Happy New Year! 

New Years is all about resolutions.  We make them just so we can eventually break them, right?  The few I made at the beginning of 2014 were simple: see more theater and go to every audition I can.  So I worked my butt off and made my own success.  And even though this year was filled with not so fun, not so good things as well, I still, somehow, managed to follow all my resolutions till the last day of 2014. (Pat yourself on the back, Aneesh; you go, girl.)  I made it to 31 auditions and saw 24 productions.  Meh, I can so do much better this year.

So, in the upcoming year, I plan to maintain my previous goals and add to that: physical exercise (I mean who doesn't make a resolution to be in better shape every New Years Eve?), make more time to see friends and family (none of this 'haven't seen you in weeks/months/years' bullsh*t anymore), and expand on my career exponentially.  This year I plan to produce again and I also hope to add another directing credit to my name. Lastly, as something really close to my heart, I hope to get my webseries produced.  (The time for #girlslikeus is now.  Plus feedback from readings has been really good, so why not!  Curious?...)

It's amazing to see how many mutuals friends I have with people that Facebook suggest I add.  I have had the immense pleasure of meeting so many new people this past year; 96 new faces to be exact.  (Whether that's a testament to my naturally sweet and friendly demeanor [really?] or proof that the Seattle Freeze may be a myth, who knows.)  But I can now say I have friends!  Yay!  (Unless y'all are being secretly paid.... wait...is that what's been really happening?...)

In conclusion, I am taking a new friend's challenge and listing every show I've seen in 2014.  If I learned anything from compiling this list, it's that I simply MUST see more theatre in 2015.  [Shows I was a part of have an asterisk (*).  Shows I've seen multiple times are indicated by a number.]

Shows I've Seen in 2014        <----- hey! that rhymes! 
January
1) The Normal Heart, Strawberry Theatre Workshop
2) Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, Lakewood Playhouse

February
3) Les Miserables, Village Theatre
4) Spamalot, 5th Avenue Theatre

March
5) Arabian Nights, UW School of Drama
6) Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus, Book-It Repertory Theatre

April
7) Freehold Incubator Series Program D, Freehold Theatre Lab and Studios*

May
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June
8) The Lisbon Traviata, Theatre22
9) Spamalot, Lakewood Playhouse

July
10) Of Mice and Men, Eclectic Theater

August
11) An Evening of One Acts, ACT

September
12) A Chorus Line, 5th Avenue Theatre
13) Everything But the Paper, Pratidhwani
14) In the Heights, Village Theatre  (4)
15) Sexual Healing, Seattle Fringe Festival*

October
16) Kinky Boots National Tour, 5th Avenue Theatre
17) Represent Multicultural Playwrights Festival IV, ACT*
18) The Rocky Horror Show, Renton Civic Theatre
19) The Magic Flute, Tacoma Opera

November
20) Dogfight, ArtsWest Playhouse

December
21) Reckless, FantasticZ Theatre Company
22) The Grinch Who Stole Christmas National Tour, Paramount Theatre
23) Dick Whittington and His Cat, Seattle Children's Theatre
24) A Christmas Story the Musical, 5th Avenue Theatre