ACT's A Christmas Carol: Co-Fight Directing the Bay Area's Classic Holiday Tradition
Fights in A Christmas Carol - what!?! In ACT's Christmas Carol there is always a fight. This year my friend and colleague, Danielle O'Dea brought me on to this Bay Area tradition to help choreograph that very fight. This fight involves two different casts of child actor's that truly know how to bring it! I love theatre around the holidays. It imparts the stories of empathy, love, and support that spread the message I believe in most. Most theatre companies have a tradition th
Working with the MFA students on Spring Awakening: The Play
I am thrilled to say I have begun working consistently with the MFA students at ACT's Graduate Conservatory. My first project with them is the complex and challenging piece Spring Awakening by Frank Wedekind, adapted by Joel G. Fink and directed by the department's very own Christine Adaire. This piece contains several scenes of violence with intimacy. I am lucky to work with Intimacy Director, Maya Herbsman. I am thoroughly proud of the work and dedication of these students
