"You'll figure that out. The more you know who you are, and what you want, the less you let things upset you." - Bob (Bill Murray) in the film LOST IN TRANSLATION
Female
80 years old
FITCHBURG, Massachusetts
United States
Reading (the Bible, autobiographies/biographies to find out what make people tick [case in point - Just found out actress/singer Carol Channing is half black. Revealed in her autobiography "Just Lucky, I Guess" that her father was a light skinned African American who used one accent to help "pass" in the white world and another around the house, where he sang gospel music to entertain his daughter], fact books, etc.), writing/playwriting, theater ,
films, television, crocheting, cross-stitching, listening to music
Music
GOSPEL, FUNK,
R&B and SOUL
,
ROCK-N-ROLL,
CLASSICAL
CHICAGO (if you play them, it's on! if you know what I mean),
STEELY DAN,
TONY! TONI! TONE'!, PRINCE, EARTH, WIND AND FIRE, my favorite rap group of all time is A TRIBE CALLED QUEST, et al ad infinitum
Movies
among others...there's plenty more.
Television
JEOPARDY!, anything LAW & ORDER, MONK, HOUSE, the I LOVE THE 70's and 80's series on VH1, FRASIER, THE GOLDEN GIRLS, NIP/TUCK, PROJECT RUNWAY (whenever I get a chance to see it), MATCH GAME (if I am somewhere that has GSN; loved it when I was a child, gave me a reason to be good so I could look at TV)
Books
THE HOLY BIBLE,
DOWN THESE MEAN STREETS by Piri Thomas, MAKES ME WANNA HOLLER by Nathan McCall ,
INVISIBLE MAN by Ralph Ellison,
THEIR EYES WERE WATCHING GOD by Zora Neale Hurston
THE SOULS OF BLACK FOLK by W.E.B. Dubois, anything by Mark Twain (especially PUDD'NHEAD WILSON),
anything by Stephen King(though it's been a while since I've read any of his books)among others
Heroes
My mommy, Edith; my dad, Bye-Bye; my foster mother, Gail Hoyte-Brown; my mentor, Kelly Morgan; my friends Richard McElvain,
and David Allen George (DAG),
and anyone who perseveres through trials and tribulations and come out standing!!!
"Tragedy blows through your life like a tornado, uprooting everything. Creating chaos. You wait for the dust to settle and then you choose. You can live in the wreckage and pretend it's still the mansion you remember. Or you can crawl from the rubble and slowly rebuild." -Veronica Mars
Bill T Jones, Director / Choreographer NEW YORK, NEW YORK US The Fela Kuti Project 37 Arts
AUGUST, 2007
Guidance, INC. Dance Company, Ellen & Tony Guglietti, Amanda Page, Choreographers Fitchburg, Massachusetts US FACES OF EVE Christian Performing Arts Center (CPAC)
October, 2007
Broadway Palm Theater, Paul Bernier, Director; Brian Enzman, Producer Ft. Myers, Florida US NUNSENSATIONS Prather Family Theaters
October - December 2006
New London Barn Playhouse New London, New Hampshire US Box Office Associate Summer Stock Theater
June - September 2006
Salem State Theater Company, David Allen George, Director Salem, Massachusetts US A RAISIN IN THE SUN Callan Theater, Salem State College
May - June, 2006
Christian Performing Arts Center, Jen Potts, Artistic Director Fitchburg, MA US IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE
December, 2007
Christian Performing Arts Center, Jen Potts, Director/Producer Fitchburg, MA US DO LORD REMEMBER ME Actor/Assistant Director
February 15-24, 2008
Christian Performing Arts Center, Jen Potts, Artistic Director Fitchburg, MA US A Tale of Three Trees Actor
Hailing from Bedford-Stuyvesant (BED-STUY, DO OR DIE!), Brooklyn, New York, I now live anywhere in the USA my profession sends me, desperately trying to get back to NYC.
Who I'd like to meet: Anyone who finds it worth their while to have me in their acquaintance.
This is my nephew, by the way. His name is Keyshaun (I call him "Spike"). Of course I already know him (DUH!), I just thought he just deserves to be amongst these beautiful collages of music I have here.
Isn't that the truth. I was thinking the same thing, but you got there first. I'm cool, I'm 1 of the 5 mil. who lost their jobs in the last few,so I'm just going with it. Just got back from NYC btw. I really glad to hear things are going good for you. You'll just have to get back for a visit to keep in touch with those roots occasionally I'll hold things down while you're gone ;)
yes that does sound promising, i am happy for u and I hope it works out. Me on the other hand I attract the jerks, and the guys who still want to be young ha ha
Ha ha whats up, I know I havent seen you since the stone ages. I love your new pic, but I have been good. I am going back to school for nursing and taking care of my son who is 4 going on 30 ha ha. How about you Hollywood? Nice to hear from you.
Michele!! Miss you!! How is everything going?? Seems like you're doing a lot of moving.. I think you should just move back to ny and you me and Kelly could start our own theater!! He'll direct, ill stage manage and you'll act!! Haha
Miss you! Hope life is wonderful!!
Hey Chele Cool!!! Keep me posted. I'm working on a little sumthin sumthin myself. actually it's a big SUMTHIN SUMTHIN. Movie, soundtrack Clothing line. Lil Wayne, Will Ferrell type SUMTHIN SUMTHIN. Anywho let's do what we do. HEY, that rhymes. I still got it. Love U, Mis U.
no IRS this year but still looking for another job. no ACTF's either seeing as I go to the Mount now and have rehearsals all the time for The Producers. no time no time. so much and yet so little to do. how's life treating you? I miss seeing you!
We were, we are. My stupid computer crashed last Sunday while I was working in Myspace. Had to have it fixed. Got mad and deleted Myspace account. But have it back now. How are you? What cha doin' these days?
hey girl!! i miss you too! hows life??? where are you living now? i'm here in the beautiful new york city loving life!! its amazing!! i'm actually working with kelly on his production love drunk at the abingdon theatre. its great! i'm in love with austin pendleton haha my fiance keeps asking me if i'm going to leave him for austin haha
hope life is treating you wonderfully!! miss youuu <3
Hey SEXY lady, get at ME You got a song I got a book, a movie, a clothing line. The only thing I don't GOT is a song. , Let's get together and make some magic
Thank you sweety, you are so kind!we haven..t still decided which place to visit this summer, but probably it will be Delaware, because of the ocean...But we would like to travel (at least to visit NY - the center of the world) :)))) Hope to see you too! Kissesssssssss
