I caught the “acting bug” when I was a junior in high school and won first place in a one-act festival.  Although I dropped out of high school my senior year, I was prompted to get my GED when my oldest daughter was about to graduate from high school (couldn't let her graduate before me!)  I like to say I graduated with honors from the “School of Hard Knocks”.  As you can see by my information following, I have learned that there is nothing that cannot be accomplished if there is sufficient desire to do so.  Most all I have learned, I taught myself.  A lack of formal education is no excuse for ignorance.

     In my lifetime so far, I have been everything from a Hippie to a Hypocrite, auto mechanic to gold miner, florist to electrician and wild woman to Mom. I have never made more than $19,000 a year, but have always found a way to provide for my two daughters.  If life is hard, get out the sledge hammer!

     I became active with the Earth & Sky group after my daughters and I went to a Halloween Eve performance of The Rocky Horror Show in Corpus Christi.  The cast members were obviously not professionals…but the exuberance and excitement were absolutely infectious!  When my daughters expressed an interest in doing the show, I approached john daniels jr. to inquire about what the necessary qualifications for participation were.  Turns out in john’s theater, there are no qualifications needed except a devotion to the show at hand and the desire and commitment to do your best.  Just what I wanted to hear!  So the wild ride began!

     During my daughter's high school years, we had the opportunity to participate together in many performances at our little experimental theater (The Place). It was a wonderful experience!  I found it a great way for my daughters to “spread their wings” and be exposed to many different types of people and ideas.  It also allowed me to know where they were, who they were “hanging out” with, and what they were doing.  I believe it gave them a chance to taste and test their own individual independence.  It was a learning and growing experience that enabled me to see them as potential adults.  It was truly a family experience, and I will always be grateful for the friends I made during that time.

     I am proud to say that both of my daughters are now college graduates (thank God they learned from their mother's experience)!
 

Summer is 23 and lives in Austin.  A recent graduate from University of Texas, she will be pursuing her professional goals in the psychiatric field at Grad School next year.	My daughter Tricia is 21 and a graduate of Johnson & Wales University in Miami, FL. After working in South Beach area, she is now following her dream as a professional Chef in Charlottesville, VA.

     And now what? No empty nest syndrome here!  I am always open to new learning experiences.  Participating with the Earth & Sky Acting Company is like therapy to me.  It allows me to act out and express all my hopes, dreams, emotions and fantasies in a way that no other activity can.  Never believe anyone who says “You can't do that”… life is for living, loving and learning.  You're never too old for that!

ComingtoAustin.Com...edy (A show for the Mind Over Money Theatrical Festival, by: john daniels, jr.)  for THE EARTH & SKY ACTING CO. of Austin, Texas at Ruta Maya, September/October, '99.  Two performances. 

SIRENS-N-AQUARIUS (a rock musical and spoken word performance by: john daniels, jr.) for THE EARTH & SKY ACTING CO. of Austin, Texas at The John Henry Faulk Theater, May, '99 
Ten performances. 

Songs performed:  "Downtown;" "Harper Valley PTA," "Light My Fire," "Zor & Zam," "I Got You, Babe."

Poems Performed:  "Peaceful Thoughts of a Woman on the Moon"

COME TOGETHER (a rock musical featuring the music of The Beatles, written by: john daniels, jr.) for THE SOUTH TEXAS PERFORMANCE COMPANY at THE PLACE (ninety-nine seat experimental theater) May, '95.  Sixteen performances. 

Songs performed:  "Yesterday;" "Get Back;" "Please, Please Me."

W-ROCKS! (a rock musical featuring music from 1965 through 1972 written by: john daniels, jr.) for THE SOUTH TEXAS PERFORMANCE COMPANY at THE PLACE.  November '94. 
Sixteen performances. 

Songs performed:  "Satisfaction;" "Mr. Soul"

JULIUS CAESAR (by William Shakespeare) for THE SOUTH TEXAS
PERFORMANCE COMPANY at THE PLACE.  February - March, '94.  Sixteen  performances. 

Roles:  Soothsayer; Artemidorus

* Stage Manager for this Show.

GREAT WHITE HOPE (a new adaptation using color-blind casting by: john daniels, jr.) for THE SOUTH TEXAS PERFORMANCE COMPANY at THE PLACE.  September '93.  Twelve
performances. 

Role:  Ellie Bachman

SIRENS-N-AQUARIUS (a rock musical and spoken word performance by: john daniels, jr.) for THE SOUTH TEXAS PERFORMANCE COMPANY at THE PLACE.  August, '93.  Twelve performances. 

Songs performed:  "Puff the Magic Dragon;" "Those were the Days;" "These Boots were Made for Walking;" "Different Drum;" "I Got You, Babe;"  "Both Sides Now."

Poems performed:  "Peaceful Thoughts of a Woman on the Moon;" "Gentle Idols;" "Clock."

INDIANS (by: Author Kopit) for THE SOUTH TEXAS PERFORMANCE COMPANY at THE PLACE.  May, '93.  Sixteen performances. 

Roles:  Dead Buffalo, Teskanjavila, Satanta

THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW (by Richard O'Brien) for THE SOUTH TEXAS PERFORMANCE COMPANY at THE PLACE.  March, '93.  Sixteen  performances. 

Role:  Riff Raff

HAMLET ( by William Shakespeare) for THE SOUTH TEXAS PERFORMANCE COMPANY at THE PLACE.  January  - February ‘93  Sixteen  performances.

Role:  Gravedigger, Player Queen

A BOY AND HIS HEAD (working title) full length narrative.  Written, Directed, Co-produced and edited by john daniels jr.) 

• Role:  The Nurse

1998 Concert Season at Texas Sky Festival Park Corpus Christi, Texas for Huerta Entertainment