First of all....

...according to this, "homegirl" means a "female friend or acquaintance from one's neighborhood or hometown." That's not exactly the case with me and Stella Adler (1901-1992), the legendary acting teacher and Group Theater member. I'm in a production of King Lear right now and I'd mentioned something about going to NYC for a summer Chekhov intensive in my bio. A young woman in the cast asked me if I was really going to study at the Stella Adler studio. I said I was, and she said "Stella Adler is my homegirl." ....and so a blog was born.....