70 weeks late
I'm going to write every day. I realized, reading through archives, that each day is so precious and also, I feel like I was a better writer when I was journaling every day. It also helps so much with acting, gosh I can't even begin. Especially for Gibraltar. So I'm going to go back to writing each day and take time to reflect and record. I wonder who is still out there...
Anyway, I just got home from class. I spent the weekend in El Centro with my family for a belated birthday thing, I got a pedicure and did laundry and ate way too much. I am going back next week with Seb and Mimi to go to the fair. I hope I see lots of old friends.
My play, Gibraltar, just closed. It was by far the most challenging thing I've ever done onstage. And small theatres are so, so, terrifying. Especially when I had to strip into my underwear and climb into bed with an old man... while my parents were inches away. Like I mentioned before, journaling really helped with this role (in and out), which felt so far away at first. I contacted old acting coaches through email, read a lot of books, especially Uta Hagen's "A Respect For Acting", and spent so much time doing character background in and out of rehearsal. I am so relieved it's over, the whole script and character just felt like a huge heavy cloud over me and I'm so glad I don't have to go to such dark places anymore. But I'm proud of myself for pushing myself to levels I didn't know I could reach. Definitely, if anything, a tremendous learning experience and accomplishment.
Anyway, I just got home from class. I spent the weekend in El Centro with my family for a belated birthday thing, I got a pedicure and did laundry and ate way too much. I am going back next week with Seb and Mimi to go to the fair. I hope I see lots of old friends.
My play, Gibraltar, just closed. It was by far the most challenging thing I've ever done onstage. And small theatres are so, so, terrifying. Especially when I had to strip into my underwear and climb into bed with an old man... while my parents were inches away. Like I mentioned before, journaling really helped with this role (in and out), which felt so far away at first. I contacted old acting coaches through email, read a lot of books, especially Uta Hagen's "A Respect For Acting", and spent so much time doing character background in and out of rehearsal. I am so relieved it's over, the whole script and character just felt like a huge heavy cloud over me and I'm so glad I don't have to go to such dark places anymore. But I'm proud of myself for pushing myself to levels I didn't know I could reach. Definitely, if anything, a tremendous learning experience and accomplishment.