NAVIGATING THE WHALE: PART V
I sit in a chair in the costume shop, and I suddenly find it a little hard to breath. I am almost overwhelmed with sadness, a feeling of isolation, and a distant sense of a deeply buried rage. I’ve come...
NAVIGATING THE WHALE: PART IV
My friend Ramsey Moore sits across the table from me with tears streaming down his face. I have just given him a detailed plot summary of The Whale, and clearly it has hit home. “That’s the trajectory,”...
NAVIGATING THE WHALE: PART III
So there I was, spending the holidays at my father’s house, joined by my children, and also feeling the pressure of the amount of work that I have to do to prepare for this role. I get precious little...
NAVIGATING THE WHALE: PART II
“And stop shaving. It will soften the lines around your jaw, give more of an impression of weight.” Just what I wanted to hear. It’s December 20th, a couple of days after I take on the role of Charlie...
NAVIGATING THE WHALE: PART I
BEING A RECORD OF MY UNDERTAKING A NEW ROLE THAT . . .
SCENE STUDY STEPS: A PRIMER FOR THE AMATEUR AND THE PRO.
PART 2: THE FIRST REHEARSAL, AND BEYOND
LINDSAY JONES: CREATION WITH SOUND
We sit in a theater as we sit in a church or a temple, waiting to be inspired, to be told a story, to catch a glimpse of truth. The lights dim, fade to black, and the theater is formless and empty....
SCENE STUDY STEPS: A PRIMER FOR THE AMATEUR AND THE PRO
PART 1: BEFORE THE FIRST REHEARSAL
COPING CONVERSATIONS
A CHAT WITH DR. BOB PHILLIPS
EMOTION, CIRCUMSTANCE, AND HUMANITY
AN ACTOR'S MUSINGS ON THE HOW AND WHY OF ACTING
