A Poor Player Who Struts and Frets...
I would like to pontificate about my time on stage, to say something meaningful and profound that makes the ghosts of long dead playwrights role in their grave, but that just wouldn't be my style.
To this day I can still remember seeing The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) for the first time and saying, "I want to do that." I also know exactly where I was sitting as I watched The Arden's production of Equivocation and feeling so intellectually and emotionally moved that it was like rekindling a flame. I've sat in awe watching Irma Vep, The Play that Goes Wrong, and Noises Off! admiring the actors, directors, playwrights, and crew it takes to pull off those productions.
From Sherlock to Bullshot I love live performance -- comedy, farce, classical, murder mystery, adventure, all of it. If I could, I would swashbuckle my days away on stage swinging a sword and citing Shakespeare like fool trying to sound intellectual in tights.
The stage allows you the chance to get it right. To do the performance over and over again, night after night, while working next to like-minded people who inspire and challenge you. While I am not foolhardy enough to say I "long for the chance to do Shakespeare" --anyone who says that is usually doing an interview for a film that netted them millions of dollars-- I am foolish enough to say that Truffaldino, Arrlechino, and Capitano all have a special place in my heart.
To this day I can still remember seeing The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) for the first time and saying, "I want to do that." I also know exactly where I was sitting as I watched The Arden's production of Equivocation and feeling so intellectually and emotionally moved that it was like rekindling a flame. I've sat in awe watching Irma Vep, The Play that Goes Wrong, and Noises Off! admiring the actors, directors, playwrights, and crew it takes to pull off those productions.
From Sherlock to Bullshot I love live performance -- comedy, farce, classical, murder mystery, adventure, all of it. If I could, I would swashbuckle my days away on stage swinging a sword and citing Shakespeare like fool trying to sound intellectual in tights.
The stage allows you the chance to get it right. To do the performance over and over again, night after night, while working next to like-minded people who inspire and challenge you. While I am not foolhardy enough to say I "long for the chance to do Shakespeare" --anyone who says that is usually doing an interview for a film that netted them millions of dollars-- I am foolish enough to say that Truffaldino, Arrlechino, and Capitano all have a special place in my heart.
A Few of my Former Employers:
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