Hi,
I’m a writer, podcaster, teacher, wife, & mother in no particular order– or I guess, like so many of us, the order depends on the day. I’ve lived in Los Angeles and now Seattle but I’m a native New Yorker and former actress who studied with Uta Hagen, Alfred Molina, and at Ensemble Studio Theatre in NYC before heading to LA to fulfill my actress dreams. Once there I got to perform at Improv Olympic, study at The Groundlings, and work with Tim Robbins and the company at The Actors’ Gang for several productions. I also spent a year of Sundays volunteer-training and feeding marine mammals at the Long Beach Aquarium of the Pacific, met my husband, and decided I was okay with leaving Los Angeles.
Soon after moving to Seattle with my family I transitioned from acting to writing and began publishing short stories and essays. Some of my work has been published in The Atlantic, The Washington Post, The HuffPost, & The Rumpus, but for a complete list of links please visit my Published Work page at ronitplank.com. I’m a One Story Workshop for Writers alum, have a Masters in Fine Arts in Nonfiction from Pacific University in Oregon and have a coming-of-age memoir manuscript about the loss of my mother to Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh and our reunion that I'm excited to publish.
I created my podcast And Then Everything Changed, featuring guest interviews about pivotal moments in their life and the decisions that define them, to be able to learn about my guests and share those conversations with listeners who love stories of compassion, hardship, resilience, grit.
I think sharing stories is one of the most powerful ways we have to connect, to understand each other better, and to remember none of us are alone. And that’s why I love writing, podcasting, teaching, being a wife, and being a mother (in no particular order).
Thank you for taking the time to learn a little about me.
