First, the good. Sophia’s Fall website is launching. Check it out at www.sophiasfall.com. Thank you to all who support my work. There is more brewing. I have plays percolating that are ready to be served up shortly. It is great to feel the creative drive anew.
Second, the wha??
O.k., so I left New York and am pursuing work on my own terms in Los Angeles. What does that mean? Well, I quickly tired of doing shows that I didn’t feel a connection with in the hopes that Guffman would be in the audience. I burnt myself out, I suppose. And now, well, I regularly hear “so sorry that you’re giving up. You were so good.” It is as if I’ve died the artistic death.
Well, it’s not true. I am still artistically very much alive and kicking. In fact, I feel more artistically engaged than I have since I first started out in New York full of possibility and innocence. Doing work on my own terms, creating a life and career around what I believe is important is at least as risky as sitting in NYC or LA waiting tables and praying for an audition. It is proactive.
Part of that life and career will involve teaching. That has always been a passion of mine and is a great way, the best way for me, to earn a living doing something that I love. Making the world a better place is why I got into this business. Creating my own celebrity is not.
The great thing is that teaching encompasses a great deal of what I want to do. It will allow me to direct and write for my job. That will carry over into acting as well, in order to stay fresh with my craft and be a part of new and exciting plays and musicals along side classics.
That’s my line and I’m sticking to it.