"Panic" Music Video Screening

Back in February I played the head nurse in a music video for local band Quivah (http://quivah.com/) and the video is finally finished and ready to screen! It's my first formal screening so I'm quite excited. Actually, I was in a short film for the 72 hour film festival last year that was screened at the Hollywood Theater, but I couldn't make it. Anyhow, the screening is this Friday at Berbati's (sorry, David, I won't be able to make it to the play this Friday as I had originally hoped...I'll make it another time, though).

Here's the scoop:

What: Quivah video/single Premier - Concert
Where: Berbati's, 10 Sw 3rd, pdx
When: Friday, October 27th - Show starts at 9pm - Quivah takes the stage at 10:30pm preceded by a screening of the music video.
How: It's Halloween weekend so dress up, head out and bring a friend.
Cost: $7 at the door.

Come on out! It should be a lot of fun. The screening should be around 10:00 pm. I don't have any lines, of course, but you'll get to see my mug on screen. In fact, here's a little look at my get up for the video:

Hope to see you there!

Love,

Aislinn

The Play's the Thing...

I'm really trying to get out to the theater more. Of course, it helps that I have friends and fellow actors in shows whom I want to support.

I'm planning on going to one of the preview nights of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest at Theater! Theatre! next week. Steven Horton, who played Dr. Kelekian in Wit with me, is in it. He tried to get me to audition for the play, but I just...didn't. So, I want to support him and see what I missed.

I also want to see The Tempest at Northwest Classical Theater Co. I have not yet seen this play on stage...but it's a good thing that Mr. David Millstone is in it so I can! I'm hoping that my mom will go see it with me this Friday. She's heading back to Hawaii next Wednesday so I'm trying to get in as much time with her as I can. But if she's not up to going or already has other plans, I'll still try to make it before it closes.

It's a beautiful thing to see so many plays. And it's even more beautiful to be in them...I'm keeping my eyes and ears open for upcoming auditions. I don't always want to be a spectator!

Love,
Aislinn

The West Side Story

I booked tickets last night to see The West Side Story at PCS in November and I'm quite looking forward to it. I haven't been to a play at PCS for awhile...I'm so glad they give discounts for those who are 30 and under! It will be nice to see the new theater at the armory, too.

I emailed my old acting teacher today. Christine Menzies. She taught at PSU while I was there and she really "had my number". I miss working with her. She used to be the principle voice and text coach at PCS and she also worked at OSF. So, after seeing the play at OSF over the weekend then booking tickets for PCS last night, she was really on mind. I ended up having a dream last night that I was desperately trying to find her. So, I Googled her name this morning and it turns out that she's teaching acting at LSU now. I emailed her, though I haven't heard back as of yet. I'd love to hear from her as I really do miss her.

I like to reminisce about how she had me work extensively on a Queen Margaret monologue from King Henry VI part III for a Shakespeare class. I worked on that monologue so much that I used it as my audition piece for everything...even the PATA auditions. After I finished with my PATA audition a couple years ago, I saw Christine leave the theater after me...turns out she had performed the same monologue in the group directly after me... I bet she was pretty amazing. I felt jealous, worried and honored at the same time that she would do the same monologue that she suggested to me.

I'm not sure why I'm sharing all this about my old teacher. Perhaps just because she's so strongly on my mind after dreaming about her and trying to contact her. I also try not to ignore "signs", so I'm interested to see what may come out of connecting with her again.

Love,
Aislinn

Intimate Apparel

I saw Intimate Apparel at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival this weekend. My mom and I went down to Medford to see my ailing grandmother and went to the show on Sunday. We tried to get tickets for Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, but all Saturday night shows were sold out.

Intimate Apparel was...I haven't been able to find the words for it yet. It was good. Any unsatisfied feelings that I was left with came from the play itself, it's writing, not from the performers or the amazing set design. What an incredible stage at the Angus Bowmer Theater.

It was quite inspiring to be at OSF. My heart yearned to be up on that stage. In fact, before we went into the theater we walked into the Elizabethan theater and looked around and as we left I found myself saying that one day I will be performing on that stage. It's never been a goal of mine to be an actor at OSF, but I was definitely inspired.

I need to make my acting more of a priority. My days are so full of my work, my family, my house that I'm so tired at the end of the day and don't put much effort into my acting. I've got to find a happy medium. My company is actually talking about promoting me into a more managerial role, which I hope will be less intellectually tiring than my current position which consists of reviewing, organizing and managing real estate paperwork/transactions for 8 hours. I don't know when this change will occur...probably not for a little awhile...but I sure am looking forward to it.

Love,
Aislinn

Still here

Alright, I am horrible at this. Perhaps this is why it took me so long to start a blog in the first place, because I knew myself well enough to know that I wouldn't be consistent with it. I also feel strange writing about my life - and fear that it's not worth reading about - but I don't feel like I'm at a place to write much about life outside of myself - if that makes sense.

Anyhow, I'm still here.

Love,
Aislinn