Now that I have experienced it, I can say this: it is deeply exhausting to excavate the deepest parts of yourself every night, but also deeply fulfilling and validating. Almost every performance, someone reached out to me to let me know how much my performance affected them, or how much they related to Bella. And as someone who relates to Bella on a level that feels eerie, I can't tell you how un-alone that made me feel.

I also got to do so many things I had never done before! I have never had a solo closing bow before this show, so that was a huge moment! I had never performed in Indianapolis, though growing up in Shelbyville I always dreamed of it. And THE Nina Raine herself sent us a video message on our last performance to send us well wishes! I could not have asked for a better entry to Indianapolis theatre, and I can't wait to keep going from here.

​It has been a long time since I have been able to perform due to the pandemic, but even longer since I've performed in a play. Theatre was my first love (even before John D. in sixth grade), but for the last few years, I have happened upon more film opportunities - and somehow, without noticing, five years have passed since the last time I was in a play. So when I say I'm incredibly excited to return to the stage, you have to know that I mean it with EVERY fiber of my being!

Rabbit runs for two weeks at the Storefront Theatre in Indianapolis, beginning December 2, 2021. Don't forget your proof of vaccination if you come! It's a really meaningful one for me, and I would love to see you there. Click here to buy tickets! 

First, back in October I was thrilled to get the news that my short film script, The Pledge, won the Best Short Script Award at the Boobs and Blood Film Festival! Boobs and Blood is a festival celebrating women in horror that embraces humor and camp, so it was a natural fit for my script about a sorority with a secret. I had so much fun at the event (as evidenced by the photo on the left) and can't believe that I won such a prestigious award! Thanks to Miles and everyone at Boobs and Blood!

The Pledge has also received some additional buzz by being selected for the Women in Horror Film Festival! I was so excited about this one, because it's such a huge deal for female genre filmmakers.

But there is an extra level of mind-blown-ness for me, because since my script is a finalist, it's still under consideration for awards - so it's being read by the festival's judges, which include absolute legends of horror, like Heather Langenkamp from A Nightmare on Elm Street, and Marianne Maddalena, who produced one of my favorite horror movies, Scream! I can't believe my little script is going to be read by these amazing women, so regardless of how the awards shake out, I'm overwhelmingly PUMPED.

Finally, a different script of mine, Homefront, has received its first official selection at the TalNexus Screenplay Competition, where it was very highly rated! Homefront is so special to me, because it's about women home front workers in World War II, a story that I've been so passionate about ever since visiting the Rosie the Riveter Museum in Richmond, CA and meeting several real-life Rosies who once worked at the shipyards. It's also the script that got me my literary agent Diane, and definitely one of the best things I've ever written. I'm really excited for the future of ​Homefront, and so thankful to the folks at TalNexus for recognizing it.

​Here is my very most writerly headshot to announce that I've signed with Diane Wang at The Library Agency's literary division!

I am so, so excited to be partnering with Diane and everyone at Library! I have had agents in the past for acting, but this is my first time being represented as a writer, and it means so much too me as I'm leaning more into my writing every day! After many years of writing script after script, alone with my laptop, with no sense of whether a line of dialogue is actually funny or only funny to me, it is amazing to be working with people who actually know what they are doing and still take me seriously as a screenwriter!

​We've already started working on getting a script of mine ready, so I can't wait to see all the wonderful things this relationship will hold! Thank you to Diane and The Library Agency!

Okay, I'll be honest with you - this is a #stealthfie (AKA stealth selfie). I was trying not to seem too corny and weird to the receptionists at the UCB Training Center. But I really wanted to commemorate the occasion, because I took this right after my very first improv class at UCB!

Improv has long been basically my last true performance-related fear. I've done it before in projects, but for whatever reason I have always psyched myself out and convinced myself that it's not for me. It's maybe (definitely) something about the whole fear matrix I have around being good/right/seeming dumb. How can I be right if I step on the stage without knowing what's going to happen? How can I not seem stupid if I don't know what I'm doing? GUYS I AM NOTHING IF NOT SELF AWARE OKAY.