One Year
Hey Theatre Kids!
Soooo….it’s been a hot minute.
It’s been exactly three months since my last entry. Not exactly how I wanted this blog to run, but sometimes the life of a theatermaker gets a little hectic. And in fairness, I was producing the world premiere staged reading of my original play, A for Alcoholic, while working two (Yes, TWO) day jobs and doing a virtual staged reading of Twelfth Night and keeping up with a piece I’m developing at The Playground Experiment.
Overall, it was a productive Summer. But not much time for blogging. With any luck, the newest entry should be up within the next two weeks, and it will be a fun one! Stay tuned for the Guess the Show.
But that being said, happy one year anniversary to Forever a Theater Kid!!!
When I started this blog, I was looking for an outlet. A for Alcoholic was stalled with no certain production future. I was an actor who didn’t know her place in the acting world. Welcome to Clayton was a one act that may or may not have gotten expanded after a semi-successful festival run. I had a musical in development that I was struggling with. I beginning to wonder if I could even call myself a “True” theater artist, if I’m being 100% honest with myself.
This blog launched the day after I attended the first ever college reunion I allowed myself to be taken to. I had been drafting and researching articles for months, hoping to stay on top of the game. The timing of that reunion could not have been more perfect or terrible, depending on which lens you decide to look at this through. Being surrounded by people who had inspired me so many years ago to be the best artist I could be and seeing them so happy and fulfilled in their chosen career paths and realizing that where I was career-wise just wasn’t cutting for me and it enraged me. Why wasn’t I living up to my artist potential?
If the movies get anything right, it’s depicting turning points. That night was mine. That night was September 30, 2022. This blog launched October 1st, 2022. And two weeks later, I had a new day job. One that allows me more freedom to be the artist I’m supposed to be. And the accomplishments I have made in the past year prove that.
I started this blog to become more connected to the theater, to trace the history of the artform that I love in a personal way. I think I’ve managed to do that in and share it with the world, even if it’s not exactly how I’ve envisioned it.
So Happy Birthday, Forever A Theater Kid. Thank you for reconnecting me to my artform and helping me to elevate my art. A for Alcoholic has gotten it’s reading. Welcome to Clayton is no longer a weird little one act, but one it’s way to being a full length play. Someday I will finish that musical. And I am proud to call myself a theater artist. Thank you for helping me get there.
September 30, 2022: Morgana sobs in a university bathroom before her friend Rebecca pulls her out of it.
October 1, 2022: Morgana launches this blog.
September 30, 2023: Morgana pulls a double header by catching a matinee of Purlie Victorious and then does a staged reading on 54th Street.
October 1, 2023: Morgana celebrates Forever a Theater Kid with Rebecca at Broadway Flea Market.
Cheers, Theatre Kids. It’s been quite the year.
