and... WE'RE BACK!

Sorry for the hiatus!
It's been a nutty but wonderful time here at IC central (i.e. in my head) and it's about time for an update.  Here's what's been going on for the past year and change:

1) SHIPWRECK went up at Triskelion Arts in Brooklyn and had a great weekend run in Dec 2009! Lauren Ford and Lucien Lewin lit up the stage and were true rivals to my favorite skyline. Thanks to them and Abby Bender, Andy Dickerson, Ryan Snow and the Scavenger Quartet, and Gabe Carleton-Barnes for making the show happen! 

2) Hôtel de l'Avenir went up in March 2010 at Under St. Mark's in NYC. Sarah Lannon (my lovely coz!) and Mary Notari danced and mimed it up with me in this clown cabaret about loving and leaving the city of your dreams (which for me is BrooklynParis - bien sur!). 


Diana de Luna helped direct and Holly Ko designed some lovely lights. I love this show and the run was a hit! It was a meaningful send-off for me from the city I've loved for seven years: I heart YOU, NYC.
 

3) Then for the summer I headed off to Oberlin, OH to direct A Wrinkle In Time - adapted from the novel by Madeline L'Engle - and play Hero in Paul Moser's production of Much Ado About Nothing. This a was great experience. Working on Wrinkle was one of my greatest challenges so far as a director and I learned a ton. Thanks to all the many many Obies, past, present, and honorary for making that show a huge success!!

4) Heading out West!  I packed up half of what I own (leaving the other half behind on South 2nd Street... sniff sniff) in my cute new-to-me burgundy Saturn and heaved over the Rockies on my way to GRADUATE SCHOOL!!  I moved into my LA pad - which I love - and started this amazing program at CalArts. 

It's been a wacky year and I am profoundly grateful for all its gifts. Look out - there's more to come!

:) Alexis