Well first of all there is this little bit of news:

Now don’t freak out. I’m losing it healthily. This has been since November. I had hit a plateau the last couple of months, but now I’m doing Weight Watchers and it’s moving steadily in the right direction again. I’m just taking it a day at a time and trying to make smarter choices. There is no real secret to losing weight. You just have to do it. Eat healthy and move more. So I guess the only secret is willpower.

Violet rehearsals are underway and I’m having the time of my life. I’m bone tired, but feel the most artistically free that I can remember in recent memory. I love working with the director, Elizabeth Margolius, because I feel so safe to create. She truly loves to collaborate with actors. She wants to hear what you have to say.  You throw in her other half, the brilliant music director Andra Velis-Simon, and it is a rehearsal room filled with joy and extremely hard work. We’re all working our butts off. Every day I’m more and more in awe of the talent of the cast. I know I’m gushing. I’m sorry I can’t help it. I haven’t felt this alive, or this artistic in a long time. It feels great. You won’t want to miss this show I can promise you that.

To buy tickets go here: http://www.bailiwickchicago.com/2011-12-season/violet-a-musical/

The day after Violet closes I start working on a workshop of Opus 1861 with Elizabeth Margolius and Terry McCabe at City Lit theatre.

During the holidays I will be performing in The Secret Garden, directed by Stacey Flaster at Light Opera Works.

This Spring I will be in the world premiere of a glam rock musical called Rise of the Numberless. It is a co-production with New Colony and Bailiwick Chicago.

I have a lot going on this year! I feel blessed and unbelievably grateful to be a working actress in Chicago.

Harmony