The Absurd Hero

Whenever I think about my choice to be an actor, I think about Camus. I’ve mentioned Frenchy McFrencherton before in this context, and you can blame my Freshman year reading list for that. But mere hours before The Man Who Was Thursday explodes into the world, I’m finding my Froggy friend has a special resonance. [...]

Talk To Me Now

This time two years ago, I recall with some surprise, I had never been called upon – except for a three-night run as Horace Vandergelder in Hello, Dolly back in high school – to talk directly to an audience on stage in close to 20 years of doing theatre. This is surprising because, save for [...]

Faith and Good Works

There are aspects of building a career as an actor that are almost ritualistic. Like prayer or going to church, they are part sound practical action surrounded by a good deal of self-perpetuating ceremony and and heck of a lot of “hope this helps.” General auditions probably fall into this category: sure, you need to [...]