I’m an Actor/Educator training, polishing, sharing my craft for the enjoyment and hopefully for the inspiration of others. It’s a joyful challenge, one that never grows old. Of course we are all Actors, no matter what roles we take on or how we pursue them. Some of our personas are more successful than others - some wildly so, garnering fame and fortune, some developing more privately, some a bit of both. As Actors, we are all works in progress. Creative satisfaction comes in many forms, often changing with time. And with time, it has been my great pleasure to be asked to share my own education and experience, both onstage and off. As a classically-trained Actor, I subscribe to the educational apprenticeship model followed in Shakespeare’s time: success and satisfaction develop from observing and working with seasoned performers, passing on whatever is learned along the way, from colleague to performer and performer to colleague, growing as both.

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Actor

Ever perform with a functional three-masted schooner on your head?  (It's attached to the wig.)  After the two hours it took to get into it all, and with the care required to maneuver it all around the stage and other actors, I was more than happy to be playing a lady with eccentric vocabulary issues.

Guide

Gaining experience is only partly about knowledge. Equally important is learning how to digest that knowledge and maximize its impact on one’s craft. Clearly, learning happens for both student and guide, but the depth and context of learning is rarely consistent. The joy of it arises from a growing awareness of the ability to balance and smoothly adjust at will: to dance to the music that is playing.

Educator

The first rule of guiding: abdicate Authority.  Surprise is a constant - and a friend.  Embrace it as the doorway to deeper understanding and instructive challenge. Authority invalidates the student's gifts.  Sans Authority, sharing knowledge collaboratively highlights existing gifts as well as gaps, and the path to mastery can evolve naturally.