it - I got to give feedback on their pieces and help them grow and develop before the 2025 competition. Now this weekend I got to adjudicate in the Contrasting Monologues category which was neat! Another great part of the festival was seeing a lot of friends

On Tuesday, November 18th I received a two texts at 5:21 PM: "Hello my friend" "Would you like to make your tour debut this year lol" Earlier that day I was enjoying a nice day off. I played with my dog, read some comics (Batman/Superman Worlds Finest is a wonderful series), and then left my house to go to a vocal class I had that night. I was stuck in traffic listening to My Chemical Romance's "Welcome to the Black Parade" when I received that text. During the rehearsal peri

This past weekend marked the final performances of Rocky Horror at the Ritz Theatre Company. I loved coming back to the Ritz for this fantabulous and crazy show and it was an absolute blast getting to just goof off and embrace the camp that came with every performance. This show was great in how it pushed me as a physical performer - the choreography absolutely ate down and it felt like a nonstop dance show from "Over at the Frankenstein Place" to the end of Act 1. Don't get

The past few weeks I've been working in two new educational programs at the Walnut: Adopt-A-School and Residency. Adopt-A-School is partnership with K-8 Philadelphia public schools where curriculum is designed to meet the Arts Education needs of the host school, teaching students about subjects such as Improv and Dance. Residency is a program where each school gets a different program depening on what their needs are! Residencies can be consisting of subjects like Improv, cre