I became a member of the Antaeus Academy last September, when I passed my company audition. I had no idea what to expect and what was ahead of me. And sometimes it’s better not to know and be surprised.

I participated in a 3 month vigorous exercise in classics. I studied Shakespeare, the Greeks and the “new classics” like Shaw, Coward and Wilde. It was a crazy 3 months, while I was also performing in “Death and the Maiden” at the Sidewalk Studio Theatre in Burbank.

At the end of the 3 months, all the actors got together with some of the Companies finest directors  to create a brilliant evening of classic scenes that was free and open to the public. We had a full house, the energy was high and the evening was electric.  I was proud to be part of this ensemble and part of the Academy.

After a month break, I received the great news, that a school in Brentwood was interested in doing Shakespeare Outreach to their students and my scene from “Measure for Measure” was one of the chosen scenes that they wanted to have presented in their classrooms.

So on the morning of January 26th, 4 actors, 2 scenes and 1 director will head out to the Brentwood School to present a Shakespeare scene and do a short q&a with the students afterward.

I’m very excited about this opportunity! I never dreamed that I would present a scenework in a school and I never dreamed that I will perform Shakespeare. I hope that there will be many more schools and many more opportunities that will challenge me as a performer and as an artist.

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