Child Actors and the Normal Life

The biggest source of anxiety for many parents of child actors is that their kid will miss out on “a normal life.” I’m not sure what a normal life really is, but I do understand this worry. When our children are born, we wish certain things for them: happiness, rich...

Of Summer Theatre Camp, Courage, and Love

This past weekend my daughter Claire and I attended the performance of one of her young voice students—a Broadway-style theatre camp show featuring kids age 5-14. It was the kind of production she and her sister Dove had done for many summers when they were growing...