stories: why I became a theater artist

I struggle in my relationship with my father. Ever since my brother was born, it was clear that as the only son, my brother was also the favorite child.

My dad has tried to be supportive from time to time. My dad is NOT a feminist, but he has tried to be enlightened from time to time.

For instance, when I came home with some extraordinarily high score on some standardized test or other, my father urged me to broaden my horizons.

He said, "These are great scores. You could do anything. You don't have to feel limited because you are a girl. You could do anything... you could become a doctor, a lawyer, an engineer... as long as it didn't require talent, you could do it."

So I became an actor.

V day and the V Monologues

This past weekend I performed in the Vagina Monologues. I don't perform often these days: I've been busy directing, studying, working and living. The VM are worth performing.

The Vagina Monologues as a V-Day project are works in progress / in process advancing awareness, providing education. V-Day goes on to advocate and agitate an end to violence against women.

"The National Violence Against Women Survey found that 1 of 6 U.S. women and 1 of 33 U.S. men has experienced an attempted or completed rape as a child and/or an adult. (Prevalence, Incidence, and Consequences of Violence Against Women. U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs. November 1998.)" -- http://www.mcadsv.org/mrcdsv/resource/stats/stats.html