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How I Spent My Summer Vacation

Before summer becomes an all-too-distant memory, I'd like to post a few pictures from my summer escapades as a music theatre actress (unprofessional and unpaid, of course!). I played Jen in the Andrew Lippa musical john & jen at the Shelterbelt Theatre in Omaha. john & jen musically chronicles the lives of a brother (John), his sister (Jen), and her son (also named John and played by the same actor--in our production it was the talented Christopher Violett), and the way all three are affected by their world and each other throughout their lives. The music is wonderful--and wonderfully challenging, I might add--and we had the audience alternately both in stitches and in tears for the 4 weeks of the run. After what has been a performing hiatus of over 2 years, it was amazing to be back on stage again, especially with such a meaty, rewarding role, and a great bunch of people to work with. Big thanks to the Shelterbelt gang for letting me "play" with them all summer!

For more info and pictures, check out http://www.shelterbelt.org

posted by amanda @ 10:28 PM