Preface
When I was 14 years old my father opened a small movie theater in suburban New Jersey. It was the land of McDonald’s and Dairy Queens. My mom sold the tickets, some neighborhood boys were the doormen, and I was the usher/candy counter girl. As I leaned against the wall in the theater auditorium, eating one too many bags of Peanut M&Ms and watching the stories unfold on the big screen, I confess: I got hooked.
There was no question in my mind that I wanted to work “in the movies.” And so I did. From theatrical distribution to live events to film festivals to teaching, I have gleefully embraced this wonderful energy vortex. I have cried when some projects ended, and cried during some projects when they seemed to go on forever. Perhaps the ...
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