Hello all,

I'm thrilled to share that there will be a staged reading of Quarter Year Dilemmas on March 31, 2012 at Bru Cafe, 141 Orange Street, New Haven, Connecticut (downtown, two blocks from the New Haven green) from 4 to 8 p.m. The event includes an hour of networking and a talkback with audience members, where they can provide feedback on the play which will be incorporated into subsequent readings and the final production.

Quarter Life Dilemmas examines the lives of four friends in their mid-twenties who have realized that life's not so much 'Sex in the City' as it is 'Broke, in Debt, and Hate my Job in the City.'

The reading is part of SWAN (Support Women Artists Now) Day. Despite the many great accomplishments women have made over the years, they continue to face enormous employment discrimination in the arts, entertainment and media industries. SWAN Day recognizes this fact and challenges women artists, writers, directors, and performers to use their creativity to bring awareness to this issue of disparity that women artists face on a daily basis.

The ProduceHERS is a new collaborative effort created by Halima Flynn and Aaliyah Miller aimed at producing new works written and directed by women and building audiences for female theatre artists.  I hope to see you there.

Stay tuned for my next blog which will go more indepth about how The ProducHERS came to be. Thanks for reading.

Back in the Swing of Things



Dancers getting their swing on.

 I'm still on a high from the Giant's win last night. What a game! Go GIANTS!! I feel like January has come and quickly, but maybe it's just me. I've gotten back into the swing of things regarding school. My first course this semester focuses on organizational communication. I find the class very relevant to my work which is a nice bonus, but despite that fact I still felt overwhelmed when the course began. I find that is a pattern I go through. School equals stress for me and I have come to adjust to that fact.

And although I was back into the swing of things on the school front, I wasn't back on all fronts. A little over a month ago I declared that I would be writing a page a day. I must come clean and admit I didn't. My SMART start was delayed. Two nights ago that changed thanks to the hubby. He asked me how I was doing on my screenwriting goals and if I've been writing my page a day? I told him, "No." and his response was "To write my first page that day." It took me about 45 minutes to write the page, but I did it and I'm so glad I did it. I wrote a page last night and I will continue to write a page a night until the story is done. I basically can't go to bed until I finish one page. The pressure is on, but I know that is what I need.

Now that I'm back to writing, I truly feel like I'm back in the swing of things. Do I still feel slightly overwhelmed? Yes, but at least I have a routine and my goal for this week is to stick with what I've started.