Acting Choices

Are you seeking security or adventure? When acting a role on stage, we constantly make choices. Why does my character say that then? What happened to the character in the past that led to this moment? What in my life is similar that I can use to relate to this event in the play? LifeContinue reading “Acting Choices”

Be My Guest!

If you could host a dinner and anyone you invite was sure to come, who would you invite? See, my problem is, I can never just take these prompts at face-value. Does this include anyone living or dead? How big is the table? And who is doing the catering, because I’m not cooking for lotsContinue reading “Be My Guest!”

Aged Like a Fine What?

What do you think gets better with age? They say wine gets better with age. It can also go sour. I guess it depends on how you store and treat your bottles. The same is true of human beings. The cosmetic ad that proclaimed, “You’re not getting older, you’re getting better” assumed the application ofContinue reading “Aged Like a Fine What?”

Early to Bed What?

What time do you go to bed and wake up currently? I have always railed against that old saying, “Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.” What a load of sleepsand! I’ve always been a night person. Oh, yes, I did get up early for grade school andContinue reading “Early to Bed What?”

Comfort…

What strategies do you use to increase comfort in your daily life? I think Comfort was a character name on a Twilight Zone episode—#88, “The Last Rites of Jeff Myrtlebank,” to be specific. (I love that I can google that sort of thing.) She certainly was comfort for the devil who wanted to marry her…Continue reading “Comfort…”

The Future!

What are you most excited about for the future? Are people still excited about the prospect of flying cars? I always worried about them because if you crashed in the air, then you’d fall to the ground and crash again. That seems like a bad thing to me. Also, maybe we should be more worriedContinue reading “The Future!”

Let What Go?

What could you let go of, for the sake of harmony? This is an interesting, and at this point in my life, baffling prompt. Over the last four years I have steadily and progressively been stripping down the things that surrounded me. In 2018, I lived in a three story brick Victorian house, with aContinue reading “Let What Go?”

The Music of the Czech Republic??

What is your favorite genre of music? “What’s so special about the music of the Czech Republic?” he asked. “No. PROG Rock. Progressive Rock.” And then I’d explain it. Again. Prog’s been with us since the late 1960s. Some suggest that the Beatles’ “Sergeant Pepper’s” album was the first progressive rock album. Others cite Yes,Continue reading “The Music of the Czech Republic??”

Exotic and Alien

Describe your most memorable vacation. Usually I didn’t have a vacation—not precisely. Since around 1991, I attended the Association of Theatre in Higher Education (almost every year for a while there) and, since they held it in the summer, those trips also included a vacation element. Depending on the location, I would see Broadway showsContinue reading “Exotic and Alien”

Theatre. VR. Virtual Theatre.

On what subject(s) are you an authority? Since I have spent the last 46 years participating in every aspect of theatre, from acting to design to directing, I would have to say that I am an authority on Theatre. I’ve always concentrated in directing, whether as a student or as faculty, and that would beContinue reading “Theatre. VR. Virtual Theatre.”