In the Moment

Holding that mirror up to myself

This was a big year for me in terms of creativity and finding new challenges. I took on a role in a mainstage production with my own students, and I co-wrote a play that was produced in a workshop production. Both of these projects were exciting, ...
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Show biz commodities

Nothing reinforces the fact that show business is a business and actors are sellable commodities like a New York student showcase. For it is there that our graduating students finally realize that their talent and training play second fiddle to ...
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Survival

'The art of our necessities is strange, And can make vile things precious.'            King Lear in King Lear My show closed last night after another two show Saturday. Twelve ...
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The worst is not

'And worse I may be yet. The worst is not So long as we can say, 'This is the worst.'   Edgar in King Lear When I last reported in on my adventure acting with my students, playing Gloucester in a production of King Lear, I ...
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Nothing comes of nothing

I am currently working on a play at the University of Miami. That’s not unusual. I am often involved in a production at this time of year. But the play is King Lear, and I’ve only done one other production of Shakespeare since I began ...
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