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Category: Seattle

Shadowrun #CorpSINs: Episode 16, It’s A Little Planet After All

Posted on June 22, 2016 by Cheryl

Trying something new this week – moving recaps to my blog for easier reading. These recaps are from Ma1nfram3’s perspective, largely, and may not completely represent the episode. 😉 Episode 16 VOD Leaving London We rejoin MMFEC at the Under 10 Championships

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Acting, HyperRPG, Seattle corpsins, improv, performances, shadowrun, twitch

Theatre Life: “I Saw U”

Posted on April 15, 2016 by Cheryl

Tonight is my final performance for this run of “I Saw U” at Unexpected Productions. This is actually the second run for this show – I very much enjoyed the first production in May/June 2014. Unlike some of our shows, this one

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Acting, Seattle

Welcome to the Twitchbowl: Hyper RPG

Posted on March 16, 2016 by Cheryl

Rebroadcasts of Shadowrun: Corporate SINs are available on-demand at HyperRPG’s YouTube channel. I joined the Twitch universe recently in a big way. In January, several of my friends from NERDprov and I were approached by a producer, Zac Eubank, who had just

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Acting, Games, HyperRPG, Seattle corpsins, improv, performances, shadowrun, twitch

A Day at Chambers Bay: The US Open

Posted on June 19, 2015 by Cheryl

Yesterday, my husband and I spent a very long day at Chambers Bay, WA for the first day of championship play of the US Open. These tickets were my Christmas gift for my golf fan husband. Such a rare opportunity couldn’t be

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Biography, Seattle, Travel

Improv Life: Hot Tin Streetcar

Posted on May 18, 2015 by Cheryl

Tonight was opening night for my latest show, “Hot Tin Streetcar”, at Unexpected Productions. One of my favorite exercises in improvisational theatre is genre long form improv – building improvised one-act plays or television-style episodes in tribute to an existing theatrical style,

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Acting, Seattle improv, performances

The Discovery of Strangers

Posted on May 11, 2015 by Cheryl

It was a long week, one that started well in another state, but long just the same. From Disneyland on Sunday, to the knowledge that my team’s work was being reviewed by our CEO on Monday. Like Schroedinger’s Box, that meeting held

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Biography, Seattle

A Life Lived Long and Prosperous

Posted on February 27, 2015 by Cheryl

I am very sad to hear about Leonard Nimoy’s passing. My path only crossed briefly with his – when I moderated his panel at the Emerald City ComicCon 2010 (just days after my knee injury and surgery) and briefly again in Calgary

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Acting, Biography, Seattle pop culture, star trek

GarageGate 2015

Posted on February 12, 2015 by Cheryl

On Friday, January 23, I wrapped up my work for the day – but needed to head downtown for my TheatreSports performance. I had a few hours between, so the plan was: grab dinner, a leisurely drink, read a bit, and get

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Biography, Seattle

A Tale of Two Carols

Posted on December 28, 2014 by Cheryl

For our second Christmas season as a married couple, my husband (David Foubert) and I plunged headfirst into the world of Christmas spirit. We ended up in different interpretations of Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” just seven blocks apart. In truth, our Christmas

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Acting, Biography, Seattle improv

The Power of 10

Posted on November 15, 2014 by Cheryl

Ten years ago today, I arrived in Redmond as a new resident, about to start a new job and a new life. I had never heard of a “floating bridge”, never seen a bald eagle, never done anything remotely outdoorsy, didn’t understand

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Acting, Biography, Seattle biography, career
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