Feels like I’ve been hammering away for a long time at learning my lines for the play “Everywhere Signs Fall.”I’ve chatted with the actors and realize I am not the only one doing double time to get a grasp of the text. It is beautifully written, the cadence is great, but therein lies a little …
Am currently in rehearsals every night for the play. It’s opening performance is April 18th at the Loading Dock theater in St. Paul. It’s nice to be working with a small cast. Tracey Maloney and John Middleton are great so far. 🙂 Gotta go though- more lines to memorize!
“Don’t show me your point of view. Have one.” ~Uta Hagen
~Agatha Christie at her typewriter.I am reminded of the great “queen of crime” Agatha Christie. A great example to me of writing about murder, death, and crime- all while maintaining the innate value we each posses by living. I’ll have to reread a few of her stories as I don’t know off-hand the title of …
How often do I speak on stage or in film thinking I know what I am talking about when I really don’t? Often! Delivering a line with conviction, even though I have the wrong understanding of what it is I am talking about. I noticed this today when I was reading about Valkyries, they aren’t …
In a voice class yesterday with vocal coach Cheryl Moore Brinkley she said “Don’ts are not Doable.” I thought that was a pretty great statement for an actor. Especially when given notes from a director. Like: “Don’t put your hands in your pockets.” It would make me hyper-aware of my hands. Giving my hands a …