How often are you acting like yourself, instead of being yourself? That was a question I confronted during the first silent retreat I went on, when I was in college. Stripped of words (my usual tools in the effort to impress people) I realized that there was a difference between being myself and acting like myself. ToContinue reading >>
Maybe artists aren’t crazy after all
Not long ago, getting ready for an event at which I had to dress and act professionally and convince people of my qualifications, I was hit with a wave of insecurity. I was in the shower (where many existential crises take place), and was overwhelmed by the fear that everyone at the event would “seeContinue reading >>
What I’m into, March/April 2015
Another surgery, a wedding, settling into a new house, and rehearsing a show that opens this weekend: March and April were very busy. Here’s what I was into the last two months. A Fighting Chance by Elizabeth Warren I was already a fan of “my” senator when I launched into this easy-to-read political memoir whichContinue reading >>
Life lessons from improv
It’s hard enough to be funny, never mind being funny quickly. The show that is wrapping up this weekend involves some improv in the first act, an exercise which I can safely say I was never asked to do back when I was only doing opera and not musical theater. For those of you notContinue reading >>