Narrating “A Christmas Carol” for WAOB Audio Theatre. (The four episodes will be released in the days leading up to Christmas.)

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This class has been everything that I expect it would be and I cannot believe that we are so close to its end.

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Shakespeare's Will

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The Dauphin (ST:TNG Rewatch, Season 2, Episode 10)

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Little Women (the daughter plays Amy, the youngest sister)

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Little Women (Thurs-Sun)

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Much Ado About Nothing (Beatrice is my literary crush.)

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