How I Got to Direct My Dream Show
It finally hit me— I called my mom to tell her that I was going to submit to direct Little Women, a musical of which I love and was familiar with because it was also my senior year musical in high school.
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It finally hit me— I called my mom to tell her that I was going to submit to direct Little Women, a musical of which I love and was familiar with because it was also my senior year musical in high school.
One creative outlet outshined the rest— musical theater— and I began to really dive into theater in middle school and high school.
My final musical at Greenhills, Something Rotten, is a bittersweet farewell to the theater community that’s shaped me.
Burnout can be overwhelming! In this post, I share how I've navigated burnout this semester and offer strategies for finding balance, setting boundaries, and reconnecting with creativity.
Join me on my 4-day solo trip to Singapore, where I explored the world of Crazy Rich Asians, delved into the rich Peranakan culture, and unexpectedly uncovered the history of LGBT rights in the city.
In an end of year reflection, student blogger Piper Greisl looks back on her first semester as a junior and her first semester as a theatre student.
This entry is a bit more personal, but it explores my experience and perception of my identity concerning the things I do and how that changes as I grow up.
Student blogger Piper Greisl discusses how she avoids and treats burnout in order to continue pursuing passions and hobbies.
To me, theater is the coolest thing in the entire world.
Members of an audience all should know that buying a ticket means they have entered an unspoken agreement.
Starting in January, I have audition after audition for either graduate school programs or summer stock/internships.
Today, we will discuss each of these steps in hopes of understanding what each one means and how to respond or cater to that step throughout the process!
This winter break, I am really trying to focus on relaxing and resting.
It was so cool to get to be on the inside of putting together a show like this.
You are the only person on this planet who has come up with the set of ideas, concepts, and goals that you currently have rolling around within your brain and there is something definitively miraculous in that.
As a college student, I find it can be difficult to decide what to do with downtime.
Your local overachiever and workaholic in the making shares and ponders the way she handles burnout while burning out during the experience that is finals week.
In todays blog, we discuss the common feeling of burnout and ways that we can overcome that feeling while find time for ourselves!
Although the internship search can be daunting, the payoff from a summer in the professional world is immeasurable.
I have been told many times the various ways to avoid burnout.
Burnout seems to have become a staple of the college student archetype – especially in the arts.
Not a theater major, but a theater lover at heart! Join me as I share how my passion for theater and my journey through law school intersect, from mock trials inspired by fairy tales to finding support in amazing friends.
The whole day was one of pure bliss and nostalgia.
At the end of the day actors, professional or not, are all those same kids who would make up plays to perform at family gatherings, would break into song whenever so moved during recess, and dance like no one is watching even if everyone is.
This semester, my home has been the 19th district of Vienna, Austria.