Remembering Jessica Goldstein

“We are not idealized wild things. We are imperfect mortal beings, aware of that mortality even as we push it away, failed by our very complication, so wired that when we mourn our losses we also mourn, for better or for worse, ourselves. As we were. As we are no longer. As we will one […]

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Speak: The Conclusion

Ahhh! I have such mixed emotions right now!I am both happy and sad that the play had to end – it was an extremely stressful journey, but now that it’s over, I know that I will miss it. It was just so much of an enjoyable experience, and everyone worked really hard. Despite our issues […]

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Writeen

I remember Heathy and I trying to make a website one time… before www.thecowation.com became my personal project and after the JDishia site became a total failure [not entirely because my computer crashed and I lost all its data]. We were avid writers back then, and we tried to create a website for “teens” (though […]

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The Lack of Time

My predictive text tells me that I won’t have time to post tonight – considering that I get home at 7:30pm and totally woke up late [because my dad asked me to, oddly] this morning. So, here is a snapshot of our papier-mache turkey in all it’s half-painted glory.We’re going to have the greatest final […]

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Another Tiring Day

Daylight Savings Time hit us by surprise – we woke up in the morning feeling strange and then OPH! We’re late to a meeting. Fortunately, we had woken up an hour earlier than we thought we should [lucky timing, right?] and then hopped into the car with tea in hand.When I returned, I lazed about […]

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Speak

The play has officially taken over my life.Not that I didn’t know that was going to happen, but it still comes as an amazing commitment and the excitement and stress go hand in hand. I am pumped to work but have also been shot down this week – regardless, it lends fire to my energy.On […]

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It’s Always Darkest…

I believe that this week is Speak‘s “darkest.” Cancellations, illnesses, and the juggling of stricter performances with prop finding and tech meetings are all attempting to pound me into the ground. Yet I put my faith in that dawn that will inevitably come; how to drag it into being is the real task.So today was […]

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