A Year Ago Today......

A year ago today, I started a contract at ASF (Alabama Shakespeare Festival) as a part of the Acting Fellowship.  I had never been to Montgomery, AL, but I  shipped my things and moved there for seven months (almost seven due to COVID).  This contract taught me so much about acting, theatre, community, education, and life.  The Alabama Shakespeare Festival is an incredible theater and community.  The artists that work there are kind, passionate, thoughtful, supportive, and dedicated to bringing the arts to their community and greater Alabama.  The Fellowship involved performing on the mainstage at ASF for the general public as well as morning performances for thousands of students a week.  During the last two months of the contract, the acting fellows took to the road bringing a production of Midsummer to schools throughout Alabama.  Being able to perform, educate, and discuss theater with high schoolers and students throughout the state was a dream come true.  It made me appreciate being in a career that involves sharing stories and inspiring self expression.  I miss the artists I worked with at ASF and I hope that we are reunited again in a better, more accepting world than the one before COVID.