When I take time off, it means that I get to do only things that make me happy.<\/p>\n
So, in this three month\u00c2\u00a0hiatus from theatre, I have done the following work, gratefully and happily:<\/p>\n
That’s a pretty great list, with much more to come, once I’m officially working again. I still have wrestling matches with impostor syndrome and self-esteem, but it’s good to recognize … well, good.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
When I take time off, it means that I get to do only things that make me happy. So, in this three month\u00c2\u00a0hiatus from theatre, I have done the following work, gratefully and happily: Sound design for\u00c2\u00a0Handle with Care at Boulevard Theatre Swing Stage Manager for\u00c2\u00a0Handle with Care Fight director for My Fair Lady\u00c2\u00a0at Skylight […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p73iP8-IT","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2760,"url":"http:\/\/www.steelbuddha.net\/?p=2760","url_meta":{"origin":2783,"position":0},"title":"Your Daily Digest: Alchemy","date":"11\/23\/2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Our production meeting last night for Bachelorette filled me with hope again for theatre. 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