Last night, after a request from our musical director, I tackled the idea of a dulce de leche cupcake. To create my master piece I combined a number of recipes that I found online to create my own unique cupcake. Rum Soaked Vanilla Cupcake (makes 18) 2 cups all purpose flour 1 table spoon baking [...]
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One Year of LoisBackstage.com!
Today is the first anniversary of me setting up LoisBackstage.com as it’s own website and not a google hosted blog. I couldn’t be prouder of what I’ve accomplished in that time. Since July 27, 2009, I have: Stage Managed/ASMed 9 shows. Worked on the 2010 Olympics. Seen 94 plays. Written 78 blog posts. Started [...]
Job Hunting: Networking
Inspired by Sabrina Evertt’s post “Do You Really Want a Job?“, this post is the second in a series on job hunting in theatre. The first post talked about resumes, cover letters & references. Networking tends to be a bit of a bad word in my circle of friends. I frequently hear friends who can [...]
Things That Make my Soul Happy
Good Friends. Good Theatre.
Three to See :: April 2010
We’re already almost a week into April & I am in the midst of tech for Pacific Theatre‘s Refuge of Lies (which opens this Friday and you should definitely check out). All of the Ccultural Olympiad events are over now and April is a little bit slower as the city gears up for the spring/summer. Here are [...]
Look out Toronto!
I’ve been saying for a few months that this year I was going to go away for my birthday. I talked about Chicago. New York. But I’m going to Toronto. I’ve booked my flights and arranged a place to stay. Part of the purpose of this trip is professional – I want to see some [...]
Intermission: On the Olympics
In a bit of a break from my regular subject material, I’d like to direct you all to a post by my friend Brittany about the Olympics & Canadian patriotism. An excerpt: “I was never quietly Canadian. I learned my patriotism in the USA, for better or worse…. …The thing is, despite all our troubles, [...]
A Constant State of Flux
With the exception of the very few, those of us who choose a career in theatre live in a constant state of flux. Most jobs are six weeks or less, and often we don’t know where our next job is coming from. When it comes to theatre, we choose it as a career, but our [...]
2009 in Review: Work
Whenever I meet new people, one of the inevitable questions that comes up is “So, what do you do?” and whatever that piece of information is, it becomes one of that person’s defining characteristics. He’s a chef. She’s a banker. They are artists. Our work often defines us as people. In the past 12 months [...]