Settling in Austin

Ahhhh, finally settling down in Austin! After many happy farewells in London and a very long plane ride, I disembarked in Austin on the 5th of August, only to set out four days later with Roger on a whirlwind trip to Boston, Atlantic City, Philadelphia, and Wilkes-Barre. Highlights included celebrating the lives of our predecessors with the Wright clan, salt water taffy on the boardwalk with the Mausner clan, chillin' with the iguanas and their humans in Philly, and the best pizza on earth and waaaay too much Wii in Wilkes-Barre. And now here I am, back in Austin and getting things going!

I was worried about not finding things to do in Austin, but thankfully that worry had no basis: after a frantic day in which I sent out about 20 e-mails applying for jobs, auditions, etc, I find myself cast in a play that goes up the second week of September and runs for two weekends, and I have auditions for two more plays this coming weekend as well as "Unified Auditions," which people from most of the big theater and film companies in Austin will audit. The play I'm currently in rehearsal for is a drama about a woman who gets raped. I'm the "unconventional therapist" who falls in love with her patient. I was brought in this past Sunday to replace an actress who dropped out, so I've definitely been thrown into the deep end. Thankfully, I'm good at learning lines quickly. It's a really fun, well-written play, the cast and crew are a hoot, and it's a really great introduction to the Austin theater scene.

And now what you've all been waiting for... my final project at LISPA, or gosh, you could even call it my Masters Thesis! I'm keeping the youtube link unlisted at the request of the actors, and therefore won't be posting the actual link here (public forum and all), but I'm going to send the link in an e-mail to everyone I can think of who might be reading this/interested. If I forget you, just shoot me an e-mail and I'll send it right along (with my sincerest apologies, of course). Love to you all, have a happy fall!