Just for Funzies
For those who want an at a glance view of myself without having to suffer the turmoil of reading lengthy paragraphs, here's a little game of two truths and a lie.
I am a vegan, and have been for half of my lifetime.
I can spot the difference between a Turkey Vulture and a Black Vulture from the ground.
Alongside a friend who played Spongebob, I performed as Mr. Krabs in This Grill is Not a Home from Spongebob during a high school talent show.
To figure out which is the lie, why not shoot me an email at the address sitting at the bottom of this page? ;)
In Case You're Curious...
Actor
Since my first performance as a brother in my middle school's production of Joseph and The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, theatre has stood steadfast as an activity, expression, and home for me. Middle school me never could have imagined I would soon own a Bachelor's in theatre, but here I stand proudly, with paper in hand. Soon, I'll have an MLitt and M.F.A. in Shakespeare and Performance from Mary Baldwin University, too. Acting is self-transformative, and illuminating for audience members. This transformation of both performer and audience member is fantastic; it's an added bonus that acting with others is so darn fun.
Musician
In addition to acting, I revel in listening to and making music. I sing, play the guitar, drums, and piano. As Svec in Once at James Madison University, I performed as an actor-musician--playing guitar, drums, mandolin, and ukelele. In a graduate school production of Cymbeline, I was a co-music director, which included teaching music to actors and composing original music for the show. Other credits include: guitar for St. Mark's Player's production of Love's Labour's Lost, drums/guitar for Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812 and drums for The Lightning Thief both at Eastern Mennonite University.
Writer
Writing was a hidden passion that only crept up on me late in college. After taking a creative writing course in fiction as well as a playwrighting class, I discovered the magic and gift of expression through words. I find joy and relief in writing fiction of the realistic and fabulistic varieties, as well as writing plays of various lengths. As for productions of work, I have had two 10-minute plays produced at James Madison University at D-Fest: a festival where directing students direct plays written by other students in playwrighting class. It was a gift and a little bizarre to see my words being acted on stage, but I'd love to see more.
"Cloten, performed well, almost always steals the show, and Trusty's performance certainly did that."
Peter Kirwan - The Bardathon