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My 32nd Year in Review
How to summarize this past year… I knew it would start off with a BIG life moment. I did not know that it would continue like that. It reminds me of a little keepsake my mom gave me in my … Continue reading
10 Year Leap
I really like commemorating threshold moments. My husband thinks it’s funny that I keep track of these so much so that I can say “Today is six months since we got married” or “Did you know that around this time … Continue reading
Posted in Life
Tagged 10 year reunion, american expat, anniversary, anxiety, Canada, graduate school, intuition, moving, newlywed, playwright, Rice University, Toronto
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One Word 2023
I have been choosing a word for the upcoming year for nine years now. As more and more people abandon “New Year’s Resolutions,” I feel ahead of the game with this tradition. My word of the year for the past … Continue reading
Posted in Life
Tagged Canada, dog, embrace, habits, love, marriage, New Year's Resolution, one word, one word 365, rhythm, routine, shih tzu, wedding
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Lavender Sticks in My Mind or Maggie Got Married!
A little over 2 months and 3 weeks ago, I got married! In some ways, I can’t believe it actually happened. After planning and waiting and isolating from June 28, 2021 to September 3, 2022, we actually managed to gather … Continue reading
Posted in Life
Tagged Aspect Lux, Blu Ivory Bridal, bride, Burlington, Cake and Kale, Canada, COVID, dual citizen, expat, groom, Guardians of the Galaxy, Maggie Sottero, marriage, Paletta Mansion, Perfect Planners, wedding
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Beyond a Travel Review: Vancouver
What do you think our fourth grade selves would think? Ten years as friends, Paloma and I tried to go on a European trip together. That didn’t work, because we were both in our early twenties and way too broke … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Reviews
Tagged american expat, best friend, Canada, self-care, Travel, vancouver
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Beyond a Theatre Review: 25+ Edinburgh Fringe shows 2017
Technically, the Edinburgh Fringe was my 5th or 6th fringe festival. My high school boyfriend took me to my first–the 2008 or 2009 FronteraFest in Austin–back before I ever thought about writing for the stage. I’d never gotten into the … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews, Theatre Writing
Tagged arts, augmented reality, Canada, dance, edinburgh, edinburgh festival fringe, festival, Fringe, fringe festival, play, podcast, scotland, technology, theatre, Travel
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What does Permanent Residency Mean?
When I wrote my first installment of the Canada vs. USA blog series on Howlround, I was unsure that I’d ever feel permanent in Canada. Just a few days before the second blog post published, on June 11th: I became … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Theatre Writing
Tagged american expat, artist, Canada, Canadian, dramaturg, dramaturgy, expat, HowlRound, new play, New Play Lab, permanent residency, playwright, theatre, U Mass
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In the Room(s) Where It Happens
I haven’t seen Hamilton, but making Transmission feels just as epic. Or more so, because our performance series does not recast the past but looks forward 50 years into the future… Last weekend I spent most of Saturday and Sunday … Continue reading
Posted in Theatre Writing
Tagged alien, aliens, Art, augmented reality, Canada, collaboration, edinburgh, edinburgh festival fringe, exoplanet, film, first contact, interstellar, luxtaterra, performance, performance series, play, podcast, science fiction, scotland, theatre, toasterlab, Toronto, transmission, United States of America, usa
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