space ghost coast to coast

Hello from the practice room of Hell & Lula! In beautiful, sometimes sunny Los Angeles. Yep. Coast hopping. Again. Well. Soon to be “for good.”

WHAT WHAT WHAT you say?
It’s true. Maggie Levin is looking at her last Gotham winter for a long while. A couple of things have happened over the past few months that lead to the inevitable West Coast conclusion.

Firstly: I’ve officially “gotten back into performing.” Okay, so I feel like a mondo dorkface typing something like that. I never LEFT entertainment, performing, what have you. However, after two years of rigorous acting training, I had the overwhelming desire to create – something other than characters. Or rather, many characters at once. Plus the clothes they wear, the music they dance to, and the lights that they dance under. Plays. Shows. And that’s what I’ve been up to ever since. Writing, directing, gluegunning sparkles onto costumes…creating.

But somewhere in the midst of creating one of my favorite things (ahem, my ever-glam'rous relationship/artistic partnership with Rusty), I hacked off all my hair, started wearing higher heels, and had the desire to get out from behind the camera. I got interested in myself as the artwork. Warholian? Maybe. Narcissistic? Possibly…

The truth is, in the year 2010, I have come one giant leap closer to the Ms. Maggie Levin that I always had in my mind’s eye. And I kinda feel like she would be really suited for some plays and some iPod commercials. So, in addition to the usual stack of creative professions I embody, I’ve brought modeling & acting up to the forefront for a spell.

Secondly (Totally unrelatedly): A few people I know went to a screening of Julie Taymor’s “Tempest” and got to hear Lady Tay herself speak afterwards. I am informed that after the talk, my acquaintances were chatting, and someone referred to Lady Tay as “Maggie Levin on acid.”
Um, HELLS YES. Show me the acid. I will get there.

Thirdly: Everyone’s just so relaxed here! I don’t know how to handle it sometimes. But it occurs to me I should maybe enjoy my youth while it’s here, and not spend it ALLL…freaked out about “making it.”

Fourthly: If I wanna make it on the level I’m REALLY shooting for, LA is the fast track. I will be delighted to return to NYC in five years to reopen the doors of my theatre company and make some well-attended art. And start raising some crazy little East Coast babies.

Fifthly: Eff yeah, fast track!!!