I have several decades writing and editing professionally, including at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in the nation's capital, an institution for which I was considered "the most precise copy-editor" on staff. Have written dance and theater reviews as well as edited books on directing musicals and a study of national performing arts centers worldwide. Have also taught college English, tying literature to other art forms, and understanding Shakespeare and Greek Tragedy "from the inside," i.e., as a professional actress In Washington D.C., as well as Seattle and Tacoma, Washington.