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September 8, 2024 I have just returned from the Fringe festival in Edinburgh where K. Lorrel Manning’s play, “Lost…Found,” performed. […]

Well, The Barrow Group has invited me to write another blog and this is it. Although I think I’ve said

Before I had my second child, I had a pretty solid yoga practice going. My body was agile and strong.

The Barrow Group is taking K. Lorrel Manning’s “LOST… FOUND” to Edinburgh this August with…two directors. People have asked me,

In the summer of 2021, I auditioned for a short film. I loved the story, the writer/director, and the vibe

Your idea of a character is necessarily less interesting than you are, because it’s only a part of you. –

Today I had a conversation with a fantastic artist. He mentioned, “I’m having some issues with Compare and Despair.” “Why?”

It is important to have a goal, but so often we forget about the journey. It seems we tend to

It is Tuesday morning. I open the New York Times Arts section. Eli Gelb is nominated for a Tony award

“All will be well in the garden.” So says the brilliant Peter Sellers’ character Chauncey “Chance” Gardiner in Hal Ashby’s

I’m in a scene study class. Katherine has just finished doing her monologue. Before I can get a word out,

Why am I still taking acting classes at this point in my life? After a long career edging towards 50

I’m teaching a ten-week monologue class. I ask everyone to bring in contemporary material, and also, of course, Shakespeare. A

Have you ever wanted the first go of a scene to feel more like the second go? Me too. And

I’m teaching. Two actors finish their scene. One of them says, “That was so horrible. I wasn’t real. It was

I am standing on top of a ridge at thirteen thousand feet after hiking a bit with my skis on

Ask any actor and they’ll tell you that some of the best acting they’ve ever seen has not been on

I didn’t realize how someone asking me to write a blog would send me into a tailspin of identity crisis