Angels all around us

In loving memory of


BETHANY L. PACHECO BRUM
9/29/1976 - 3/6/2011

Beth lost her battle with Melanoma in only one short week. It has not been easy. I am trying to do what I know Beth would want me to - keep on keepin' on.

If I didn't believe that people's spirits stayed with us in some way, shape, or form before Beth's passing, I certainly do now.

The day of Beth's wake, which I could not attend due to contractual obligations for a production I'm currently in, I kept receiving signs she was near me.

The first sign I got was inside a book Beth gave me for my high school graduation. It was a coffee table book: 125 Years of Broadway. I remember the book and even used it in college as a reference for research papers. What I never realized is Beth wrote a message to me in that book. Blue ink on blue paper.

Seeing this reminded me of how much Beth believed in me and how she was always one of my biggest cheerleaders. Now, 2003 has come and gone and I can tell you I was NOT on the cover of any book, but I didn't become a professional actress until 2008 so I have until 2018 to get myself on the cover of a book. :) I'm working on it, Beth!

Every day I think of her and I miss her so much.

On June 24-25 I will be part of a Relay for Life team in my hometown of New Bedford, MA walking in Beth's memory. Please consider making a donation to Relay for Life and sponsor my walk. Just click the logo below. Any amount helps! Thank you in advance.

Upcoming events:

Thursday, April 7, 2011 8 PM $5

Allentown Brew Works

Nunsense!

Pines Dinner Theatre

Now through May 29, 2011

Don't Tell Mama

150th Showcase Celebration featuring Seth Bisen-Hersh's original music

Tuesday, April 19, 2011 7pm

$12 cash PLUS 2 drink minimum

Don't forget to check out my website! Mim at SilverVoiceNYC has been working hard to make my site great.

There are so many things happening in my life right now that I it's hard to keep it all straight.

1. Benefit for the victims of the Allentown Natural Gas Explosion on Monday, April 11, 2011 7-9 PM $15. Star Fish Brasserie, Broad Street, Bethlehem, PA
2. ONGOING - New Program Coordinator/Performer for Civic Theatre's 'Reading with Cat in the Hat'. I'll be portraying the Cat in the Hat while also promoting literacy to at-risk youth.
3. Invited to be a program educator for the Allentown Cultural Arts Camp. I'll be teaching students age 8-12 acting, storytelling, theater, voice, etc.
4. ONGOING: Filming health industrials at the Lehigh Valley Health Network Teaching Hospital. Currently I'm preparing to shoot Patient Care for Depressed and Suicidal patients and I'm also training to give birth. I'll do the acting from the waist up while a simulator does the actual birthing because I don't know nothing about birthing no babies!

Quote of the Week: "Fear knocked at the door. Faith answered. And lo, no one was there."~ Author Unknown

Video of the Week:



NO RECIPE OF THE WEEK :(

Kirsten Rani Almeida received her B.A. in Theater and Speech from Wagner College. For twelve years, Kirsten doubled as a professional fundraiser for a large non-profit arts organization and an actor, director, choreographer, and playwright. She has performed in more than forty shows all over the U.S. She spent four months touring the country with the Omaha Theater Company's production of 'The Little Engine that Could' as the Red Dress Doll. She performed nearly 80 performances in 36 states. In New York City, Kirsten was part of the cast for the award-winning 'Skin Deep' by Mary Lynn Dobson (Fringe Festival winner 2009) which has won top honors from the 2010 Samuel French Off-Off Broadway Short Play Festival and originated the role of Lavender Blue in the eerily funny 'Professor Von Awesome's Traveling Caravan of Cautionary Warnings.' Kirsten appeared in the U.S. premiere of 'Scandalous! A new musical based on the life of D.H. Lawrence' in New Orleans and appeared at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in the World Premiere musical 'The Butterfly Project' which raised money for children's cancer research. Other credits include Children of Eden (Mama Noah), Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat(Narrator), Hello Dolly!(Minnie Fay), Beauty and the Beast(Silly Girl & Madame de la Grande Bouche), The Sound of Music(Mother Abbess), Annie(Star-to-Be), Oliver!(Widow Corney), How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying(Rosemary), My Fair Lady(Featured Dancer), Promises, Promises!(Featured Dancer), Nunsense I & II(Sister Leo), Gypsy(Tessie Tura), Guys & Dolls(Featured Dancer), Back to the 80s(Debbie Cox), Seussical the Musical(Gertrude), Snoopy!(Sally Brown), Pippin(Featured dancer), Carousel, Godspell, Little Shop of Horrors(Chiffon), and many more.

In film/tv, Kirsten has appeared in the upcoming comedy 'Big Guns', 'Three Chris'', and filmed the independent short 'Westfield' with Clocktower Productions. She has also appeared in two episodes of 'The World's Most Astonishing News'.

She has also appeared as a guest artist with the Newark Boys Chorus and Triad Ensemble and the Spotlight Cabaret with Allentown Public Theater. She was a founding member of the Boonton Parks & Recreation Theatre Company for young performers where she not only directed and choreographed the shows for the company but also acted as lead fundraiser, costumer, lighting designer, marketing director as well as scenic and props designer. Kirsten also taught dance for the recreation department to children ages 7-12. Kirsten has also dabbled in play writing for children's theater. Her twisted version of "The Three Little Pigs" (a musical from the Big Bad Wolf's perspective) was produced at Playhouse 22 in East Brunswick, NJ.

Kirsten teaches drama classes at the Civic Theater in Allentown, PA to grades Pre-K through 4. Kirsten also offers an audition class to high school students which helps students audition confidently. Her effective teaching style is requested by groups in PA and NJ and NY.

She is also the owner and operator of 'Star of the Day' Event Productions. A one-of-a-kind full service birthday experience.


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