Last weekend I stepped back on stage for the first time since January 2004. I am understudying in a wonderful play called [URL=http://alliancerepertory.com/]Cubicles[/url] at Alliance Repertory Company and I had 3 performances last weekend.

I was nervous and calm and excited and anxious all at the same time ~ it was a feeling like when you’re about to see someone special after a very long absence. The character I was playing was very unlike any other I’ve played, a character that perhaps I wouldn’t have been as suited for 2 years ago. I think it has been very good for me to have some time away from the one thing that has always consumed my life, but after all was said and done, I felt so good!

For me, there is nothing like being on stage ~ the feeling of stepping into the darkness, waiting for the lights to rise and illuminate me, the audience energy when they are completely with you in the story of the play, the rush of each moment between two actors, and the silent moment at the play’s finish just before the audience erupts into applause.

I am so grateful to my family and friends who came to see me! Thank you Mom, Dad, Robert, Sheila, Amanda, Mike, Saba, Neil, Cami, Sean, Sujata, Alesha, Paul, Amy & Kristina for sharing this reawakening with me…

(And then last night, I got a job offer to join the cast of Noises Off down here in Redondo Beach)