by Natasha Schlaffer | Apr 30, 2020 |
I am so grateful to have spent the past four years at Penn State. Through all of the ups and downs, I could not be more thankful for what I gained here. It’s hard to quantify all of the ways in which I’ve grown over the past four years. I earned my BFA in...
by Natasha Schlaffer | Apr 13, 2020
As quarantine plows on, it’s pretty much inevitable that I found myself pulling out my journals from abroad and reminiscing over better times spent in beautiful foreign locales. As I sifted through manifold journal entries, it occurred to me that I never posted...
by Natasha Schlaffer | Apr 8, 2020 |
This week, Penn State is building community by live streaming performances from students and alumni from the School of Theatre and School of Music! The multi-day event is called “Penn State Presents: A Virtual Performing Arts Celebration.” I’m so...
by Natasha Schlaffer | Mar 28, 2020
Shakespeare is considered by many to be the greatest English writer who ever lived. His 37(+) plays and 154 sonnets have seared themselves into the literary canon and become perhaps the most commonly produced theatre in the history of the world. Some estimate that at...
by Natasha Schlaffer | Mar 21, 2020 |
Hello All! I’m hoping you are healthy and well and practicing proper social distancing techniques during this difficult time. I’m so grateful that everyone in my immediate family and circle of friends is healthy and in a stable financial position to be...
by Natasha Schlaffer | Feb 8, 2020
Happy Black History Month! In celebration, here is a portrait of a black historical leader named “Mother” Mary Seacole. Enjoy! Born in 1805 as the daughter of a black Jamaican hotel owner and a Scottish soldier, Mary Seacole was a woman of many...
by Natasha Schlaffer | Feb 2, 2020
The Washington Post published an article entitled “National Archives exhibit blurs images critical of President Trump” in mid-January this year. The piece, by longtime Post reporter Joe Heim, is about the new “National Archives exhibit celebrating the centennial of...
by Natasha Schlaffer | Jan 18, 2020
This semester, I’m lucky enough to have many performance opportunities, the first of which is a play called It’s Been Two Years which my best friend and longtime roommate Ellie Milewski wrote over the last year and a half. Here’s the official synopsis, written by the...
by Natasha Schlaffer | Dec 8, 2019
I cannot believe this is the last post I’ll be making in this decade! The turning of the new decade is making me step back and self-evaluate more than I ever have in my short (but eventful) 21 years. Specifically, I’ve been ruminating on where I’ve been, where I am...
by Natasha Schlaffer | Nov 10, 2019
My grandmother, Runa Schlaffer, passed away this month at 92-years-old. She was a very special woman who overcame colossal obstacles during her lifetime. Last fall, for my Hip-Hop Theatre course, I devised a piece of image theatre about both of my grandmothers, and...
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