An actress? Me? Um, not! Or at least that's what I thought before encountering Mayne Island Little Theatre. After that meeting, I was never the same. MILT taught me to step outside my comfort zone and have fun doing it—mostly.
My acting career was brief, varied, and coloured by many happy memories. I played a Greek citizen in a Greek tragedy. In a tribute to Monty Python, I played a (possibly) expectant mother and a monk. Yes, a monk.
As a monk, my only task was to walk across the stage while chanting and striking my head with a foam tablet. The challenging part was doing this in sync with the two other monks. Unfortunately, I found this synchronization to be quite difficult. While they hit their heads in perfect unison, I was two beats off. I was convinced I would never get it right. However, during one rehearsal, I finally managed to hit my head in sync with them. You can't imagine my relief when Director Carol McAndrew said, "No, I think it's funnier when you're not in sync."
So, no, you'll never find my name among the cast of your favorite drama or comedy.
