Questions:

How would you describe yourself
Theatre is my life and breath. Organized, When I dedicate my time to a project, I put my all into it and won’t quit until it is complete to my satisfaction, I love to work. Even though I am a little slip of a girl, it won’t stop me from working just as hard as any man on my team. As my co-workers have said, my body won’t recognize it is a girl. I work twice as hard and lift twice as much if that is necessary for finishing the job.


What is your dream job
Each job I have is my dream job. I live by the day and as long as I am on stage working, I am living the dream.

How would you know you were successful on this job
I feel on top of things, confident in each task that is put in front of me

Why did you choose this career?
I am most happy when I am working. It keeps me busy doing the thing I love. It is my life. Even when I come home tired and bruised, I can’t wait to return the next morning. I am a part of bringing a production to life.

What do you really want to do in life
Enhance theatre for the community. I want to be a part of the productions, lend my skills to make a greater show

Which is more important: creativity or efficiency
Efficiency is most important. When you truly become efficient in a task, you have the time and ability to add true, productive creativity into it.

Describe the most rewarding experience of your career thus far
Touring internationally … new, unique venues; meeting great people; immersed in other cultures; different theatrical aspects

What major problems have you encountered and how did you deal with them
At one time on tour, we had an incident when a cable snapped causing an electric to fall and it my boss, the technical director of the tour. He was sent to the hospital, and flown home the next day. For that evening, we had to figure out how to continue the show. Unfortunately, I was the only one on tour who had technical background. The venue could not be changed because there was not other location, and this was the only planned performance in the city, so we did not cancel. We cleared the debris and decided not to use any of their electrics. Thankfully, before all that occurred we had our light booms up and I finished focusing the front of house. Although the original plan was to use their lightboard, I decided to go ahead and patch their system into our tour board so I could run lighting while assisting the assistant director in running the show controls. It went pretty well considering. The next day, I joined the tour manager in viewing our next venue. I was technical director for a day (for my other boss was flying in the day after to finish up the tour).