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"Hi A, thanks a lot for last night. it was really great to work on the scene with you. just wanted to share with you a couple notes about the experience from my journal this morning:
when i stayed on the offensive i was vulnerable in a totally new way. i was putting it out there and seeing what i would get back in return. there was greater force, clearer direction, and a sense of truly fighting for what i wanted. i don't think i've ever acted that way before. instead i've always defaulted to reacting, which generally comes out as a 'mood' or 'emotional state.' in fact it?s a very neutered way of being.
through the rehearsal i also understood viscerally (and dramaturgically) how Ben is the protagonist in the play, even though everything seems to be happening to him. in the end he's nearly brought to his knees, until the last scene when he does finally win the fight to count & bring meaning into his life.
that's it. thanks again & see you tonight!"--Travis Shakespeare, actor and Emmy-nominated producer
Also, heartfelt congratulations to JB Waterman, who will play the leading role in Henry V with Island Stage Left, the summer professional company on Puget Sound's San Juan Islands.
10
weeks. 3 hours weekly. $400. Learn the acting technique I encountered
as a directing student at the Yale School of Drama.
The technique
is based on the work of the most influential acting teacher
of all time, Konstantin Stanislavsky. But it's Stanislavsky
with the kinks ironed out and the practical questions answered.
Want powerful,
practical tools for creating truthful performances that matter?
Contact me now at
actbetter@utteracting.com about a class cycle starting soon!
Mother of Invention Acting School students go on to
do great things! One San Francisco student got a speaking part in Gus van Sant's Academy Award winner "Milk." Read about it here.
And here is a podcast produced about the class for the site NedPR, a Forum for Creativity.
And speaking of testimonials, this just in: acclaimed playwright Liz
Duffy Adams, a member of New Dramatists in New York, whose
plays (Dog Act, One Big Lie, The Train Play) have received fine
productions around the country in the last few years, has proffered
the following: "Andrew
is one of the sharpest, most inspiring and galvanizing people I
know. I trained as an actor in the experimental theater, so I tend
to be wary of Stanislavsky-based methods-- but Andrew brilliantly
mines that tradition to help actors bring characters to vivid,
theatrically compelling life. I highly recommend him."
Also, listen
to an interview with me about the class produced by the new
Internet Radio site coolashelltheatre.com by clicking here. Finally,
don't leave without checking the resources
page, to find out about email lists and other
resources invaluable to those interested in acting in Hollywood/Los Angeles
and the Bay Area.
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splendor forever
lies in wait about each one of us in all its fullness, but veiled from
view, deep down, invisible, far off. It is there, though, not hostile,
not reluctant, not deaf. If you summon it by the right word, by its right
name, it will come.”
~Kafka
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"Hi A, thanks a lot for last night. it was really great to work on the scene with you. just wanted to share with you a couple notes about the experience from my journal this morning:
when i stayed on the offensive i was vulnerable in a totally new way. i was putting it out there and seeing what i would get back in return. there was greater force, clearer direction, and a sense of truly fighting for what i wanted. i don't think i've ever acted that way before. instead i've always defaulted to reacting, which generally comes out as a 'mood' or 'emotional state.' in fact it?s a very neutered way of being.
through the rehearsal i also understood viscerally (and dramaturgically) how Ben is the protagonist in the play, even though everything seems to be happening to him. in the end he's nearly brought to his knees, until the last scene when he does finally win the fight to count & bring meaning into his life.
that's it. thanks again & see you tonight!"--
Also, heartfelt congratulations to 
