When I take time off, it means that I get to do only things that make me happy.

So, in this three month hiatus from theatre, I have done the following work, gratefully and happily:

• Sound design for Handle with Care at Boulevard Theatre
• Swing Stage Manager for Handle with Care
• Fight director for My Fair Lady at Skylight Music Theatre
• Fight director for Arrowhead High School’s Julius Caesar
• Sound design for Upon a Midnight Clear, a Liz Shipe show at Soulstice Theatre
• Light and Sound board op for Upon a Midnight Clear, a Liz Shipe show at Soulstice Theatre
• Stage Combat workshops at Shorewood High School
• Poster and production design for A View from Here with Umbrella Group Theatre
• Marketing and Development for Central Illinois Stage Combat Workshop
• Independent skills certification workshop in Quarterstaff for Dueling Arts International
• Certified Teacher for Winter Wonderland Workshop in Chicago
• Actor in Mostly Monsterly for Sunset Playhouse’s touring Bug in a Rug company
• Actor in Love, Ruby Valentine for Sunset Playhouse’s touring Bug in a Rug company
• Director for Bridge to Terbaithia at Racine Theatre Guild
• Co-Producer for Bachelorette at Theater RED

That’s a pretty great list, with much more to come, once I’m officially working again. I still have wrestling matches with impostor syndrome and self-esteem, but it’s good to recognize … well, good.