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Wow, first day of school pics! It’s me with my syllabus that I printed out because school is online and I don’t go anywhere!!! 😌📚✏️✨ . I’m very excited to begin a 2 year graduate certificate in Puppet Arts at @uconn ! @uconnpuppetarts is a world renowned program and I’m thrilled to become a part of the wonderful puppet community. . 2020 was a very difficult and unpredictable year, but the extended furlough on theatrical wardrobe work has given me the opportunity to explore a new craft that I’m very interested in. And for that I have to be grateful. In 2021, I’m looking forward to making sincere, positive changes in my life. I’m focusing on things I can work on to become healthier and happier while we battle through the rest of the pandemic. Stay safe, stay sane, and stay tuned for puppets! 🎭 . . . . #puppetry #uconn #uconnpuppetarts #universityofconnecticut #puppet #puppetfabrication #career #careerpivot #wardrobe #puppeteer #puppetarts #costumecrafts #crafts #theatre #theatrecraft #performing #iatse #local764 #theatreworker #savethearts #lifeupdate #gradschool #graduateschool (at New York, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/CKP2Dq3j8OR/?igshid=10datl7pd4sbd

*To all professionals in the film, television, theatre, entertainment and arts world—join the challenge to post a photo of you at your job. The goal is to flood social media with our profession. Copy the text and post a picture.* . I’ve been missing my job a lot lately. On March 12th, I was doing daywork at the Metropolitan Opera and had just finished a complicated pre set when we got the news that the opera house had to close. I remember being too shocked to feel anything while I went around and took apart all the work I had just finished and closed the dressing rooms. It’s been months now and I still can’t quite put it all into words. . People in the arts industry are so tenacious, so effervescent, and so endlessly passionate about what they do. The actors, dancers, singers, artists, and backstage colleagues I’ve met are some of the absolute fiercest, dedicated, and deeply compassionate people I’ve ever had the pleasure of working with. These jobs are HARD. They are physically and mentally draining. We put on a show and test our limits because we unconditionally love what we do. For us to have our sense of purpose and our very center taken away like this, for an indefinite period of time—it is truly disheartening. Everyone has their story of how long and how hard they worked to get to where they are in the industry today. And by no shortcoming of our own, we are collectively unemployed for a largely unknown amount of time. For many of us, there may not even be a job to come back to when things are able to safely reopen. . This post made me realize that I have no good pictures of myself at work, but I wanted to do the challenge anyway. So here is a merry little assemblage of selfies and backstage pictures from Phantom and the Met. If you took the time to read my little novel here, please sign the petition in my bio regarding top priorities for entertainment workers during COVID-19. Please support us so we can return to work strong and bring back the shows, films, and music we all treasure. . . . . @iatselocal764 @iatse #savethearts #extendpua #unionstrong #wardrobedresser #broadway #metopera #local764 #wardrobe #wearamask #costume #wardrobedepartment (at Majestic Theatre) https://www.instagram.com/p/CCmm8aeB0cd/?igshid=1hkl9dwvcknhr

Just dropped off 50 hand sewn masks to be distributed to NYC heath care workers through the New York City Face Mask Initiative. It feels good to be helping in some small way. I’m sending so much love to all my friends and family who are working in healthcare right now. Let’s all do our best. . If you’re interested in volunteering, please DM me and I can send over sign up information! 🧵✨✂️🧷 . . . . @iatselocal764 #nycfmi #strongertogether #local764 #iatse #iatselocal764 #unionstrong #personal (at Upper East Side) https://www.instagram.com/p/B-iLFFcB8EV/?igshid=1n53shff0ng6o

‼️Mushy post alert‼️Here’s a blurry picture I snapped of the lights at the Met yesterday. I’ve lived in New York now for nearly three years! . Sometimes that feels like a lifetime ago, but most of the time I remember the first couple of off off off off OFF OFF broadway shows I worked on, (or the bar I used to work at, or that time I was a shoe model for a hot second) as if it were yesterday. Now, nearly a year after starting my application, I’m finally reaching the end of my work requirement to be in the theatrical wardrobe union, a goal I’ve had for a long time and have worked very hard towards. I currently work at the Metropolitan Opera and at The Phantom of the Opera. My jobs are SO cool and I’m SO busy and I’m SO happy. This is the beginning of a new chapter for me. :’) . . . . #personal #metropolitanopera #dresser #broadwaydresser #union #local764 #iatse #unionstrong (at The Metropolitan Opera) https://www.instagram.com/p/B47o31aBORT/?igshid=1ssmr2nq935zw

Local 764 is out supporting our IATSE brothers and sisters today at the Met Opera rally. There is no opera without fair treatment of your workers, PERIOD. 👊🏻 . . . . #wearethemet @iatselocal764 @iatse @iatsepride #local764 #iatselocal764 #metopera #metropolitanopera #personal #unionstrong #workersrights #iatse #wedressthemet (at The Metropolitan Opera) https://www.instagram.com/p/CO09tPaDo2h/?igshid=16st2klt8xizc

I’m SO excited to share that my amazing wardrobe union @iatselocal764 now has an exclusive online craft market! At the Craft Cottage 764, you can shop from and support the talented wardrobe crew of Broadway and beyond! . Our wonderful member Jeannie Naughton and her husband Michael created this website to showcase the work of all the artists in our local who are selling their work this holiday season. I’m having so much fun looking at all the beautiful things my fellow members are making during our “intermission”. Please visit the Craft Cottage and consider shopping from the people who work those live events, theatrical productions, movies and TV shows we all love so much. 🥰🎭🎬🧵🪡🧷💫 . ☃️➡️www.craftcottage764.com . P.S. Share this post with your friends and family when they ask you what you want for the holidays 😉💌 . . #local764 #unionstrong #ittakesalocal #payitforward #craftcottage764 #iatse #iatselocal764 #unionpride #wardrobe #wardrobeunion #personal #onlyintermission #savethearts #beanartshero #costumeindustrycoalition #union #iatsepride #unionworker (at New York, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/CIKGxTOhv47/?igshid=h14aja1x2lsm

Union Voters have a message for the current President: Reposted from @yourworstemily Hello, Trump? Perish. (: . . . . #iatse #iatsevotes #local764 #vote #votehimout #votebidenharris2020 #PLEASEvote #blm #blacklivesmatter #translivesmatter #lgbtqlivesmatter #iatsevoters #iatselocal764 @iatse #unionvotesmatter #764voters https://www.instagram.com/p/CHGokkgDvR5/?igshid=1kkd0bp24zwta

Sending best wishes to the wardrobe team, IATSE crews and cast members for a great season premiere @nbcsnl! 📸 by Vicki Jo DeRocker (@peepsfreak) Reposted from @peepsfreak (@get_regrann) - It’s a whole new world! First show of the Season. #local764 #covid19worklife #snlbackstage - #regrann 9 https://www.instagram.com/p/CF5AvXVDDXm/?igshid=1xocn3re570i0