I have been an author, journalist, playwright, costume creator, artist, and teacher. My deep affection for art led me into the theatre’s through the backstage — as a designer.
My first book Barefoot Among the Thorns: The Story of Dance in Birmingham was about our local art scene.
I believe that even the mundane in our lives is spiritual in nature, and although theatre is anything but mundane, viewing a play or working on one can be a sacred experience. Theatre Is My Life! is a daybook of meditations based on play quotes. A vast majority of the plays I cite are ones that I designed or directed over my long career teaching and working in the theatre.
Barbara J Sloan
