Travel, Commercials, movies and more

Looks like I'm overdue for an update! I've been keeping busy with auditions, projects, travel and making the most of the summer.

I shot a few new projects:

• Lost in Love​ - a short film by Leilani Downer and produced by Hollywood Casting and Film. A fun little romantic comedy shot on a sunny day in the park - great quirky script and project that I hope to share soon!
• Commercial for a new e-reader product! The official product is hush hush, but I have a hilarious moment in this commercial, coming up later this year. It was exhilarating working on this huge and fast moving set, particularly working with director Miki Magasiva.
• Print/ad work for the National Realtors Association. Spent a lovely morning posing as a real estate agent for the "That's Who We R" ad campaign - I'd buy a house from me! :)

Upcoming work:

• Booked an industrial camera & voiceover job with the National Restaurant Association
• Tin Roof film principal photography has been pushed to May 2022, but the momentum won't be slowing down. Continuing pre-production and fund raising to make this film as awesome as it can be.
• Started work on my first screenplay - a very meta slasher about a group of indie filmmakers - more to come on that ;)

In other news - I consider myself a life long learner - and so back in February I signed up for the NYU Tisch Film & TV industry essentials certificate course. I'm working my way through at my own pace, but am excited to see how this knowledge will further amplify and influence my career - particularly my hopes of bringing my first screenplay to life. 

Very recently I returned from a two week trip to Costa Rica! What does that have to do with acting? Not much, other than I am a firm believer that the best actors are ones who live their lives fully and experience the world beyond "the industry". So when I had the opportunity to visit Costa Rica (never been) and chaperone a group of future veterinary students (love animals! Was an RA in college!) I thought - why not? And it was plenty of work, but also incredible. We soaked up Costa Rican culture, worked with all kinds of wildlife, spent a 2 night stay essentially in the jungle (ever woken up at 5am to the sound of howler monkeys in the trees right out your window?), toured a coffee farm, and my favorite of all - we visited the Costa Rican Sloth Sanctuary. We met the incredible Dr. Becky Cliffe, the world's foremost expert on sloth science and biology, and founder of the Sloth Conservation Foundation, who took the time to speak to our group about the vital work they're doing in understanding sloths and conserving their natural habitats. I have been mildly obsessed with sloths for several years and following the Sloth Sanctuary with the hopes of going some day - and it did not disappoint! I'm looking forward to more travel in the next several months to San Juan, Puerto Rico and to several locations in Japan (life and Covid-19 permitting) - though these trips will be purely for fun :) 

Live fully, stay weird, take care of each other, and I hope your summer included a few smiles :) 
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