SHE

​My first play I ever did was in sixth grade. I was Hodel in Fiddler on the Roof. I loved it. I caught that acting bug big time. And while over these last many years I have not dipped my toe into this pond that is the theater, I never quite recovered from that bug. 
 
I’ve had a relapse recently. And I am in The Elite Theater Company production of SHE. 
 
SHE is about a Victorian house. That is a home to these four extraordinary women who don’t know each other except that they do. Because of this house that they all live in, at different times over the span of 60+ years. 

I play Madeline Van Allen, a recent widow who’s lovely husband Jimmy has just passed after 56 years of marriage and a life filled with adventure.
 
SHE opens this coming Friday, May 24th. I hope that if you are in this area, that you can plan to come. 
 
It is good to be back in the theater again. The smell, the darkness, the sound of my footsteps on the stage. And behind it, too. And these other actors and crew that I get to to play with. This feeling of creativity that is a mixture of preparation with spontaneity with love.  There is nothing like this. This is home.
 
It is not lost on me, not surprising to me, not a coincidence in any sense, that I stepped back into my home that is the theater and into a play about this home, that is my home. It is intentionally perfect. Just like SHE.

I love this.

~ If you’re in the area, please come see SHE, at The Elite Theater Company, Oxnard. You can purchase tickets here: Elite Theatre Company Presents: She ~