Three months ago I was heading to NYC to visit with some family, and share the town with a close friend. When I am in the city I also feel super charged, I reinvest in a promise I made to myself as a young child when I first set eyes on central park. I find a new part of the city, quietly look within, and say to myself, yes I will come back here, I will be back. For the first time in a long while I had no agenda and went purely for pleasure. I was able to focus a lot of my researching eye on the lighting and store it away for use in my production of RENT.
I just mounted Spelling Bee and RENT. This experience was so rich for me, as both shows where touchstones for my creative process. Spelling Bee was one of the first shows in which I saw movers used with subtle stunning grace. Rent has always been with me, it helped to define a generation of artists. We all know its melodies, and words.
Rock climbing amazingly has stuck with me. I am hanging tough on over hangs, and learning how to use my body. I feel that this sport has made me more comfortable balancing like a tightrope walker on top of truss and scaffolding.
I am also on the road with Boston Lyric Operas production or The Barber of Seville. It’s a powerful experience bringing opera to so many new ears and eyes. I have to say I had a really smooth process with this production. I was able to take the lessons from last year and apply them to my advantage this season.
I have worked at a host of rock and roll venues in the city, and am dipping my fingers now into event production, and art installation.
All in all a very busy opening to my season.
I look forward to being more creative with you as the spring buds.
<3
Anon