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Student Blogger: Lana Sage

Hi Friends! I consider myself a storyteller who acts, directs, and writes. I gravitate toward stories expressing dynamic and dysfunctional relationships that reflect our social and interpersonal climate. I aspire to make stories and storytelling more accessible to and representative of marginalized artists and patrons. I am bi-coastal artist represented by Option in the Pacific Northwest and am currently living and studying in Boston MA. I have been performing in film since 2011, regional theatre since 2015, and writing plays/novels and directing plays/musicals since 2018. In 2021, I earned an Associates Degree in General Studies (AGS) and a Career Endorsement in Musical theatre. Currently I am a BFA candidate in Acting, Directing, and Playwriting with an emphasis in Social and Racial Justice and Communications at Boston University (BU '24).  I also work part-time as the Communications Assistant for the College of Fine Arts (CFA) at BU where I write short and long-form stories for CFA social media, website, and magazine.  As a storyteller, I have a passion for analyzing and discussing philosophy of art and beauty, books, film, music, theatre, and art/artists, finding joy in singing/playing music, and writing songs and poems, and taking in nature.   






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Decisions Aren't So Bad
Decisions Aren't So Bad
May 7, 2023

When I wrote my most recent blog, Decisions... A Year Later, I thought my next big decision would be about studying abroad Spring 2024. Study abroad is built into Boston University's (BU) School of Theatre (SOT) spring semester of Junior Year.

Decisions... A Year Later
Decisions... A Year Later
March 29, 2023

As we learned in my blog, Decisions Are Hard, Boston University School of Theatre BFAers are tasked with declaring their major within the school halfway around through their second semester freshman year. It's been a year since I wrote that blog and officially made my decision to be a BFA Theatre Arts major.

Live and In Person: It's Open Calls
Live and In Person: It's Open Calls
March 8, 2023

We are just around midterm of the Spring semester at BU and things are going pretty swimmingly for me. I'm only taking 16 credits this semester-compared to my normal 18-20 I've been taking since my Junior year of high school-with my classes meeting only one to two times per week. A lot of my classwork is challenging but done in class with a lot of hands-on experiences and data collection.

The Art and The Artist
The Art and The Artist
February 21, 2023

I firmly believe that the best mode of learning for an artist is through the consumption of other art. It is so important for us to be patrons of art and artists. It’s not only a way of giving back to our fellow artists, but also a brilliant method of learning for our own artistic gain. Inspiration strikes from others, so it only makes sense that artists become inspired by the art of others. 

A Week in the Life of a Boston University Theatre Student
A Week in the Life of a Boston University Theatre Student
October 16, 2022

Happy college to me and anyone who chooses to celebrate it! Welcome to a new year of school, that one thing you wish you left back in highschool, and a chilling fall semester. I thought I’d bring you along for a week in the life of my first semester as a Sophomore BFA Acting/Directing/Playwriting at Boston University (BU)!

Lana's Guide For Actually Enjoying Self Tapes
Lana's Guide For Actually Enjoying Self Tapes
August 22, 2022

Through my disdain of self tapes and hope to revive the feeling of being in a physical audition room, I've created some ground rules for myself. I hope these help, because they have surely helped me.

The Life and Times of Art
The Life and Times of Art
June 24, 2022

Something they don’t tell you enough about college: you don’t have any time. You’d think that, if you’re majoring in some sort of art, you’d have ample ability and time to do, create, and work on the art you care about. I thought that. I thought wrong.

Decisions Are Hard
Decisions Are Hard
April 29, 2022

At the end of our first year in Boston University's School of Theatre performance core, we declare our major to decide the theater performance training we'll focus on: BFA Acting or Theatre Arts. For some the decision is easy, whereas for others (*cough cough…* me) it most definitely isn't. 

Falling Back in Love... With Movement and Myself
Falling Back in Love... With Movement and Myself
March 17, 2022

Dance is the function that movement flows into. The former innately harbors connotations of restricted and formed movement, while movement itself is the relinquishing to true movement. This thought process and constant practice of the release that movement provides me allowed the space and time to truly fall back in love with movement and myself.

Localized Collaborative Play
Localized Collaborative Play
February 16, 2022

People are walking out in the storm. I envy them but I don't. I envy their willingness to look like fools. I wish I could just fail like that sometimes. But only sometimes. I don’t envy them because walking in this weather must suck. This brought me to the conclusion that I fear I have done my first semester of my BFA wrong.

Gotta Get Back to Set Life
Gotta Get Back to Set Life
January 11, 2022

Where my last blog ended is where this current blog begins. Before officially starting my winter break from BU, I made a film... I mean, I was part of the making of a film... Being back on set was a slap in the face I desperately needed. I just hope it won't take another six years to come back...

When Does an Artist's Story Begin?
When Does an Artist's Story Begin?
December 28, 2021

Yet I tell the story of my artistic start over and over again, because isn’t that kind of our job as artists? Telling stories? And so, we tell stories of our lives, what brought us here and, yes, our ‘start’ in the arts. Just as all stories go, I tell mine differently every time, for every person, every instance, everything...

Holiday Alone
Holiday Alone
November 29, 2021

Welcome to Novemeber's rambling regarding holiday loathing, the roots of American Thanksgiving, and my experience of the holiday by my lonesome at Boston University.

Beautiful, Brilliant Change
Beautiful, Brilliant Change
October 26, 2021

Hi Friends! My name is Lana Sage (She/Her). I am currently attending Boston University for my BFA in Acting with a musical theatre concentration ('25). In my first blog, I contemplate my lack of homesickness and acceptance of the loneliness I've experienced my first two months of college. I hope to remind myself of the necessity that is change.






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