As my time here in Dublin is winding down, I wanted to take a step back and think about everything I’ve accomplished. I got to visit amazing sights such as the Giant’s Causeway and Guinness Lake, I got to see a stage production being developed from start to finish, and I got to meet some…

This week at Theatre Lovett I took on a project that was different to anything I had worked on before. I was tasked with researching the donations pages of other theatre companies and venues throughout Ireland and abroad, and then to come up with my own version for Theatre Lovett’s website. It was actually harder…

Having been in Ireland for several weeks now, I thought that I had learned all there is to know. But day to day, I’m surprised at how much I learn not just about this incredible country, but about myself as well. Whether I’m spending my days wandering the Archeology Museum and reading about Vikings or…

Last weekend fellow IIP Dubliner Phoebe and I went to visit our friend who just finished up her program in Madrid. It was the first time I had traveled outside of Ireland, and I’m really glad I got to have this experience. While it was strange to immerse myself in a completely new culture just…

With my supervisors out of the office this week, I was tasked with completing several projects on my own from home. While this may sound great to some, however, I find that when I’m outside of the office and doing this on my own time, I have less motivation to get them done. I was…

This past week was a nonstop whirlwind of lighting design, line runs, and rehearsals as Theatre Lovett inched towards our Friday showing of Frankenstein: a Work in Progress. Before I started interning at Theatre Lovett, I never realized how much work actually went into putting on a production. Every little detail is scrutinized and repeated…

This week in Ireland has been an eventful one, to say the least. Every day at my job I am learning something new, and no day is like the one before. As we get closer to our showing of Frankenstein (this Friday—come check it out!) the play is still undergoing major changes, making it a…

This past week at my internship I learned a very important lesson: asking questions is okay. As someone who tends to be on the shy side, I’ve always viewed it as the end of the world to ask someone a question and risk showing the world that I don’t in fact know everything. Of course, this…

While the first week here was all about settling in and immersing myself in the Dublin culture, this week it was time to focus on what I came here to do: work. My internship is with Theatre Lovett, a small theater company run by a husband and wife, Muireann and Louis, who aim to put…