When I was asked to write a blog post about Ancient Greek comedy, I was stumped. I don’t know much about Greek comedy, I protested. But after a little research, I present to you my thoroughly ignorant and dilettante article, which I hope will at least entertain, if not enlighten. …
“Move closer.” “More emotion.” “Be braver.” “Better.” “Faster.” “Stronger.” “Above all: act.” There’s a lot of things to say about directing, especially for a person doing it for the first time. Indeed, when I was imagining doing theater for the first time, the position I did not really believe …
How do you create a character? Or, more importantly, how do you make a character your own by combining what is in the script and what is in you? This is something you have to think about with every role you play, but I was most doubtful of myself in …
The atmosphere after the opening night of “I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change”, was absolutely thrilling. It felt great to be on the receiving end of those glowing comments from the audience, even though I wasn’t one of the actors on stage. Add to that we had a remarkable …
In most theaters, sometimes the actors will have to play multiple roles in a production, but five roles in one evening is already quite a feat. This is what happens in Thespians Anonymous’ spring musical I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change. It is an exceptional piece in many ways. …
