 Her Shakespeare audition in her second year at university also landed her in a class taught by master Shakespearean director Sir Peter Hall, who chose four people for the semester class in Houston.She performed such roles as Natalia in "Three Sisters" in 2001, Lady Nijo in "Top Girls" in 2002, Regan in "King Lear", Phoebe in "As You Like It", and Antigone in "Antigone".Despite her teachers urging her to pursue an acting career, Bela decided to start writing a concept album of experimental music after school and soon left the theatre world for music with a theatrical twist.