I think I’m starting to narrow down what I want to do for a career( a thread):

~ I want to be the person that helps build a broadway show from the ground up. Eventually, I’d love to be an investor or producer for theatre.

I want to be the person who can use her resources to kick a show off the ground & into the stars.

~ I want to be involved in arts education. Whether that’s helping to develop theatre camps/community theaters, or again, investing in resources for arts institutions to stay open.

~ I want to be a person who can help ensure that arts institutions, schools, camps can have the resources they need to survive and thrive.

Art can heal the soul and save lives. Shows like @DearEvanHansen and @BandstandBway proved that to me.

DEH probably saved my life when I was at my lowest in 2017-2018. It gave me a reason to keep going when I didn’t think there would ever be one. I’m sorry if I tweet about @BenSPLATT too much, but it’s because he literally helped save my life, I realize now. Shit I’m crying brb

Bandstand could’ve had this incredible ability to travel to the eyes, ears, and souls of veterans across this country who may feel taken for granted for the country they fought to protect. But it never took off, despite being one of the most phenomenal productions I’ve ever seen.

Art can help heal the soul, as @ABlankenbuehler so beautifully put it. Shows like these are perfect examples of this. But it won’t matter if they’re not deemed worthy enough.

This is what I want to help prove wrong: the arts are probably the most worthy thing in our society.

They are a method of communication between folks from different backgrounds and stories. I watched a video from @longcenter’s summer camp where one student said that she did not speak English when she moved to Texas and started at @longcenter. Their theatre camp changed that.

Art can cross time. Tchaikovsky wrote The Nutcracker, Swan Lake, and The Sleeping Beauty in the late 1800s, and *all three* are STILL the greatest ballets ever performed. The Nutcracker is in our Christmas commercials across the world for Pete’s sake.

Bandstand was premiered in 2017 but takes place in the 40s, and it’s message to and about veterans is still, unfortunately, incredibly relevant.

My point is that the arts are the very foundation that society rests on, and yet it is the industry that is the most underfunded & unappreciated. If I can be even a small part of convincing people otherwise and doing something about it, then I’ll consider myself to be successful.

I think I just found my senior thesis.

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