hi there ~ thought I’d pop up in here — chewing on some thoughts as per usual, always —
I wanted to share TWO really cool articles that lovely people wrote about … err, me !! Honored & Humbled.
Here they are —
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– With her many sassy performances derived from finding a relatable angle to connect to audiences, Tonya is excellently brassy as the drug-addled Tampa in “Mope”, the tale of 2 two low end porn actors seeking fame.
– She embodied the frolicsome nature of her celebrity hunting character on the TV series “Catastrophe” to a tee and one has to applaud Tonya for taking up kooky roles that have regularly been eye-catching.
– Look out for the effervescent Tonya alongside Jamie Foxx and Jean Reno in the upcoming thriller called “The Manuscript” as well as a supporting role in Michael Sheehan’s “The Voyage of Doctor Dolittle”.
What I didn’t expect to find on my journey: how I would feel when I got paired up with Tonya, who showed no hesitation to keep eye contact while she danced toward me. After the workshop I learned that Tonya is a trained actress who has done a million exercises like this. I was clearly a rookie!
What neither of us knew at the time: those two minutes would form the basis for a friendship that has spanned miles and time zones and turned into an unlikely creative partnership.
Even though the path I took to that workshop is hard to describe, I didn’t meet Tonya by accident. Tonya is an “expander” for me, someone who shows me that I can do more.