First Blog of 2006! - Acting and Motherhood
Greetings to those of you who have followed faithfully so far...if you're new to my blogs, go back and get reading so you can catch up! Happy New Year to you all!
Trying to adjust to the fact that it's nearly been a whole year since I was last onstage, and, if you know me well, you'll know that's a depressing state of affairs for me...my last performance was as Annie in "Kenny and Annie", written by Yours Truly - and my first award winner! =o)
Been going over the plays I've written, actually, so Jay can post them on my new website for me (thank you Honey! =o)). Quite a few once you count them all up:
Fields of Gold (2002) (Short Radio Play) Kenny and Annie (2002/2004-05) (Full Length and One-Act/Festival version)
Stage Kiss (2003) (Short Play)
Not Dead, Just Dreaming (2004) (Short Play)
Killing the Queen (2005) (Short Play)
Wild Horses (2005-) (Still in progress)
When Angels Deserve To Die (2005-) (Still in progress)
I really think that my future lies in scriptwriting and acting...I've already proved I can act, and my debut play (although I wrote various others before it) won me an award in a local drama festival. I'll always have one or the other to fall back upon, although right now it feels like Time is running out...
Various people I've spoken to have reacted with varying degrees of incredulity when I tell them that I feel Time is running out...I guess it must sound pretty strange from a girl not even 20 yet! But there's so many things I want to do, so many things I want to see. I want to travel the European capitals by the time I've finished university in 3 years. I want to go out to America, see some of that country and then try my hand at acting there. I want to see more of my scripts performed - that's in the pipeline at the moment, with 3 of my "ten-minuters" in consideration for staging next term at uni, with Yours Truly directing. I also want to be a wife and mother.
Some people tell me I'll never juggle motherhood and an acting career; others tell me to go for it. People think that I'd just pass my children off to an au pair and never really have a hand in bringing them up if I hit the big time. But I could never do that to my children. Motherhood has been my dream ever since childhood, as has acting; the two have grown up along with me, intertwined and always there. They're both a major part of my life. Which is why I feel Time is running out now - I need to realise all my acting dreams now, in order to provide the foundation for my children. I need to make it on to the ladder so it's all already there. When you look at theatrical families, like John and Hayley Mills, for example, you realise just how much dreams can come true and help each other along. But I would never, never sacrifice my children's happiness at the altar of my own. And that's what a lot of people don't seem to understand.
Whew - heavy thoughts to come into 2006 with! So many things to do to pave more miles on the road to my future!
That's all we have time for now, folks, but see you again soon...xXx
Trying to adjust to the fact that it's nearly been a whole year since I was last onstage, and, if you know me well, you'll know that's a depressing state of affairs for me...my last performance was as Annie in "Kenny and Annie", written by Yours Truly - and my first award winner! =o)
Been going over the plays I've written, actually, so Jay can post them on my new website for me (thank you Honey! =o)). Quite a few once you count them all up:
Whole New Heaven (2002) (One-Act Comedy)
Stage Kiss (2003) (Short Play)
Not Dead, Just Dreaming (2004) (Short Play)
Killing the Queen (2005) (Short Play)
Wild Horses (2005-) (Still in progress)
When Angels Deserve To Die (2005-) (Still in progress)
I really think that my future lies in scriptwriting and acting...I've already proved I can act, and my debut play (although I wrote various others before it) won me an award in a local drama festival. I'll always have one or the other to fall back upon, although right now it feels like Time is running out...
Various people I've spoken to have reacted with varying degrees of incredulity when I tell them that I feel Time is running out...I guess it must sound pretty strange from a girl not even 20 yet! But there's so many things I want to do, so many things I want to see. I want to travel the European capitals by the time I've finished university in 3 years. I want to go out to America, see some of that country and then try my hand at acting there. I want to see more of my scripts performed - that's in the pipeline at the moment, with 3 of my "ten-minuters" in consideration for staging next term at uni, with Yours Truly directing. I also want to be a wife and mother.
Some people tell me I'll never juggle motherhood and an acting career; others tell me to go for it. People think that I'd just pass my children off to an au pair and never really have a hand in bringing them up if I hit the big time. But I could never do that to my children. Motherhood has been my dream ever since childhood, as has acting; the two have grown up along with me, intertwined and always there. They're both a major part of my life. Which is why I feel Time is running out now - I need to realise all my acting dreams now, in order to provide the foundation for my children. I need to make it on to the ladder so it's all already there. When you look at theatrical families, like John and Hayley Mills, for example, you realise just how much dreams can come true and help each other along. But I would never, never sacrifice my children's happiness at the altar of my own. And that's what a lot of people don't seem to understand.
Whew - heavy thoughts to come into 2006 with! So many things to do to pave more miles on the road to my future!
That's all we have time for now, folks, but see you again soon...xXx
posted by SaMxXx at Sunday, January 01, 2006
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