i continued teaching private music lessons. attended winter wonderland workshop and attended some wonderful stage combat classes. then i music directed legally blonde jr. for the wilmette children’s theatre. i applied to graduate programs, got an offer from nyu for their graduate musical theatre writing program and accepted. then I went on the most amazing trip with my partner of five years and i proposed on the path of the gods in italy, and we got engaged!! then we made the huge move with our three cats from chicago to new york. then we got settled in our new apartment, and i started at nyu the next month. at nyu i wrote with a lot of amazing people and ended the first year presenting a duet in a first year cabaret.
