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For the director… If you don’t know what to do in rehearsal (or if it’s not going well), do a line-thru. Bonus points if you do it lying down or a speed thru or both. For the actor… If you don’t know what to do in your private rehearsal work, read the script one hundredContinue reading “The Text Is Your Friend”

For the director… A great exercise to create intimacy and build chemistry among your cast is to have them lie down next to each other on cots (or on the floor) and go through the entire play. Line by line. Legendary director Mike Nichols used it extensively in rehearsals for his plays and even someContinue reading “The Lying Down Line Thru”

If you’re a teacher, the best thing you can do for your students is to convey your love and enthusiasm for the subject matter. That is far more important than just conveying your knowledge. Knowledge is abundant. Enthusiasm is scarce. When we see it in someone, it sparks our curiosity. Which is exactly what youContinue reading “Convey Your Enthusiasm”

“Then God looked over all He had made, and He saw that it was very good!” -Genesis 1:31 “Art must be an expression of love or it is nothing.” -Marc Chagall “That’s what I consider true generosity: You give your all and yet you always feel as if it costs you nothing.” -Simone de BeauvoirContinue reading “Create Because You Love”

“Even if you’re not a teacher, be a teacher. Share your ideas. Don’t take for granted your education. Rejoice in what you learn and spray it.” -Tim Minchin If you really want to test how well you know something, then go try and teach it to a child.  If they don’t understand it (no matterContinue reading “To Understand Is To Teach”

“People pay to see others believe in themselves.” -Kim Gordon Maybe the only difference between where you are now and where you want to be is the power of your belief. Do you really believe in yourself and what you want to do? If yes, keep going. If not, get off the stage and makeContinue reading “The Power Of Your Belief”

“It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.” -Harry S. Truman “Criticism is something we can avoid easily by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.” -Aristotle Your true contribution to the world can be measured by how much criticism you’re willing to accept and how muchContinue reading “Credit and Criticism”

Discipline is the strongest form of self-love. Delaying instant gratification for the sake of something bigger, for your dreams, is the best gift you can give yourself. The choices you make and the actions you take, reveal the amount of your love. The future you is depending on the present you. What’s it gonna be?…

“The advice I like to give anybody who’ll listen to me, is not to wait around for inspiration. Inspiration is for amateurs; the rest of us just show up and get to work. If you wait around for the clouds to part and a bolt of lightning to strike you in the brain, you areContinue reading “Be A Pro”

“If it be now, ’tis not to come; if it be not to come, it will be now; if it be not now,yet it will come. The readiness is all.” –Hamlet “So much of life isn’t about intelligence or luck but putting yourself in a position for success. The cash-rich investor thrives in crashes. TheContinue reading “Being Ready”