Eloise is a short film project I pitched last year to Next Stop Creatives as a means of exploring the film medium and sharing (in a rather magical realism sort of way) a bit of my sober journey. Our October crowdfunding campaign through Seed & Spark was a tremendous success. We shot the film at the end of January and have since locked in our picture edit! Our sound editing and coloring process are underway. 

On March 29th, I performed in Kenneth Gartman's "Gotta Sing!" Cabaret with 7 other phenomenally talented performers at Green Room 42. Clips of both my renditions of Joni Mitchell's "He Comes for Conversations" and Florence & The Machine's "Morning Elvis" can be found here.

We shot the entirely of our short film, "Eloise" between January 20th and 24th. It took 107 shots, 2 states, 5 locations, 47 hours, many cars, a car accident... , a jump start, a life-saving van, 3 sisters, a broken lamp and (among other things) lots and lots of haze. It was an EPIC success!

After a month of crowdfunding, we raised $15,085 to make "Eloise." we had over a 100 people contribute and many more follow along with interviews, posts and attend our donation-based yoga class. Community was and is at the heart of this project and this was an rewarding end to an exhilarating (and often challenging) month.

This doesn't really fall under the artistic news umbrella, but I wouldn't have the rest without it, so best to honor the moment. I celebrated 2 years of continuous sobriety on 9/11/2024 (It's the date that happened, not the one I chose, but at least something good can be associated with it). I rang in the new sober year in Pearl Studios (naturally). 

I spent another summer at Stagedoor Manor Performing Arts Center as an Artistic Staff member. This 2024 season I was a part of 2 sessions, Directing and Choreographing "Bright Star" and "The Secret Garden" (musical). Teaching the Master Acting class for session one was a highlight of the experience among many.