This was my dilemma as I set up my blog today. My original plan was to write a blog with my sister about everything theatrical in our lives and, of course, the New York City area. Unfortunately for me, my sister tends to be a bit neurotic on these things and therefore dropped out of the project. Oh well.

So, welcome to the blog with a quasi-unknown subject! (I just used a vocab word, my english teacher should be proud) The main topic of these posts, as you have probably gathered by now, will be the art of theatre and the industry that thrives on it. But before we get into all of that, I think I should state my background in this area, and why I see so delusional as to think myself capable of running a blog on such topics.

I have been singing and acting on stage since I was in the 6th grade. Well, since I was 5 if you REALLY want to be technical and count the church pageants and school choruses. It was in the 5th grade, however, that my love for performing truly began. You see, at the time my middle school ran from grades 4 thru 7 (strange, I know). There was a play that year put on by the 6th and 7th graders. I saw it one night and, needless to say, I was hooked. It wasn’t anything fancy, just a little thing called “Way’s End” that featured a girl getting lost in some other world where characters where such things as umbrellas, and her brother was carried away by some other actors… I really don’t remember the story that much. But what I DO remember is how excited it made me. I hadn’t known until then that I was able to do such things in my school. The next year I auditioned for “Annie Jr.” and started my acting career as the bully of the orphanage, Pepper. Since then I have been in 4 school musicals, 4 plays, 1 theatre camp musical, 1 play festival, 1 cabaret, and 1 community theatre operetta which opens on saturday.

And there you have it. My tiny little resume, with barely anything outside of school. Good thing is, I am currently working on getting my career moving with more projects outside of school. I am currently part of a local opera company, and just knowing some of the people I met through it has opened up many oportunities for other company memberships.

So, back to the blog. Every so often I shall be posting review of shows, opinions on local shows that I have seen, and broadway/NY news. Be sure to check back at least once a week for updates!

~Mel