{"id":47476,"date":"2012-12-16T15:04:11","date_gmt":"2012-12-16T23:04:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=47476"},"modified":"2012-12-16T16:58:40","modified_gmt":"2012-12-17T00:58:40","slug":"what-im-learning-from-my-solo-show-class","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=47476","title":{"rendered":"What I’m Learning From My Solo Show Class"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s when I see my classmate Michael Kass perform that I realize what a one-man play is. I feel kinship with what he talks about. When he performs, I see what a performance looks like, what a solo show looks like. When I hear myself get up, I hear a lecture. There’s such a dramatic difference between a play and a speech. It’s like I get up and read a song while Michael stands up and sings a song. It’s not scary to read a song, but to embody a song, that’s scary. I hear Michael launching into song.<\/p>\n

I need to take that leap into being the character, not discoursing on the character. <\/p>\n

The turning point in my story is when I realize that I can’t get to where I want to go by applying my will power. My will was corrupt. I needed to turn my life over to God. I had to accept my crippling emotional addictions and to seek help for them.<\/p>\n

I’m thrown by the connection thing. I thought I was connecting and I wasn’t. <\/p>\n

Teacher: “Just go deeper.”<\/p>\n

So connection means going deeper. Not getting stuck in your head. <\/p>\n

Teacher: “The actor has to know who he is talking to.”<\/p>\n