I'm in a play right now that my good friend James wrote. It's called Masturbating While Lonely, and no, it's not a performance piece where you watch me masturbate for an hour. That tends to be the most common question we get. My friend Holly and I are the only two actors in it, it …
Real Life
It's difficult to write a play. I've been thinking about it all day, and I think the thing I'm scared to do is write about things I don't know. It's infinitely easier for me to write if there's some element of autobiography in what I'm writing, because I live very much in my head and …
The Legend of the Morning Off, Netflix and the Couch
A great thing about this class is that we have Fridays off because we have occasional night classes. Ideally I shouldn't be blogging right now--we have a 6-8 page play due on Monday, and I have no idea what I'm going to write about. So far my ideas have included the tale of a man …
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Now, I Don’t Want to Be Prescriptive…
Taking a theatre class is very similar to how I imagine group therapy. Almost every class I've ever taken as a theatre major has begun with a little spiel about how we're now in an "open environment," how we're trying new things and we all need to be sensitive to how vulnerable we're becoming. In …
That’s a Wrap
I think I speak for all (or at least most) of my classmates when I say that Documentary Filmmaking has challenged me more than I imagined and has taught me more than I could have anticipated. For the week and a half, and particularly the last four days, we have gone into overdrive working on our …
Week Two
Mock in-class interview So ends Week Two! This week in documentary filmmaking, we focused on the delicate art of interviewing subjects: something we all need to master (to some degree) for our final project. Including the practical elements of how to light your subject most effectively and how to record sound using a few …
Documentary Filmmaking
Hello! I am taking Documentary Filmmaking, a block centered around the creative and technical approaches to making documentaries, taught by alum Doug Pray (a documentary filmmaker himself). After a packed week, I’m excited to share some of the many tips, ideas, and artistic lessons I have already absorbed. My favorite assignment we did this week …
Winter Break Part One: Paris
My heart is thumping as I push open the door and walk into a techno soaked lobby slash chill out room slash internet cafe. This is my first time staying in a hostel, and I feel like I’m back at CC New Student Orientation, hands shaking at the prospect of, gulp, having a roommate that …
Personal Financial Planning
Greetings, I don't usually blog, but I feel morally obligated to promote the half block I am currently in, Personal Financial Planning, and what better way to tackle promotion than through the written word? I want everyone to know how smitten I am with this class. Normally I find myself enrolled in humanities classes—specifically English—but …
Highlights of the Oxmas Season
Apologies for being out of touch, friends. Things have been busy as the term came to an end. Now Oxford is filled with young interviewees seeking admission to the University, and I am leaving to explore France and other parts of the UK. As a side note, admission to Oxford basically comes down to two …
