ziegfeldgirl
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| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Industry | Education |
| Occupation | Karma Yogi, Playwright, and Over-Educated Secretary |
| Location | richmond, virginia, United States |
| Links | Wishlist |
| Introduction | Born in Alabama to mixed-ethnic family (WASP, Jewish, Cherokee, and African American); raised in DC suburbs, live in Richmond. Art history major, English and French minor. High school teacher (1989 - 2001); museum administrator (2001 - 2007); non-profit director (50 miserable weeks in 2007 - 2008); managing editor of a couple of magazines (2008 - 2009); unemployment gold-bricker (June - August 2009); marketing program coordinator at VCU (August 2009 - present). By night, I am a playwright and part-time geek. |
| Interests | Musical theatre (spectator and composer/lyricist/librettist) Italian art and culture; collecting weird things, including vintage restaurantware coffee cups, Playbills from flop musicals, Buddha figurines, Horn and Hardart Automat memorabilia, Ziegfeld Follies memorabilia |
| Favorite movies | Topsy Turvy, Wizard of Oz, Singin in the Rain, Annie Hall, Moulin Rouge, anything directed by Busby Berkley, My Dinner with Andre, White Christmas |
| Favorite music | Richard Rogers, Stephen Sondheim, Respighi, Offenbach, Gilbert and Sullivan, Verdi, Lawrence Welk Orchestra, Steve and Edie. |
| Favorite books | Huck Finn, The Idiot, Death of Vishnu, White Teeth, One Hundred Years of Solitude, A Confederacy of Dunces, The Tin Drum, On the Road, Mrs. Dalloway, Things Fall Apart |