My Suite

                   I live in (top)Horton-Tingle in room 23.  My suite is full of theatre majors and it's probably the best thing that could've ever happened to me! My roommate, Addi, is a sophomore performance major and I am a freshman design major.  One of my suite-mates, Lindsay, is a junior performance major and Christie is a senior design major.   That means that we have one of each class in our suite.  We have SO much fun all the time and it really helps me to know that at least one of them has probably gone through what I'm going through.  We just recently got into a bunch of stage makeup and played around making crazy videos and singing. (You know, normal theatre people things...) I have been so blessed to be able to start off college with these girls!  We all understand what it's like to have to memorize tons of scenes at one time, late rehearsals, naps, physical stress and the emotional stress that comes with being in theatre.  I'm acting in one of Addi's scenes for her Drama Ministries class, I'm doing makeup for Winnie the Pooh with Lindsay over me as makeup designer, and Christie is the lighting technician so she's showing me the ropes in another level of theatre design that i'm interested in.  We all have our own special talents and interest, goals and weaknesses but together we make a great team.

Theatre

Honk! (me as Ida. I also designed and built the set)

The set I designed and built for The Diary of Anne Frank

Also The Diary of Anne Frank ^

The "mini" grande piano I built for You're a Good Man Charlie Brown

Snoopy's doghouse that I built for You're a Good Man Charlie Brown

  
        I was cast in my first play at age 8.  It was The King And I at Village Square Theatre in Lexington, SC.  I was an acrobat, a twin (daughter of the king), and a dog in the play within a play (Uncle Tom's Cabin).  From there I went on to be Grace Ferrell in Annie Jr. at my elementary school, Birds/Snow White in Into The Woods at my high school, and then I suddenly jumped to larger leading roles.  I played Audrey in Little Shop of Horrors, Kelsi Neilson in High School Musical (one and two) at Workshop Theatre, Laurey in OKLAHOMA!, and Ida in HONK!.  I played a few more roles throughout the years, but none worth mentioning.  I always thought that acting was my calling... until I got to college, that is.  I was excited to start my new acting classes with a professional teacher and classmates who would take it as seriously as I do, but then my teacher told me I was "boring" and graded me on things that I couldn't control.  I simply decided to step aside and let the REAL actors do their thing while I focused on something I REALLY loved: Design.  My junior and senior year of high school left me with no choice but to learn the basics of carpentry so our school plays could be presentable at the least.  I never saw it as one of my passions until I took my first step into NGU's scene shop.  (You should check it out sometime... it's really quite magical.) If you saw A Christmas Carol at NGU, I built the table that The Ghost of Christmas Present rode in on, I also installed the trap door that Marley's Ghost came out of.  I love building and painting sets, I love doing stage makeup, and I don't mind helping with costumes (even though it's one of my weaker skills.)  Mainly I love the carpentry aspect of it.  I got an 18 volt, lithium battery-powered, Hitachi driver AND impact drill for Christmas this year! (Thank you Santa!!!)  My dad and I are working on building me my own set shop down in my basement at home.  I already have a chop-saw, table-saw, and all of the storage and wall space I could imagine.  All I need is the clean space, and to organize all of my tools into drawers.  Nothing excites me more than the thought of being able to go home and build anything I want! My siblings have already shouted out some requests. :)