Ramblings of a Thespian

i like how in a theatre time and space are necessarily metaphorical. i don’t like how plays always have to begin with someone walking onstage and talking. too many directors try to work around this by having someone walk onstage and brood in silence for a moment before talking. this is worse. 

I know it’s not nice, but we have to do our best to make things work. For art. And there will always be really nice, wonderful people around to help you get through tough relationships with coworkers.

Stephen Sondheim’s Tony Acceptance Speech, 1972

When going to an audition, don’t just break a leg. Break everyone else’s legs and assert your dominance

I’m just one gigantic ball of rancid fear and self-consciousness. I’m entirely fueled by fear.

Me: I can’t. I have auditions…

When actors think that talking in the wings is ok.

When you’ve always known that showmances are a BAD idea… but then a castmate you like asks you out

“What you have to give them is what they don’t know they want yet”

I hope everyone is having a spooky Halloween!! Share some candy at rehearsal tomorrow!!

this is simultaneously the must stresful and amazing thing I’ve ever heard

When someone else starts their lines because they think you forgot yours.