Half a year, hundreds of pulses, and thousands of guests later - we officially closed the LA Branch of Stranger Things: The Experience.
ABOVE (Left to Right): Vecna, Mixtape collage, the LA Elevens, my demo-friend, and a photo on the crash pad after my closing shift.
My favorite part of being El was staring up at the lights on the ceiling as each pulse of guests would exit the finale. It reminded me of my time training at Stella Adler and spending hours & hours every day just staring up at different blackbox ceilings.. only this time I was making my living doing it. And what made the experience even more special was that I was able to share it with two actors I actually trained with at NYU - Jenna Szoke and Jeff Lawless (All three of us also volunteered with NYU Lamplighters while we were in school together).
My entire run at STE felt very full-circle, I was always acutely aware of how different specific parts of my training at Tisch were being put to use with every single pulse, every performance, every new group of guests.
ABOVE: Finale
I could not be more grateful for this entire experience, for every single thing/person that led me here, and for the amazing cast and crew of people that I was able to share this journey with. It's one thing to love what you do, and it's a whole other beautiful, incredible thing to deeply love who you get to do it with. I was lucky enough to feel both.
BELOW: The LA Cast + Crew of Stranger Things: The Experience
Goodbye Friends, and until next time... Sleep tight Hawkins x
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