Monthly Archives: August 2013

Five days.  That’s how much time I have before I leave.  Five days, and I’m borderline psychotic.  In addition to packing and working on my text (and learning how to speak British English), I have now reached the point where … Continue reading

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The Dream

I was finishing up at an audition this afternoon, when a fellow actor came tearing in, looking completely exhausted.  Someone asked him how he was doing, and he simply replied, “I’m living the dream, man.  I’m living the dream.”.  It … Continue reading

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London Calling

The AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY Reading went off beautifully last night.  We had a great group of actors, and I’m a little sad that the readings will have to be on hiatus while I’m gone.  Not too sad, though.  I’m sure … Continue reading

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Moonlight Drowns Out All but the Brightest Stars

I’ve never actually met Paul Jennings (he’s another one of the Fellows), but we’ve connected with each other online through mutual friends.  He’s very interesting, and is also quite a good spy.  He’s been doing research about some of the … Continue reading

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A Tall Bold Slugger

One of our assignments is to have “A piece of text from your culture and in your own language. This could be a poem, extract from a novel, a current play or anything that is personal to you”.  As an … Continue reading

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Here Be A Dragon

When I tell people the name of my blog, they either “get it” or they stare at me blankly. It’s a riff on the medieval practice of writing “Here Be Dragons” (or the Latin equivalent “HC SVNT DRACONES”) on maps … Continue reading

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How sharper than a serpent’s tooth to lack in optimal floss!

The amount of prep work for the Fellowship has been vast and largely self-imposed.  There are, of course, a number of straightforward tasks that have mostly been completed.  Thanks to my large circle of internationally based actor friends, I have … Continue reading

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Tell Me What’s Going On…

In February of this year, fueled by enthusiasm and caffeine, I applied to be an International Acting Fellow at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre in London.  I wrote several papers, lots of emails and auditioned via Skype before I found out I … Continue reading

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