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california & new york–based
no more pointless repression of self-expression.
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My 2025 Acting Recap! Finally! What a year it was recovering from knee surgery and, therefore, a year that made me rediscover my physicality, which has made me a better performer. Couldn’t be more grateful for the people who helped me along the way.
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1-4. “MOLD” by Nathan Rakolta - a short film
Director, Writer, Cinematographer, & Editor: Nathan Rakolta @nathan.rakolta
Assistant Director & Assistant Camera: Sydney Kaufman @sydlk245
Hair / Makeup Artist: Jessica Liu @jess.liuuu
Costume Designer: Clara Noggle @claraboggled
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5-9. Trojan Women by Euripides - a Barnard Theatre Department Production
Translated by Paul Roche
Director: Tea Alagić
Set Designer: Fuqing Yue
Costume Designer: Karen Boyer
Lighting Designer: Betsy Chester
Composer & Sound Designer: Robert M Johanson
Video Designer: Yana Biryukova
Choreographer: Sarah Kaplan
Fight Director: Judi Lewis Ockler
Videographer: Tatiana Stolpovskaya
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10-12. 365 Days / 365 Plays by Suzan-Lori Parks - a Barnard Theatre Department Production for Thesis Festival I
Director: Sahmaya Busby @sahmayab
Set Designer: Abigail Fixel @abigailfixel
Costume Designer: Saiya Palmer @saiyaapalmer
Lighting Designer: Kupr Kuprian @kupekuprian
Sound Designer: Noel Ullom @noel.ullom
Photographer: Hunter Canning
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13-15. S.O.G. Story by Julia Smith - New York Theater Festival Winter 2025/2026
Director: Molly Greenwold @molly.a.greenwold
Playwright, Sound Designer & Photographer: Julia Smith @julia.christ1ne
Lighting Designer: Elianna Kruskal @e.kruskal
Costume Designer: Bella Williams
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16. Femmes femmes femmes by Yahney-Marie Sangaré @yahney.marie - a @nomadscu WORDPLAY reading
Director: Lily Stuart @lilystu8
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17. ‘Romeo & Juliet’ & selected scenes from ‘The Tempest’ and ‘Julius Caesar’ - RADA Shakespeare Summer Program by @bess.blackburn

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4 months ago

My 2024 Acting Recap!!
I’m so grateful for all of the student works I got to be a part of. I got to explore friendship, murderous obsession, motherhood, Nebraska, and more! Cheers to 2025 🫶

1-4. “Kindred Spirits” - a Tulane thesis short film - Writer & Dir. @amelia.rich
5-9. “Flushed Out” - a Columbia short film - Dir. @rishtikka, Written by @maevedella
10-13. Richard III - a @kingscrownshakespeare production - Dir. @beingoflight03 - pc: @mayaeshore
14-16. “Dressing Up” - a short film - Writer & Dir. @rosieeroses
17. Nebraskaland at Wordplay 2024 - a @nomadscu play reading - Dir. @abigailfixel, Written by @lilieae.kuhn - pc: @mayaeshore
18. BITCHES at Wordplay 2024 - a @nomadscu play reading - Dir. @molly.a.greenwold, Written by @julia.christ1ne - pc: @mayaeshore by @bess.blackburn

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2 years ago

My 2023 Acting Recap!! Thanks to everyone involved!!
1. “A Lot” - @talkspace commercial by @twinfolkcreative - Dir. Chase Smith (where an anxious college student… plays herself)
2. “Smoking” - a USC MFA short film - Dir. @olivia_.qq (the sweetest little love story where we don’t know how to smile with cigarettes)
3. “La Petite Mort” - a Chapman MFA short film - Dir. @_amanda0725 (where i play the only chill ballerina on planet earth)
4 & 5. “Patient Privilege” - a USC MFA short film - Dir. Christy Chen (ugh, murdered again!)
6. “Anywhere the Wind Blows” - a USC MFA short film - Dir. Jay Liu (i <3 climate conferences)
7, 8, 9, & 10. Ubu Roi - a @tulaneonstage production - Dir. Prof. Antony Sandoval (my first onstage kiss… with myself? 😏 pucker up puppet! 💋)

Honorary Mentions:
Background acting on S5E14 of Good Trouble! (I, of course, did my job perfectly and therefore you cannot see me at all 🥰)
“Rapt” - a Blue Road Pictures production - Dir. Maggie Budzyna (where performing arts high schools are the real villain) by @bess.blackburn

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3 years ago

you, me, ETA: 3:47 @alateblumer @the_fish_bites_ by @bess.blackburn

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2 months ago

papa canicule release us taken in Paris, France by @bess.blackburn

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3 months ago

SAY what you MEAN — a postmodern semester by @bess.blackburn

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5 months ago

"Life is theatre, theatre is life! If we're showing what life is, can be, we must do theatre!" - Emma, Fefu and Her Friends
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What a gift of a show this was. Truly grateful to have such a dream cast and crew. Let's do this again sometime!

Fefu and Her Friends
by María Irene Fornés
Director: Alice Reagan
Scenic Design: Sandra Goldmark
Lighting Design: Lucrecia Briceño
Costume Design: Saiya Palmer
Sound Design: Jane Shaw
Choreography: Caroline Fermin
Voice & Text Direction: Sara Buffamanti
Intimacy & Fight Direction: Judi Lewis Ockler
Stage Manager: Keala Henry
Photographer: Maria Baranova by @bess.blackburn

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6 months ago

photos taken while not in semi supine
- london, summer ‘25 by @bess.blackburn

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8 months ago

semester of eyeliner by @bess.blackburn

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10 months ago

feels wrong to post this after it’s snowed in New York but here you go… thanks fall break! can’t believe the catskills are real! taken in The Catskills, New York by @bess.blackburn

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a year ago

you can’t stop the beat! by @bess.blackburn

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a year ago

update: these people rock
alt title: why yes i am still wearing that brace by @bess.blackburn

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a year ago