I took a few months off from podcasting. And in that time new projects entered my life, which you will certainly hear about on the podcast, but not today.
With September in the air, and as I prepared for a busy day ahead of me, I found myself thinking about the relationship between business and fun and was reminded about this podcast so I wanted to sit down and record an episode.
This episode is about a fond memory I have of work and play. I performed the role of Helen in Martin McDonagh's "The Cripple of Inishmaan" (scene study) in grad school. I think I might be a little shy to discuss some of the characters I worked on in grad school because I didn't perform the whole play. In the same breath, I can also tell you how much I enjoyed working on this play and this character with my incredible scene partner Geoff Hymers, under the direction of the late Elizabeth Kemp.
This process was hard, and satisfying. This relationship and story were personal and also completely foreign to me. I didn't mention it in the episode but I also had to speak with an Irish accent and worked with a dialect coach to achieve this.
I hope your back to school and back to work season is off to a great start, and don't forget to schedule in some fun for yourself.
