27 years ago, I lived in this house in Córdoba, Argentina, and dreamt of being an actress in Hollywood… Cut to 2 weeks ago, I was back for a quick visit, and had to self-tape an audition while I was there. That meant finding someone to read the other role in English, strapping my cell phone to an exercise bike, quieting the German shepherds outside, battening down the hatches due to crazy-winds, learning to light and edit and export all myself, NEVER MIND the acting. I swear, I wanted to submit that tape for short film consideration— I produced the 💩 out of it! Got wind of the callback while on my layover in Miami; THEN, beyond jet-lagged, met the director the DAY I returned home. 🥴 Yesterday I found out I got the part! 🤗 Gracias, Perla, y toda mi gente cordobesa— les debo el 10%, y mucho, mucho más!!! 😘💋🇦🇷

Last Sunday I was reunited, 25 years later, on stage, with @therealalexandrabillings… You know her as #davina from @transparentamazon and/or will know her as #madamemorrible from Broadway’s @wicked_musical. But I knew her as the nazi-dyke-prison warden (calm down— this was late night-Chicago-comedy-underground-theatre-in the 90’s) in SHANNEN DOHERTY SHOOTS A PORNO, and the Russian-holographic-hooker in CANNIBAL CHEERLEADERS ON CRACK. We acted side-by-side, topless, some of the time— and even then, I was star-struck by her! I just KNEW there were big, big things ahead… Every weekend, I’d hop on the L, leaving my sheltered, little life up at @northwesternu for the nitty, gritty city and get a REAL EDUCATION from her, and the rest of our crazy-gifted cast, pictured here. And though my theatre-snob friends up at #NU liked to remind me, “it’s not Chekhov,” the lessons I learned there have informed my work even to this day. Being her special guest at #katiescorner last Sunday was like coming full-circle, home. Thank you, #alexandrabillings @seanabley @lalgbtcenter for the beautifully nostalgic night! 🌚💫🌈🤗👏🏼