Dear Readers,

The past few weeks have been busy busy!

Last week I was cast in Point of Contention's The Wonder: A Woman Keeps a Secret. It's a Restoration comedy and I'm so excited to get to work on it. This will be my first play of that time period and...IT'S A FARCE! To top that off a bunch of my friends from the last show I worked on were cast as well. I don't know if I can even describe what a relief it is to know that I have a gig for the summer and that I get to work with such talented people...AGAIN!

Last week was also the first session of the Deadline Workshop I'm taking with four other Babes With Blades company members at the Chicago Dramatists. Basically, we're working with six playwrights who will each write a play with characters written for each of us. So, by the end of ten weeks there will be six new plays with characters written specifically for me. A couple of the other Babes described the workshop as Christmas every week. We had our second session this past Wednesday where we got to read the beginnings of the plays. Christmas totally came early. The most interesting part of the evening was learning what perceptions the playwrights had of us as actresses and how most of the plays have the same themes to them. I don't want to give too much away as we're performing staged readings of these plays at the end of June. I'm thrilled to see what direction these plays go.

And last, but not least, Macbeth is going AMAZINGLY well. The reviews have come in and so far it's a hit! We couldn't be more thrilled and I'm so proud of the work that is being done in this show. If you're in the Chicagoland area before May 30th you NEED to come check it out!

On that note, I have to get some Babes work done. :)
Happy Friday!
xoxo,
*M*

Kids and other Stories...

A friend of mine asked me to make her a stencil portrait of her kids, Mila and Liam. It's been a few months since I've made one, so I'm happy to be back in the swing of things. I finished the stencil last night and hopefully I'll get to painting it tonight.


I have a lot on my plate this coming week. I have and audition on Saturday, so I'll be working on my monologue like a fiend tonight and tomorrow night. Cross your fingers and think happy thoughts on Saturday! Next week I start rehearsals for the deadline work shop with Chicago Dramatists. My theatre company, Babes With Blades, signed up for this work shop where six playwrights will be writing six plays with characters written specifically for the five of us actresses in the work shop. So, in ten weeks I'll have six characters written with me in mind and then we get to perform them in a couple of public readings. I'm so excited!!!

Speaking of my theatre company, our production of Macbeth opens April 27th. I've only seen the first act so far, but let me tell you, (and this is completely unbiased, I swear) it looks amazing and I'm so proud of the work everyone has put into it. If you're in the Chicago area you should definetly come check it out!


Yay! It's almost the weekend!
xoxo,
*M*