What Actors Know, Self-With-Others & Other Writings
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It’s not your fault
…but might be your responsibility. For many of us, surviving is pretty tough right now — financially, emotionally, in terms of mental and physical health, maintaining relationships and community connectedness, keeping alive the spark of passion and joy. There’s a lot of pressure. Most of us feel it. All of us see how the pressure…
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Problems are not problems
Directing a show is a complex journey. Each production is unique. Yet there are recurrent stages. Most frequent — getting stuck: standing in a room of people looking to me for guidance and inspiration, feeling dried up, stale, repetitive and dull. I directed scores of shows over the decades. Starting from scripts, stories, ideas or…
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Finding Focus
Sunday was a tough day. My thoughts decided to gang up on me. I could have predicted it would be tough. I understand why. I’d plenty of ammunition in my thinking to stop it from being tough. Nonetheless, it was tough. I was distracted, unsettled, beset by demons. I’m about to launch ‘Hummingbird Wisdom; ‘How…
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Finding a Third Way
I was talking to someone the other day — a free call with a 30-something performer who felt deeply dispirited and wanted to talk. Like many of us, she’s struggling to find her way. Life is really tough for a lot of people right now. She lives in a country that’s struggling more than most.…
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An Old Story from Jazz
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Technical Feedback is NEVER Personal
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Technique’s not an end in itself
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The Right to Fail
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Listen to your Grandmother!
…but don’t believe what she says I call it your ‘Grandma’s Voice’. (It could just as easily be a grandfather I guess, or an aunt or uncle. It’s the figure who sits on the step of a small Greek village and dispenses wisdom to younger people — whether that wisdom is welcome or not. Before…