My Story, What Got Me Here
When I was growing up, I found telling stories to other people electrifying! I loved it, so I performed at my church, and throughout...
Choose Your Best Path
The way you know your life has converged successfully for you is to continually ask yourself the questions: Does this make me happy?...
Transfer Your Skills
Discovering what you're good at is vital to your happiness. When you follow your self-knowledge, you're able to then keep weeding out...
Pass On Tradition: Mentor
Finding what you're good at and love to do is not always clear or consistent. When I discovered I love to conduct research on acting,...
Who Teaches YOU?
As a undergrad and graduate teacher, I have come to recognize some indelible facts about how groups work together in a room – that...
Mistakes Help You Grow
There are moments when you know you've put something out there in the world that did not actually land with others they way you intended,...
Is Acting a Lie?
So many people tell me they think acting is about lying and pretending to be something you're not. In truth, I believe acting is the...
Light Your Fire Within
There are days when I am stunned by how much I enjoy my life. Don't get me wrong, there's plenty of crappy days that hit as well, but...
Work Well With Others
Collaboration is at the core of theatrical creativity. The people working in the room have to be able to work with each other - and...
Inspiration, Where to FIND It
I've been watching Mozart in the Jungle, and one of the episodes looks at how an artist develops an arsenal of inspiration. As Uta Hagen...
