For her third year, Kaity is enrolled in Arizona Theater Company's Summer on Stage. The Arizona Daily Star covered the program, picturing Kaity in a warm-up exercise.
The five-week program culminates next week with two performances — a musical, "Lucky Stiff"; and a comedy about teen angst, "Snow Angel" — opening at the Temple of Music and Art. ~ Photo by Kelly Presnell; article by Levi J. Long, Arizona Daily Star, 07/27/2007
Kaity spent the day acting in a teen advocacy video being produced by the Tucson's Pima County Public Library. The story -- an update of John Hughes' classic "The Breakfast Club" (1985) -- is designed to encourage and educate teens on how to use the library. The video will be distributed in the fall to various community outlets and syndicated on the Web.
Library staff and Tucson-based Pan Left Productions shot the video on location in downtown Tucson, Arizona. I spent the day streaming video on Kaity's BlogTV channel "Summer Days" to give everyone a sense of being on the set.
Kaity has appeared in previous projects involving Pan Left Productions, including "My Sister's Keeper," a book trailer for the public library, and "Innocent Convictions," a University of Arizona student film.
Kaity has her own channel on BlogTV. What does she do? Why, she sings along to Karaoke backing tracks, of course. How else do you practice in front of an audience every day? Click to hear Kaity sing the song "Popular" from the musical Wicked.
Kaity Ruth is a college student pursuing her dreams of being involved in the world of performing arts. Her major is theatre production, with an emphasis in technical and design. In addition to working stage crew, Kaity has appeared in multiple stage productions, acted in local film projects, and sings at a variety of gatherings and venues.
Kaity has opened many local events with the National Anthem. Her vocal repertoire includes country, Broadway, pop and jazz tunes. She has also sung live in the 3D virtual world of Second Life.
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