Grateful

Erik Austin
1 day ago
1 min read

As Thanksgiving rolls in, I have been reflecting on what I am truly grateful for this year. At the top of that list are the three projects that shaped my entire year. Oz, Hansel and Gretel and Hallowscream arrived right when I needed them most. They pulled me out of a creative fog that had been hanging over me for years. The last few years really wore me down, and I honestly felt like my creativity had dried up. These shows brought it back to life, and I am so thankful for that reminder of who I am.

Now that everything has wrapped, it has been hard to get anything going again. That post show let down is real, and anyone who has ever worked in theatre knows exactly what that silence feels like. You give everything you have to a project and when it ends, the stillness hits you in a way nothing else does.

But even in the quiet, I am grateful. These shows reminded me what I love, what I am capable of, and how good it feels to create again.