So I’ve been acting in this grad student project down at The New School. I posted about it a few weeks ago. At the time, I was really nervous about cramming all the lines into my head before we had to show it to the director’s class.
Since then I’ve had time to rehearse, study the script outside of rehearsal, and do the imagination work that one needs to do in order to fill out the character.
I’m getting really excited to do the gig, because now I’m enjoying the process. I can see things growing and changing and the picture is becoming clearer.
The first part of any project, writing, acting or otherwise -- the first part is always a mess. A big old chaotic, scary mess. For some reason I always forget this. I just dive in expecting results. But first you have to make a map. And that requires patience, time, and process. Beginning is a sticky process.
Once you get the initial work done, though, it starts to feel better. It might not be easier, but it feels better.
Funny how you learn some things again and again and again.
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