In school I did so much classical theatre, usually playing the most bombastic clowns (Bottom, Feste) and I thought I would continue that into the pro world. Alas, there were old men to cast so, why would they look twice at a character actress in her 20s? Now, I’ve still… Read More »A Rustic Clown
Director Christopher V. Edwards sent us on a literal acid trip. His adaptation set this telling in the early 1960s America when our government was experimenting with mind altering drugs on soldiers, women with post- partum depression, mentally ill patients and minorities, all without informed consent. (See MK Ultra) I… Read More »MACBETH… or MK-BETH ULTRA
Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati is my Cincy artistic home and much of the reason is because of the Holiday show, which has employed me for nearly 25 years, and the Fairy Godmother Program. FG is an underwritten endeavor to ensure that the under-served children within our communities have the opportunity to… Read More »Down the Rabbit Hole – My 5th Trip
I was asked to understudy the role of Dvorah Laskier, Rutka Laskier’s mother in this new indie rock musical which has hopes for Broadway. I was so grateful to just be in the room with so much heart and talent. It is an important story, one of many that need… Read More »Rutka – Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park
I was fortunate to play and sing the heck out of the character of Norma in Hands on a Hardbody. This time around, when ETC decided to remount, there really wasn’t a role for me 10 years later, and understudies weren’t cast. Unfortunately, Covid and all of the other horrible… Read More »Hardbody, The Remount Strikes Back
I never thought I’d play Dolly Levi. I just never thought she’d find me in the regions. And, sure enough, when I got the call, I almost said “oh, I’m too young…” and I realized I wasn’t. Dolly Levi is a beast of a role in all of the best… Read More »Iconic
Right on the tail of Wrecking Ball, Zina Camblin teamed up with Composer David Kisor to re-create the beginnings of Fiona the Hippo, a beloved uplifting local story. They wrote the role of Bibi for me – Fiona’s mother. It was a terrific sensation, telling the story of Fiona, a… Read More »Hippo Momma!
And the new works keep coming. Wrecking Ball, commissioned by the Cincinnati Shakespeare Company to NYC based screenwriter and playwright Zina Camblin, was a gift. It’s a story of a writer’s room filled with everything you would expect from a mixed bag of folks locked in a room and trying… Read More »We Came in Like…
World premiere musicals are always hard, but mostly fun! In September of 2023 I created Woman 1 which included a Spinster, Elderly Doctor, Another Spinster, An Innkeeper slightly resembling LOVETT, a (pardon the term) Cougar, a Soldier, and half a lawyer… (there is a story there. I had the mist… Read More »This is Tom Jones. No, not that Tom Jones… Not that one, either
March of 2023 was a huge surprise. I thought I would have been long past the Shrew age, but director Jemma Levy, wanted a cast of clowns for a concept that she saw as a Rom-Com, never a battle. It works. Long live the clowns! What a terrific experience! Photos… Read More »The Taming of Who, Now?