August 2016 has been a big one.
At the beginning of the month, I reached my one year anniversary at 42nd Street Moon, and also was laid off as they restructured. I learned a ton from my time there, and I'm glad I took the job in the first place. It was my first time with a salaried position rather than a contractor's stipend, and helped me move from stage management to production management. I'm proud of the four shows I took from "wouldn't it be cool if..." to "That looks great!," including one world premiere, and our departing founding artistic director's last two shows.
Shortly after, I was contacted by Stanford TAPS to come in on a temporary basis as the assistant technical director, and I accepted. I'm helping to open the new Roble Studio Theater and get the season planned and organized. It's from now till the middle of November, and I'm really enjoying the change of pace--8 hour days, a regular schedule, (soon) being able to work directly with students and help them make the best art they can.
When I'm not ATDing, I'm the production manager at the Cutting Ball Theater, which will be putting up a festival of avant-garde plays this October. Cutting Ball does intimately staged, technically challenging modern theater, and I feel really at home with their staff.
I'm also the executive producer for The Real World: Stanford, doing my absolute best to update and expand the script, which will be performed in front of ~1800 frosh during New Student Orientation. Real World deals extensively with mental health, relationships, and sexual assault at Stanford. It's really tough work, and close to home, but it's rewarding to be doing my part in addressing sexual violence at my alma mater. Also, I made it gayer.
I got my second tattoo: a joint tattoo with a dear friend of mine as she left for grad school. I'll show you in person if you ask, it's hard to photograph.
What else? I started chewing gum. I called my mom sometimes. I flossed for like four whole days. I saw some great shows. I went to lesbian clubs. I rode rollers coasters. I started introducing myself as "Lea," just to try it out.
I planned for the future. More on that... in the future. Keyes out.
At the beginning of the month, I reached my one year anniversary at 42nd Street Moon, and also was laid off as they restructured. I learned a ton from my time there, and I'm glad I took the job in the first place. It was my first time with a salaried position rather than a contractor's stipend, and helped me move from stage management to production management. I'm proud of the four shows I took from "wouldn't it be cool if..." to "That looks great!," including one world premiere, and our departing founding artistic director's last two shows.
Shortly after, I was contacted by Stanford TAPS to come in on a temporary basis as the assistant technical director, and I accepted. I'm helping to open the new Roble Studio Theater and get the season planned and organized. It's from now till the middle of November, and I'm really enjoying the change of pace--8 hour days, a regular schedule, (soon) being able to work directly with students and help them make the best art they can.
When I'm not ATDing, I'm the production manager at the Cutting Ball Theater, which will be putting up a festival of avant-garde plays this October. Cutting Ball does intimately staged, technically challenging modern theater, and I feel really at home with their staff.
I'm also the executive producer for The Real World: Stanford, doing my absolute best to update and expand the script, which will be performed in front of ~1800 frosh during New Student Orientation. Real World deals extensively with mental health, relationships, and sexual assault at Stanford. It's really tough work, and close to home, but it's rewarding to be doing my part in addressing sexual violence at my alma mater. Also, I made it gayer.
I got my second tattoo: a joint tattoo with a dear friend of mine as she left for grad school. I'll show you in person if you ask, it's hard to photograph.
What else? I started chewing gum. I called my mom sometimes. I flossed for like four whole days. I saw some great shows. I went to lesbian clubs. I rode rollers coasters. I started introducing myself as "Lea," just to try it out.
I planned for the future. More on that... in the future. Keyes out.