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My name is Arianne Recto, an actor and singer living in Queens, New York.  I am one of the founding members of the Obie-award winning Ma-Yi Theater Company, and a member of the Public Theater’s Public Works.  As an actor who has worked in theater, film and television, one of my most satisfying experiences was participating in Herculesfor the Shakespeare in the Park 2019 season. I am a parishioner, lector and singer in the choir at St. Malachy’s-The Actors’ Chapel.  I’m also a singer in a rock/pop band.

I am blessed to be part of a church that is so welcoming of artists of other faiths and ethnicities.  These artists’ contribution made some of our masses extraordinarily special.  Singing with these artists has made for an uplifting and spirit-filled experience.  

I grew up in a very religious household in the Philippines.  Prayer has been an important part of my life since I was a very young child.  For me, prayer is having a conversation with God, not necessarily to ask for favors but to thank Him for the blessings that I have received.  I love doing that at my church – to just sit and talk my feelings out, whether I’m grateful and excited for an audition or a job booking or upset and depressed because I messed one up. I find solace in just being in church and talking to Him.  

I realize that it may be hard, especially during these uncertain times, to feel hopeful but I feel comforted and inspired by Calixto’s Prayer from the Ignacio de Loyola film:  

May God grant you safe passage on all your journeys ahead.  

May you find companions worthy of your dreams.  

May your plans always be bold and may your courage rise to meet them.  

May you live to bring the love of God to all the corners of the earth, to the most distant peripheries of his church.  And may your passion always burn brightly – that in God’s time, you may set the world on fire.