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Silly Singer

Hello Doll Faces,

I’ve been hustling about lately trying to make things happen for my acting career and be part of new projects.  After filming for the horror film “THEM” and reading for King Lear I didn’t have another job lined up right away.  That’s a scary thing for an actor because we are basically freelance and it takes hard work to book your next gig.  The best thing to do is be persistent in your search and be confident in your ability to do so.  For the longest time I was so insecure with my dreams and pretty much came up with any excuse for not fully pursuing them.  Don’t get me wrong, I still have my “eeeeeeeeeep, I’m such a nerd!” moments and can be socially awkward at times but I’m more comfortable with it now.  Let your freak flag fly is my new motto!!!! In keeping up with the mood of always being active, I decided to kick things up a notch and take some new head-shots and start embracing the whole YOUTUBE craze.  For a little less then a year I started taking vocal lessons with an amazing teacher who has been patient and is always positive in making me believe in myself.  When I was younger I enjoyed singing and even went to PACE University with the major of Musical Theater.  Within that time I had so many performance blunders, mistakes, forgotten notes, voice cracking, and even forgetting lyrics that I stopped singing for years.  I had mentally handicapped myself in such fear of failure and made myself believe I should never sing in front of people again.  I dropped my major and decided to strictly study ONLY acting.  My parents consistently pushed me to have a voice again but I was too scared.  Its been about 8 years since I got the courage to sing in front of people and the process isn’t easy and isn’t over.  My vocal teacher set me up to perform for a recital.  That morning I was so nervous that I almost called him to say I was horrifically sick and couldn’t make the concert, but I put on my big girl pants and survived my first semi performance in 8 years!!  I now have set mini goals to learn new songs fast and post them on the inter-web so I get more experience and know the world is watching and its ok.  In the mean time I filmed a part for a new web-series and got the part of Bianca in Taming of the Shrew at the West End Theater coming up in October.  So more reports of that coming soon.  Here is a recent video of a No Doubt cover. xoxo 

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Zombies, Mad Men, and a King

Today was surreal.  For a few hours I was sitting in a room at Pearl Studios in NYC  with the cast of the up coming reading of King Lear.  So what?  You might say that, but here is the insane part.  I spent the day with Bebe Neuwrith, Jeffery DeMunn (Dale from THE WALKING DEAD), Darrell Hammond (SNL), and Rich Sommer (MAD MEN) and a few more extremely awesome people.  It was so exciting to meet Jeffery since his character was my favorite on The Walking Dead, and I literally jumped out of my chair screaming and crying when he was killed off.  I might have had a few glasses of wine so I was emotional but either way Dale was the best.  Tomorrow night is the actual Gala event and I feel like I have drunk 10 Mountain Dews like honey boo boo child (toddlers in tiaras reference) and can’t wait to see the audience’s reaction to this star-studded venue.  For now I am going to do jumping jacks until I pass out. Here is a link for tickets and info on King Lear, as well as an article on Broadway World.