When is the last time you took a risk? I mean a real risk. Not like, “Okay, I’ll try the cilantro lime rice instead of the brown rice.” I mean a real fucking risk. Like telling someone you have a crush on them. Going to a party where you hardly know anyone. Admitting that you [...]
Author Archives: Audrey
Goodbyes by Audrey Francis
January 14, 2013 – 7:02 pm
Airports are an ugly place for me. Ever since I was little they’ve represented a place of “goodbyes”. And ever since I was little, I get a sick feeling in my stomach when I have to say goodbye to someone in an airport. To be more clear, when I’m saying goodbye to someone in an [...]
Fight or Flight – an Inside the Box by Audrey Francis
November 26, 2012 – 5:16 pm
One night, a really long time ago, I was sitting in my living room in Fort Collins with my roommates and we heard a huge crash right outside our house. It almost sounded like something had fallen out of the sky and landed right on the corner of our driveway. The only thing separating it [...]
Dear Academy – From Audrey
November 16, 2012 – 1:34 pm
Congratulations to the 14 ensemble members of Black Box Acting’s ACADEMY. At 1pm today, these guys complete Stage I – The Revolution. Thank you all for your blood, sweat and tears… filled with rage. Enjoy your Thanksgiving break. We’ll be waiting with open arms (and a ton more obstacles) when you come back. Congratulations!
Dream Girl, A Very Audrey Francis Inside The Box
September 10, 2012 – 12:42 pm
Wouldn’t life be so much easier if we didn’t give a shit? Wouldn’t everything be so much simpler if we didn’t have a dream? Sometimes I see people walking down the street and I think, “Oh, that’s nice. You’re going to your job that pays well enough and that you feel mediocre about. Cool that [...]
Inside the Box and Into the Tornado with Audrey Francis
May 14, 2012 – 4:54 pm
I’m probably going to read this someday and regret writing it. Any “legitimate artist” will most likely disagree with my perspective. I’m aware this sounds crazy, but I gotta throw it out there. Has anyone ever wondered if our instincts on stage might be completely ass backward? One of the quintessential lessons I’ve both learned [...]
Dream Roles of Snake Eyes – Inside the Box
March 12, 2012 – 10:00 am
1) May in FOOL FOR LOVE I don’t need to say too much here, it’s Sam Shepard. I love this story because of its idea of love existing where it shouldn’t. That, to me, is one of the most beautiful conflicts. They’re not supposed to be together, it’s totally wrong, but the love is there, [...]
Stay In Your Lane – An Inside the Box by Audrey Francis
February 27, 2012 – 5:15 pm
Stay in your lane. Stay In Your Lane. STAY IN YOUR FUCKING LANE! Dear Guy Who Works At Chipotle, I don’t know why, but I’m very concerned with what you think of me. I’m nervous that you see me come into your establishment, I don’t know, maybe twice a week (but you and I both [...]
A Shitty INSIDE THE BOX
January 9, 2012 – 3:02 pm
Being an artist is hard. Do you ever have those days where you just think: “You know what, motherfucker? I’m tired of being everybody’s bitch?” Sometimes it feels like we get shit on just for being the only people who actually had the balls to decipher the difference of what I should do versus what [...]
A little more hip-hop with Snake Eyes
December 28, 2011 – 2:21 pm
Jay-Z, Eminem, Lil’ Wayne, 50 Cent, Nikki muthafuckin’ Minaj, Kanye West, Andre from Outcast… From a distance, one could hear this music and think it sounds like a bunch of conceited, self-involved, sexually deviant, disrespectful, entitled artists rapping only about how amazing they are. But listen again — and again — and you’ll hear something [...]
