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This section of my site is about "Where I'm Going" and
"Where I've Been" as an artist.
Where I’m Going
My goal in life is to wake up one morning and only have creative things to
do. I want to support myself as an artist. I want to always be a better actor
than I was the day before. I want to join Equity and SAG as soon as
possible. I want to perform great roles in great plays with great
companies. I seek an exciting, inspiring, creative home.
Right now I’m most jazzed by classical work and movement/ensemble-
based avant-garde work. I'm loving the idea of "experimental theater" as
any kind of theater (of any aesthetic/style at all) which is rehearsed and
performed as an experiment, because the theater-makers don't know it will
work or what will happen when it's put in front of an audience. I'm also
really inspired right now by any theater experience that is populist in
nature... I think that's the way theater has to be to survive/thrive in the
digital age. Theater should be an EVENT, a great time, and
accessible/enjoyable to a wide range of people. In 2007 I did two different
festivals of very short, weird, post-modern plays and I've found that I like
them a lot... and I like asking what qualifies something as "theater" or a
"play". I tend to choose projects that are optimistically conceived and
absurdly ambitious... and that's just the way I like it.
I want to do plays that are cutting edge, risky and heightened beyond TV
realism. I want to do plays that dance between reality and non-literal,
avant-garde places. I want to do plays where the language is so powerful,
timeless and beautiful that the words land physical blows. I want to speak
text and ideas that make rooms gasp. I want to do theater that has to be
theater and could exist in no other medium. I want to do readings and
workshops of plays that are just being born and help shape their
development. I want to be performing or rehearsing Shakespeare 365
days a year! I want to work in as many different mediums as I can to make
myself a better all-around actor. I want to work in casts where I have to
fight to hold my own with people who amaze and push me. I want to break
gender boxes. I want to play villains and kings. I want to play parts that
are ridiculously difficult. My theater will defy stereotypes, challenge minds
and connect diverse people.
Click for the next page: "Where I've Been"
"Where I've Been" as an artist.
Where I’m Going
My goal in life is to wake up one morning and only have creative things to
do. I want to support myself as an artist. I want to always be a better actor
than I was the day before. I want to join Equity and SAG as soon as
possible. I want to perform great roles in great plays with great
companies. I seek an exciting, inspiring, creative home.
Right now I’m most jazzed by classical work and movement/ensemble-
based avant-garde work. I'm loving the idea of "experimental theater" as
any kind of theater (of any aesthetic/style at all) which is rehearsed and
performed as an experiment, because the theater-makers don't know it will
work or what will happen when it's put in front of an audience. I'm also
really inspired right now by any theater experience that is populist in
nature... I think that's the way theater has to be to survive/thrive in the
digital age. Theater should be an EVENT, a great time, and
accessible/enjoyable to a wide range of people. In 2007 I did two different
festivals of very short, weird, post-modern plays and I've found that I like
them a lot... and I like asking what qualifies something as "theater" or a
"play". I tend to choose projects that are optimistically conceived and
absurdly ambitious... and that's just the way I like it.
I want to do plays that are cutting edge, risky and heightened beyond TV
realism. I want to do plays that dance between reality and non-literal,
avant-garde places. I want to do plays where the language is so powerful,
timeless and beautiful that the words land physical blows. I want to speak
text and ideas that make rooms gasp. I want to do theater that has to be
theater and could exist in no other medium. I want to do readings and
workshops of plays that are just being born and help shape their
development. I want to be performing or rehearsing Shakespeare 365
days a year! I want to work in as many different mediums as I can to make
myself a better all-around actor. I want to work in casts where I have to
fight to hold my own with people who amaze and push me. I want to break
gender boxes. I want to play villains and kings. I want to play parts that
are ridiculously difficult. My theater will defy stereotypes, challenge minds
and connect diverse people.
Click for the next page: "Where I've Been"
