The Below-The-Belt-Bastards
A voice in my head shouted “No one cares what you have to say.” Even after 16 years in business, this voice still yells at me from time-to-time. One day I’m on fire. Unstoppable. The next, it’s back to the depths of grief and shame. My Soul knows my...
The Imposter Monsters
Who do you want me to be? How do I need to play this role for you to cast me? What do I need to say for you to accept me? I spent a lot of my young life allowing questions like that to drive me. I’m highly adaptable, but that’s not really a good way to channel...
Controlling stage mothers
There I was, being whipped and flogged by the Controlling Stage Managers™, wondering where my passion had gone. I was a much more controlling person as a twenty-something actor than the me that you see before you now. Back then I’d show up to rehearsal on day one...