The Balanced Theatre Brat Series: Even A One Man Show Needs Support!

A lesson in support and collaboration  “When we give cheerfully and accept gratefully, everyone is blessed” – Maya Angelou I recently recommended, developed, and executed an associate engagement hackathon at work. (Hackathon: 24-48 hours to develop design thinking or problem solving solutions.) […]

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Poker, I Barely Know Her!

It’s not whether you won or lost, but how many bad beat stories you were able to tell. — Grantland Rice I am an advanced beginner poker player.  (Is that a real classification? 🤷🏼‍♀️Probably not, but it’s how I see myself.) I […]

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Just Puke in Your Purse, Hat, Etc. – The Balanced Theatre Brat Series

A Lesson in Commitment When I was little, I was in a show that I don’t remember the name of but I vividly remember being sick with a stomach bug. I was playing some sort of animal 🐰and had a show that […]

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The Balanced Theatre Brat Series: The Show Must Go On

A Lesson in “Fake It Till You Make It”  “Perfection is the enemy of progress” – unknown  As the writers and actors of the broadway show “The Play That Goes Wrong” have so cleverly portrayed. A lot can go wrong in theatre. […]

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The Balanced Theatre Brat Series: Why Theatre Produces Successful Professionals

I’m a proud “theatre brat!” (A person raised in the theatre)  I’ve performed, worked backstage, ran lights, directed, and have taught.  My BA is in Theatre, so one would assume that my career would be in the theatre. Somewhere.  That assumption would […]

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A Little Sparkle

“Shine on you crazy diamond – Come on you raver, you seer of visionsCome on you painter, you piper, you prisoner, and shine”- Pink Floyd  I’ve spent the last 7 years as a product manager. Most of that time was at a […]

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The Little Actress That Couldn’t???

Tonight I took a cardio boxing class with one of my closest friends. This is definitely something I can not do! If just one of the incredibly fit trainers had come up to me when arriving and said “ooooh sweet little fat […]

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Interview with Alan Kay

By Rebecca Lake Pool  “The best way to predict the future is to create it” – Alan Kay  “Art is “all the stuff that people make”, and this includes our beliefs (which we like to call “reality”). Most people don’t think of […]

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About Me

Hello world! (not the simple program one usually writes when learning a new programming language but to all those reading this blog) I am excited to be writing my first blog, EVER! Welcome to…. “The Little Actress That Could”. Could what?!!!!! I […]

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