Acting - Performing

DON’T IMPLICATE ME IN YOUR CRAZY

Must be my week for weird. Auditioning in Austin for a commercial this week and something happened I’ve never experienced before. And that says a lot. Several of us were […]

Acting - Performing

DOWN IN FLAMES

So we’re lined up, camera’s on. And the cameraman is asking us impromptu questions to see how quick we are on our feet, to check for spontaneity and to get […]

Acting - Performing

PALMS UP

That’s me. Entertainer, part Comedian, part Soothsayer, part Optimist, part Adviser. And obviously not afraid to give an opinion. Time to out myself. Not something I tell everybody, but yes, […]

Acting - Performing

CHARLIE’S ASHES – TESTIFY

Sound check, lights set, crowd arrives. Waiters bustle drinks to the tables. Other tellers get up, short intermission, one more teller up, then my turn. They’d saved me for the […]

Acting - Performing

ON SET TREES HAVE FEET

Like something out of a children’s fairy tale, I’m perched on a quarter of a sliced apple as the trees outside slowly glide past the windows and then rearrange themselves. […]

Acting - Performing

WHEN THEY DON’T SERVE MIMOSAS

It’s amazing when a door opens and a light shines in, when something dawns on you so wonderful, so useful, a tool, a step, a permission to be! It’s just […]

Acting - Performing

THAT EXTRA MILE

Offsetting the darkness of the night and dim streetlights outside, the warm lights inside Brock-Allen Casting’s small house create a relaxed coziness. It’s a perfect atmosphere for our acting class, […]

Acting - Performing

DON’T BE A BIG SISSY

I don’t like people to see me cry. It’s personal, it’s private. And, just maybe, because my dad taught me how to box at age 6. As a street kid, […]

Acting - Performing

BE BRAVE ENOUGH TO THINK BIGGER

My father used to say, “Be brave enough to think bigger.” Parked my car and, while crossing the quiet side street in the heart of downtown Austin, I found myself […]