tonight i am giving a lecture at the stieren theatre at trinity. i'm going to talk about how i got involved in theatre and the major theatrical milestones i've experienced (peeing onstage first grade, high school speech team, north carolina, russia, new york, KITUS), and i'm going to give some ideas/advice to the students in the audience.
the master classes i'm teaching have gone well. we've had two and we'll have three more. we're working on shakespeare's sonnets. each of 12 students in the class was assigned a sonnet randomly. my approach is very non-academic, we don't really talk about structure or technical elements of the sonnets much. we are focusing more on unlocking the hidden meanings in the sonnets and then applying those meanings to each student personally. it has been fun.
rehearsals for the plays are going well. i am 2/3 memorized for BOOTH and we open in 3 weeks. i do have some anxiety about this and it just means i will have to get on top of it this week in a big way. but rehearsals have been fun and interesting.
TRUE WEST rehearsals are also fun, but again the frustration comes in that i'm still not off-book, so there's only so far i can go with a script in my hand. but i look forward to making that happen as soon as i'm confident about the lines for BOOTH.
this makes it sound like acting is all about memorizing lines, and it's not. but it is important to have a certain level of confidence about them, so that some exploration can take place.
i am taking deep breaths. i'm excited about the lecture tonight. david helped me put some pictures on a power point so that there'll be some visual component to the talk. also i chose some music to play while the audience comes in... rachmaninov and prokofiev.
2 comments:
Oh lord no, you know what happens if the media gets a hold of you!
I'm so happy for you! The Universe is giving Andy what he rightfully deserves: the acknowledgment of what people who know you already have discovered - your charm, intelligence, passion, drive, thoughtfulness, your impeccable taste in all things "culture," Oh, and, of course, your humor. Congrats!
Post a Comment