sights: year two

In just 7 days, I will be beginning my second year. CRAZY! I am actually astounded at how fast the first year went by and how significant the start of the second year feels. And I'm not even there yet!

I am really excited about my production assignments this year: a new play, a huntington assist, and an opera in the new year. of course, I also have BB at the NCT and some other small projects---and I'm hoping to get a really good handle on my thesis topic (Electronic Music and Light, or something like that...). I'm taking some more art classes, a nice class about light and movement with Mark and Judith, and a class on EM so that I can perhaps make this thesis pipe dream a reality!

Im really really excited about getting back to my little apartment and the daily routine of going to the theatre and working with other people. I didn't realize how much I loved the BU system until this summer when I didn't have the BU system.....not that there is anything wrong with that, but there are a lot of awesome things about the SOT that I take for granted and I DEFINITELY know that now!

At this point last year I didn't know what to expect. At this point next year I will be on my way to an internship and a thesis. For now--well, let's go second year!

summerstock reflections

it is finished. summerstock, that is. i am not sure how i feel completely about my time at the h******, as it is so close to me still....but i can say some things with certainty. 1) i met some amazing people there who i can look forward to working with in the future. 2) i learned a lot about how to talk to/deal with/convince/disagree with/win over to my side/make the best of OTHER PEOPLE. that is probably the most valuable lesson that i have learned this summer at hangar. sure, i got to design a lot of shows (6 in fact). some were beautiful and some were just good. some i loved, some were not my style. but everything got done.

i put up some photos on my website from the summer--one of the costume designers took most of them. i wish i knew how to take show photos/had a nice camera to do so on. check them out here: Mary Ellen Stebbins Lighting Design