Ok, first I feel the need to address the elephant in the room. (Well, it may be an elephant only to me, but still I feel the need to address it.) It’s been a minute since I’ve written a post. Ok, more than a minute…it’s been six weeks. Six weeks. Yikes! But, as much as I’m kicking myself for getting off-track, I’m also realizing how much I’ve missed this. So, we’re back. And just like I tell kids when they…
As I washed the breakfast dishes this morning, I looked out the window and noticed the swift breeze rustling through the trees. “This would be a great day to go fly a kite, guys,” I said to my boys. The inspiration was clearly in my soul, as I had listened to that very song, “Let’s Go Fly a Kite” from Mary Poppins, twice in the last two days. Last night, we hosted a virtual event with our theatre company, looking…
In my acting classes, I’m always asking my students to think about the “moments between.” What is the thought that the character has between those two lines of dialogue? How does the reaction to what just happened inform the thought process, and therefore what they choose to do or say next. It’s one of my favorite parts of script analysis. But lately, I’ve been thinking about “the moments between” of my own life, lived in real-time. I am wondering if…