I decided to join a 21-day Facebook Live challenge. Why? I’m a Professional Storyteller. My stage is usually the voiceover booth, a corporate boardroom or a stage in a theater. This year, I decided to study on-camera acting technique to help broaden my acting horizons and continue my storytelling education. I realized that the camera […]
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What Kenny G taught me about energy
Ok – full disclosure: this isn’t strictly about Kenny G, but he’s involved. This morning, I heard a human interest story on NPR about who held the longest note on a wind instrument. It seems fitting for me, since I’m just about to wrap up my 8th consecutive day of VO work, and I’m definitely […]
The Year in Review 2016
Another year is (almost) one for the history books. And history will have a lot to say about 2016… Sometime between my birthday (October) and the end of the calendar year, I start doing my year in review. (Sometimes I even remember to publish them.) The year in review started as the personal offshoot to […]
Kaidan Project: 5 things I learned about getting things DONE from doing a theater workshop
This weekend we held the opening (and closing) day to workshop a new theatrical production called the “Kaidan Project.” The idea: invite a group of guests on a tour of a Japanese garden. Along the way, share and reenact ghost stories of things that happened in that very garden, once upon a time. The stories […]
Confessions from a Reluctant Leading Lady (part 3)
This is the last part of my series of confessions and the lessons I’ve learned (so far). If you missed Part 1, or Part 2, just click on the links. After getting cast in one of my dream roles, I went through a roller coaster of emotions about what it meant to lead a show. […]
Confessions from a Reluctant Leading Lady (part 2)
If you missed the introduction, you can find it here. After getting cast in one of my dream roles, I went through a roller coaster of emotions about what it meant to lead a show. With curtain weeks away, I’ve summarized what I’m learning from this process into lessons that I hope you can use […]