Well, how's this for ironic... I finally find myself journaling again with a little regularity, and I can't upload the entries, 'cuz my ISP's servers are down! Not entirely sure how long THAT's going to last, but boy isn't that annoying.
Well, there's nothing I can do about it but just wait for it to come back up and then upload the entries when I can.
I've been finding lately that I don't actually enjoy writing these journal entries when I find myself stuck at home and plugging away at the computer. More often than not, I'd rather be out and in the world, sitting in a park or coffee shop, writing about the things that are going on around me. This means one of two things: (1) I'm sick of sitting around, moping and being depressed, and I'm getting closer to engaging with the world around me, or (2) I'm just as depressed as I've been, but I'm just sick of listening to myself bitch. Either way, it's a step forward, I think.
Today's my day off, and we've just concluded the first week of rehearsals on The Pavilion. It's been heavy and hard going... and I don't think that it's going to get any easier. But that's not necessarily a bad thing. This is a really challenging show for me, and I'm enjoying being stretched to my limits as an actor. I'm playing a narrator character who assumes the identity of all the characters in the piece who aren't the two characters played by Grace and David, so that's fun and challenging. Even more challenging is the fact that in my role as narrator I have monologues that open each of the two acts, and these monologues are chock full of imagery and poetry that have to communicated effectively to the audiences... really genuinely difficult metaphors about the creation of the world and evolution and that kinda thing. So I've been a little nervous and struggling with that stuff. Aaron seems to think I'll get it, so I guess I shouldn't be too worried, but I've been coming home at night completely fried... this shit makes my brain hurt!
That having been said, this is turning out to be a great experience, and it's frankly a bit of a plum role. I wish I could get agents from New York to come and see it. Both Grace and David have turned out to be incredibly fun to work with, and that's on top of the fact that they're both kick-ass actors. I've been telling people that my favorite part of the show is the second act, and it's not because the narrator sorta takes a back seat and hangs out on the periphery, but because I get to sit there and watch the two of them work.
The older I get, the more convinced I am that the best way to learn acting is to watch really good people do it.
I recently came across one of my favorite quotes on acting... it's by David Mamet, from his book True and False:
Well, there's nothing I can do about it but just wait for it to come back up and then upload the entries when I can.
I've been finding lately that I don't actually enjoy writing these journal entries when I find myself stuck at home and plugging away at the computer. More often than not, I'd rather be out and in the world, sitting in a park or coffee shop, writing about the things that are going on around me. This means one of two things: (1) I'm sick of sitting around, moping and being depressed, and I'm getting closer to engaging with the world around me, or (2) I'm just as depressed as I've been, but I'm just sick of listening to myself bitch. Either way, it's a step forward, I think.
Today's my day off, and we've just concluded the first week of rehearsals on The Pavilion. It's been heavy and hard going... and I don't think that it's going to get any easier. But that's not necessarily a bad thing. This is a really challenging show for me, and I'm enjoying being stretched to my limits as an actor. I'm playing a narrator character who assumes the identity of all the characters in the piece who aren't the two characters played by Grace and David, so that's fun and challenging. Even more challenging is the fact that in my role as narrator I have monologues that open each of the two acts, and these monologues are chock full of imagery and poetry that have to communicated effectively to the audiences... really genuinely difficult metaphors about the creation of the world and evolution and that kinda thing. So I've been a little nervous and struggling with that stuff. Aaron seems to think I'll get it, so I guess I shouldn't be too worried, but I've been coming home at night completely fried... this shit makes my brain hurt!
That having been said, this is turning out to be a great experience, and it's frankly a bit of a plum role. I wish I could get agents from New York to come and see it. Both Grace and David have turned out to be incredibly fun to work with, and that's on top of the fact that they're both kick-ass actors. I've been telling people that my favorite part of the show is the second act, and it's not because the narrator sorta takes a back seat and hangs out on the periphery, but because I get to sit there and watch the two of them work.
The older I get, the more convinced I am that the best way to learn acting is to watch really good people do it.
I recently came across one of my favorite quotes on acting... it's by David Mamet, from his book True and False:
Acting is not a genteel profession. Actors used to be buried at crossroads with a stake through the heart. These people's performances so troubled the onlookers that they feared their ghosts. An awesome compliment.
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