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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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 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 […]
Confessions from a Reluctant Leading Lady (part 1)
A little over two months ago, I found out I had booked a role in one of my favorite musicals, “Once on this Island.” Not only that, I had booked the LEAD! Gah!! I was going to play Ti Moune! Once the excitement wore off, the other feelings surfaced. A little fear, a little dread, […]
A Lesson from Sir Ian McKellen
Last night, I attended a screening of the film “Mr. Holmes,” starring Sir Ian McKellen and Laura Linney. Before the screening, there was a Q&A with McKellen and filmmaker Guillermo Del Toro. Together, they discussed the process of creating a character and bringing him to life. There are many steps, to be sure. But it […]