Community: In my time making theatre and making art, I have found that the thing that makes a project so fun and special is the community that is built whilst working on a project. I have made building community one of my goals because moving from high school to collegiate theatre means I have lost a lot of the connections I have built with my high school theatre company members. I find joy in making friends through art I generally find that they stick around longer, and I know they will understand the struggles of creating art and the pain that can cause sometimes. 

Widespread collaboration: Even though we cannot meet in person, Artists are still finding ways to create. For example, this summer on the popular app TikTok a community of artists created a whole new musical based on the Disney movie "Ratatouille" and on the same app currently there is a musical being composed based on the Netflix series "Bridgerton" and building on that the Cohen new works festival is a more domestic example of widespread collaboration, artists all around campus and because of COVID-19, in reality, there were students from all over the place, taking part in this festival. We are living in the age of technology which has opened up the pool pf collaboration to the billions of people on earth and I do not think we should be taking that for granted.

Making theatre accessible Right now as we cannot physically go into a theatre and sit through a beautiful high school production of beauty and the beast or pay humongous amounts of money for a Broadway production- As much as we want to. We have had to rely on whatever movie musical is on any streaming service and seeing MT and Theatre move to become more accessible, makes me want to learn the art of acting not just for the stage but for the screen and how to translate a story written specifically for the stage to a big screen (or how ever big the living room TV is)! Broadway, and theatre in general in particular has been known for the big price tags and demographic those price tags limit. I really think that we ought to be fighting against that How can we find the talent that is hiding in the corner and make them want to pursue fine art when they have no exposure to the thing that very well may be the thing they are destined to do? Hamilton has been a big player in making moves to start this conversation and I think we should be taking the time to have that conversation.

Honesty: No matter the project that I work on I find that honesty is the best policy. When in collaboration it's important to stay honest about how I feel about a decision, especially because collaboration is a partnership so we should both be happy with the art we are making. Also when acting if you aren't being honest to your character then I believe that you're not doing it right. Just as you should be true to yourself when acting you should be true to your character.  Much like what I mentioned in the open-mindedness section, I try and keep a balance of being open to trying new things. On the other hand, I find it extremely important, to be honest about things I am not comfortable with doing and saying. 
These values go hand in hand because they balance each other out and are skills that you need to have to make the art that makes all collaborators in the team happy. Compromise and being Honest and open to new ideas can make a project special and magical.