::1 SHOW LEFT:: CLOSING NIGHT:: #AsYouLikeItOSF 1) The final Final Kiss I canât quite process yet that weâve come to a close on this season & esp on my 3 years at @osfashland. But Iâd be remiss not to acknowledge the ones who made this incredible journey possible: 2) ROSA JOSHIâ Rosa is a literal dream of a director. W/ unmatchable grace, humor, fierce intelligence, & boundless energy, she sets a joyful & easy-going tone in every roomâ to play and also be serious about playing. Bc she leads w/ such clarity of vision & steady calm, she can also foster an open environment where everyone feels they have agency and authority to add to the work. She saw something in me, all the way back when I auditioned for her as Princess Katherine in #HenryVOSF in #OSF2017âwhich wouldnât have happened in the 1st place if it werenât for (3)JOY DICKSON calling me in. Before coming to OSF, I never expected to be cast as a young leading lady by a major theatre, much less a romantic leading lady & def not ingĂŠnues, even when I was in my 20s. I didnât think I fit the mold. But thankfully she, Joy, & (4)BILL RAUCH had more imagination & confidence in me than I did. No matter what I had been told in the past by lesser people, no matter my age or race, Iâm worthy of being seen & heard, of my existence taking center stage & not on the periphery, of having my point of view represented in all storiesânot just the âethnicâ ones. & it gives others who look like me permission to make themselves known too. W/ each year at OSF, I was able to grow into my power, own my uniqueness, & without apology inhabit the stage & the world as fully myself. 5) Rosaâs opening night speech. I was documenting as usual & then she caught me off guard when she thanked me 6) The one of only 2 times the automation ever actually worked for the dramatic transition from Court to Arden. What we ended up w/ was actually perfect & more âusâ, but... oh, what coulda been. đ 7) all of us crammed in the studio w/ @palmzhefferan, recording âCome Hither" 8) Rosalinds of #OSF2007, #OSF2012, #OSF2019 9) Rosalinds & Orlandoâs of @osfashland 10) The Final Scene w/ my beautiful cast #OSF2019 #ArtisticHomeForLife #theatrefamily (at Oregon Shakespeare Festival) https://www.instagram.com/p/B4F9cW2JOnJ/?igshid=19h1jjvo1aciv
