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Rehearsing, promotion, show development, performing, and touring.

My work environment consists of rehearsal space, theaters and performance venues. The venues I perform in are theaters, cabarets, clubs, art galleries.

I work with artists, musicians, composers, performers, dancers, recording engineers, video artists, bookers, theater technicians, and art administrators.

Wake up at 7 a.m. Drink tea and healthy breakfast, 2 hours of business work on the computer (booking shows, applying for grants, updating web sights, show promotion). Rehearsing for 2-6 hours late morning to late afternoon. Yoga pratice in early evening and bike ride to run errands, make dinner. If it is a performance night - organizing props, gathering costumes for performance. Call times for early shows arrive at venue @6-7:00pm for late night,  10pm calltime.

Performance skills: Singing, acting, writing, dancing and physical strength. Promotion/marketing skills.

Yes - performance tours in US and international tours.

I make own schedule, my work is creative, cathartic, healing, physical. I am constantly challenged both physically and intellectually. My work requires playfullness, imagination, and intuition.

There is no guarantee of financial stability.

My family, my husband, other performers, artists, musicians, nature, birds, political activism, and audiences.

My father, my brother, Shirley Temple, Pee Wee Herman, Charlie Chaplin and The Wizard of Oz.

Believe in yourself. Do the work that is required to manifest your ideas and visions.

Keep a journal, write down short and long term goals. 

Find a mentor or teacher that shares a similar interested or has experience in what you want to do. Look at the path of other successful people in your field of interest and research the path they took to achieve success. 

Find or organize a community of others who share your career, artistic, or personal growth interests. Collaborate, support and learn from one another. 

Be courageous when confronting challenges. Don’t be afraid to fail or mistakes. 

Trust your intuition when making important decisions.

Play music, ride my bike, hike, walk, write letters.

Creating and performing innovative, provocative, hilarious performances. Playing and writing music. Healthy food, bicycling and yoga.

By following my heart and artistic vision, seeking out a well rounded education in the arts and social sciences, and doing the work that is required to reach my goals.

I have been a performer since I was a child. Theatre and music allow me to combine my creativity and intellectual mind into a postive mode of self expression.

Poverty, classism, sexism, mental illness and addiction within the family, while growing up.