What it’s like to dance in a theatrical burlesque show — Next week will mark my three hundredth performance with “The Empire Strips Back,” a Star Wars-themed, comedic, burlesque parody show. While this isn’t the first, and there are numerous more talking points I am confident I will eventually publish regarding this experience, today, I found myself wondering if our audiences…

August 25th, 2023 I only know what it is like to be me; to be filled to the brim, busting at the seams with an intense amount of love to feel and to give. The desire to give, the desire to care, the desire to nurture. Not caring, not loving…

August 18th, 2023 From stages across the country, I’ve watched over 200 audiences react to the big gag about midway through the second act of our show, The Empire Strips Back. No spoilers here but in that moment, I see you all keeled over in laughter, clutching onto one another…

May 15th, 2020 Spoiler alert, this is not the genius piece of art. I actually find this to be quite disorganized and basic, unfortunately. This evening, a little before happy hour, I decided it was finally time to try the new beer I’ve had in my fridge for a week…

Excerpt from chapter three of Show Me Yours and I’ll Show You Mine by Rachel Hospers, written February 2019 This is honestly the hardest topic for me to write about — no, not because it opens painful wounds, silly, we have been over this! I love discussing anything and everything…

September 9th, 2021 Will writing about my chronic stress help my chronic stress? Shall we find out? It can’t hurt, right? I am in the process of recovering from crippling perfectionism so, maybe it could hurt, actually. Just now I caught a glance at the titles of my previous essays…

July 24th, 2021 Because feelings and mood swings are meant to be honored, right? Honored, yes. Published on the internet for literally everyone? Probably not. I’m definitely not always sad, for the record. These days, I oscillate between intense unconditional love slash gratitude slash genuine wholeness and occasional spells of…

October 24th, 2020 I want to start by once again clarifying that I am not a mental health expert nor do I, by any stretch of the imagination, know everything about the dance industry. Not even close. The following is simply advice gathered and interpreted from years of my own…

August 24th, 2020 What if I asked you to recall a time in your life before you ever tasted chocolate? Would you be able to? If you’re anything like me, probably not. What if instead, I asked you to conceptually envision how it may have felt to exist in the…