As a follow-up to my most recent post on professional jealousy, I’ve put together a collection of blog articles that dive deep into the complexities of envy and its impact on an actor’s career and mental health. In these blogs, you’ll find strategies...
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I spent twelve years in the entertainment industry as an actor and playwright, and I had lousy boundaries. Personal and professional lines get blurred frequently in the theatre, and the industry itself is rife with people who think it is just part of doing business...
By the time I learned what it truly takes to work in the New York theater scene, any thoughts of a family fell off. I’d grown up in a large Irish Catholic brood where having kids was the default, not a choice. But thinking back to how my family afforded childcare so...
(sigh) Here we go. We need help. Who? Me. Us. Your non-working actor friends. Specifically, your non-working parent-actor friends. We have been out of the business for awhile. Sure, we’re dipping our toes in the water here and there, wishing we had time to do more....
Life raising toddlers is like a never-ending tech week. You know that adrenaline you feel during tech week, and you’re not sure whether it’s fueled by pure exhaustion, excitement, or a highly effective, carefully calculated balance of coffee and wine?...
