Driven by authenticity

For me, Musical theatre is a therapeutic outlet. The amount of work I put in will serve me through failures, time and time again. In this art, I am free to explore my identity as it melds through characters. So far during my time at MSM, that work has most recently been represented through very expressive characters, such as Florinda in Into the Woods and Fastrada in Pippin. Not only do these characters allow me to reflect on who I am as an artist, but as a living, breathing, and most importantly, flawed, individual. My closest friends say that my personality is bubbly, spontaneous, and energetic, a vivacious connection I share with my previously mentioned characters. Yet, I crave the depth underneath all of the masking, for instance, a character like Dawn from Waitress, with a fear of the unknown ultimately prohibiting her from experiencing life.

Experiencing life in all of its colors is the art I gravitate to, a sort of exposé to deeply personal, internalized emotions, but a love letter to accessing them playfully. Through experience, I hope to take away characteristics