🎭 Curtain call on one incredible chapter…
I’m officially graduating with my Master of Fine Arts in Musical Theatre from San Diego State University! ❤️🖤
These past two years have been filled with late-night rehearsals, endless presentations, unforgettable performances, inspiring collaborators, and teaching undergraduate & graduate courses. So much time was spent in the Dramatic Arts Building…specifically the Musical Theater Archive where I bonded with my cohort. There were experiences that challenged me, inspired me, and helped shape the kind of artist-educator I am today.
What makes this accomplishment even more meaningful is being part of a program with such a rich legacy. Fun Fact: SDSU’s MFA Musical Theatre program was the first MFA Musical Theatre program in the country (1982) The program blends rigorous academic study with professional performance training and has produced performers, educators, directors, writers, and creators working throughout the industry today.
To my classmates, professors, mentors, friends, and family: thank you for cheering me on through every high note and hard moment.
Act II begins now and I’m excited to continue teaching, directing, choreographing, mentoring, and performing wherever the next stage may be.
#SDSU #MFAGrad #MusicalTheatre #TheatreLife
Photos captured by the AMAZING @pauline.scully@noendsmedia
Big life update ✨
I’m graduating from SDSU this May with my MFA in Musical Theatre 🤗 and was recently honored as the Outstanding Graduate Student by the School of Theatre, Television, & Film 🥹
This journey has stretched me, shaped me, and deepened my work as both an artist and educator. I’m so grateful for everyone who’s supported my “small but mighty” business along the way 🫶🏾
To celebrate, I’d LOVE to invite you to my final musical theatre performance:
🎭 Tomorrow, The Island Dies
📍 SDSU
📅 May 1–6
✨ World premiere by @ryanscottoliver
Being part of a brand new musical has been incredibly special, and it would mean so much to have you there.
🎟 I have half-price tickets available—DM me for the discount code!
Come celebrate this moment with me 💫
Come see Ajay’s final performance at SDSU in the world premiere of the musical Tomorrow The Island Dies. Show runs May 1, 2, 5, 6 at 7:30 PM, and May 3 at 2 PM.
Visit @sdsu_ttf link in bio to get tickets!
Purchase tickets here: https://ttf.sdsu.edu/calendar#event-details/41a7d371-7856-455e-a542-62a13199d2d9/instances/2026-05-02T02:30
Additional Show Information:
On the storm-ravaged island of Haverness–soon to be lost to rising seas–18-year-old Widow Clack, pregnant and living in exile at the lighthouse with her brother, prepares for the island’s final evacuation. But when a young man is found dead on the beach, the few remaining youth tasked with closing up the village turn on each other, unraveling into paranoia, betrayal, and violence. Set in a not-so-distant future shaped by climate catastrophe, Tomorrow, The Island Dies is a chilling new folk-horror musical by Ryan Scott Oliver. Blending gothic tradition with a razor-sharp contemporary lens, the show explores fear, fractured communities, and the haunting question: can we escape the storms we create?
Costume design: @kelan_menli
PRIVATE PILATES
In a few weeks my schedule will be open for NEW bookings! For the past two years I’ve been juggling running a business while in grad school. I’m grateful for the journey and READY to reconnect with folks through my private practice!
#staytuned
Happy Happy Birthday to our Co-Founder @miss_ajay 🥳✨
Help us celebrate our Spring Equinox Aries with all the loving birthday wishes! 🎉
Thank you for sharing your creative energy, laughter and fun spirit with our community. Wishing you a year filled with radical joy, ease, and abundance as you step into a new chapter! Continue to SHINE BRIGHT💫
Love,
Toni Lynn 💖
YOU’RE INVITED
What: SDSU Graduate Musical Theater Capstone
When: Thursday, March 12 7:00pm
Where: Experimental Theater
Free Admission
DM me for direction and parking details
Note from Director Ajay Junious:
Excited to share that I am directing a 30 minute excerpt of The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin for my MFA directing capstone! I researched and presented on @kirchilds in my history and it changed my creative life. So much of her performance and theater career reminds me of myself. I came to grad school seeking a path to directing and making original works. Grateful to be directing this amazing musical in reflection of my time at the @sdsumusicaltheatre@sdsu_ttf MFA Musical Theater program!
Capstone Abbreviated Show Synopsis:
The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin is a musical that follows Viveca—nicknamed “Bubbly”—a Black dancer from Los Angeles who arrives in New York armed with ambition, charm, and a lifetime of smiling her way through fear of not being accepted. During the day, she works a corporate office job; in the evening she takes dance classes and dreams of the stage. When an unexpected Broadway audition offers an opportunity but demands assimilation, Viveca is forced to confront the cost of being “palatable.” Through humor, fantasy, dance, and direct address, she reckons with the legacy of smiling as survival and ultimately claims her right to belong without disappearing.
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Join the Soultry Sisters March Matness Challenge
Starting March 1st, build consistency, strength, and mindfulness with our Soultry Sisters March Matness Challenge — a month dedicated to daily movement
This challenge is designed to help you stay committed, feel stronger, and move with intention all month long. We believe in being wellness to all to we’ve made this challenge completely virtual so it’s accessible from wherever you are.
In this challenge you will have access to:
FREE Pre-Recorded Pilates Classes
Throughout March, we’ll be sharing free pre-recorded mat Pilates classes on our YouTube channel, making it easy to move daily on your own schedule.
LIVE Virtual Mat Classes
Join us every Sunday at 8:30 AM PST for a LIVE virtual mat Pilates class in collaboration with Continuum Arts & Pilates. Led by co-founder Ajay, these sessions offer real-time guidance, community energy, and an opportunity to deepen your practice.
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Are you in? Comment below 👇🏾
MINDFUL MOVEMENT - MAT PILATES
Want to try pilates? Looking for accountability? Do you want to develop better body awareness and alignment?
Join co-founder Ajay of @continuum.sd for guided pilates practice. Check out current class schedule below:
Wednesday (18 & 25) 7-8pm
Location: Dancin Soul Boutique
Saturday’s 8:30-9:30am (starting soon )
Location: Village Rock Shop
Comment if you have any questions or if you’d like to be emailed once Saturday classes are set to start!
Visit @continuum.sd to learn more and register 💪🏾🫶🏾
Would you like a stronger core, better posture, and a deeper awareness of how your body moves? Pilates teaches you to slow down, connect, and move with intention…not just rush through reps.
Register for our spring Pilates In The Village Series.
Saturday’s ⏰ 8:30–9:30am in Carlsbad Village
🗓 Starting in March
I need at least 5 committed people to make this class happen. Comment below or DM me if your interested in joining our mat pilates classes
If you’ve been saying you want to be more consistent… this is your sign.
