The Attempted Acknowledgment of My Death

I’ve made art all my life, always jumping from interest to interest, which is fun until you need to improve. One of my goals was to try bridging the gap between my love of art, and my need to practice practicing. Which makes sense since recently I have found myself mostly interested in music and animation, and I wanted to make a play that didn’t look like theater, but looked like the art I am currently excited about. I truly don’t think inspiration needs to be gated to mediums.

This play is a lot of different things, feelings and ideas. I tried to condense what my life has felt like the past 4 years, into a story using tone, world building and mood, all of which excite me a lot as tools for story telling. I took very intentional inspiration from games, music and movies. This is a story about what processing (or lack of processing) difficult things can look (and feel like) during a heartbreak.

I am an artist, specializing in theater and music, I was born in Vancouver Canada and currently live in New York City. I care a lot about art, it helps me grow. Especially when it’s something completely new and uncomfortable.

In our teaching and art, the Conservatory values inclusiveness, equality, and excellence. Upholding all of our training is our aim to train and graduate citizen artists: multifaceted people with a strong sense of purpose in approaching an arts education.

What is a citizen artist? Citizen artists seek to discover how their unique voices can contribute to our world. They understand what it means to be an artist, and what they are here on earth to say and do and make.

The Conservatory trains future citizen artists in three degree programs:

+ BFA Actor Training. The BFA is an intensive professional training program offered to a highly select and diverse group of students. The professional training is anchored in four years of study in acting, voice, speech, and movement, complemented by offerings in dramatic literature and analysis, history of the theatre, stage combat, improvisation, mask work, acting for the camera, and the business of acting. As one of five schools in the Consortium of Professional Theatre Training Programs, Purchase is one of a handful of colleges in the world capable of training artists at this level—and of drawing a faculty from the ranks of professional theatre

+ BFA in Theatre Design/Technology. Emphasizing studio and classroom training, our professional training program in theatre design/technology gives students the guidance and support of established and theatre industry professionals. Many of our alumni are recognized at the top of their field, and have received Tony, Emmy, Obie, and Drama Desk Awards, among other honors. Quite literally, Purchase grads are working in or have worked in every theatre on Broadway, in all tristate venues, and with countless touring productions

+ BA program in Theatre and Performance. From traditional theatre to cutting-edge interdisciplinary work, the theatre and performance major encourages creativity, intellectual curiosity, social engagement, and critical thinking. The core requirements combine scholarship and practice to provide students with a strong foundation in theatre history and dramatic literature, with mandatory stagecraft/production courses. Theatre and Performance majors are encouraged to expand the scope of their education by studying abroad, as well as pursuing coursework in other programs of study within the School of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Purchase College