Category Archives: Blog
“Why don’t you?”
It’s not too late to talk New Year’s Resolutions. This year I decided to take a different approach. In years past I’d make mental lists of what not to do, how I was going to make this year better by … Continue reading
“My Wingman.”
In this business, they say, it’s all about who you know. This is a fact according to countless industry publications, blogs, books, marketing seminars, agents, casting directors, friends, parents, etc. etc. As a self-proclaimed/self- inflicted lifelong sufferer of chronic social … Continue reading
“Rehearsing Dualities.”
An actor lives a life of dualities. When it comes to a rehearsal process, these dualities are three-fold. 1) The actor and the character; on stage we create characters who may or may not have any living similarity to our … Continue reading
“Mustard gas and chocolate.”
Having been living in England for quite some time now, I feel some strange obligation to spout some historical facts about this fair city I now call home. Historically, Bristol, England was one of the leading manufacturers of mustard … Continue reading
“Hitting the ground running.”
Creative blocks feel the same regardless of the medium. Although I have come to regard blocks as a necessary part of the creative process, the amount of frustration that I feel when one crops-up, has not gotten the slightest bit … Continue reading
“Playing Juliet.”
As an actor there are certain characters that are held sacred. For an actress, heroines like Lady Macbeth, Phaedra, Cordelia, and Hippolyta (the list goes on) are parts considered to be the Mount Everest of acting roles. There is something … Continue reading
“Looking for genius.”
60 days into my acting training in England and I feel a resistance. This is a technical-type of training. An architect has to have spent some time in his life learning basic geometry; and likewise, an actor has to put … Continue reading
“To start, eat alone.”
I’m scribbling down words on a sheet of scrap paper I found in the bottom of my purse because in this moment I’m excited by the idea of the internet, a public forum, a blog. And although there is the … Continue reading
