With this being my senior year here at Theatre Northwest I've been doing a lot of reflecting on my time here. I can honestly say without a doubt that I am glad I chose to study here for the last four years. I have met so many amazing people and made so many amazing memories that I know I will remember for years to come. Not only that, but I have been given opportunity after opportunity to learn and grow as a theater member and as a person.

I joined Theater Northwest as a freshman in the fall of 2017 with a Technical Theater major and the intention to learn stage management even though I had never worked in stage management before. My experience in the theater had only ever been acting on stage, but the faculty and upperclassmen made sure to remedy that gap quickly.

My first production at Theatre Northwest was another acting role in my Freshman/Transfer Showcase in the Fall of 2017. However, not long after that production closed I was working as the Assistant Stage Manager for the very next production that semester, Stop Kiss. Even though I found myself stranded on stage behind a set piece for the departmental preview, I was still convinced that I wanted to continue pursuing stage management. My next production assignment as Assistant Stage Manager and Run Crew Chief for Still Life with Iris in the spring went much better and I have grown, learned, and developed my skills ever since. I guess I must be doing alright because the faculty and my peers have continuously provided me with more and more leadership positions in my time here.

I am now looking towards my last semester here in the fall before I graduate in December and I look forward to meeting more theater lovers and hopefully teaching them and learning from them in my last semester in productions, in class, in shop, and in life outside of the theater.