The Birth of Comedy

Originally posted November 7, 2013 at backstage.com. Photo Source: Clay Rodery I’m not sure who invented comedy, but it is safe to say someone slipped on a banana peel at…

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Golfing Tips for Actors

Originally posted October 24, 2013 at backstage.com. I was watching the British Open on television. It is notable in that it is the only six-hour television show I know that…

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The Why Of Acting

Originally posted October 10 , 2013 at backstage.com. I was asked to be in a SAG Low Budget movie. I think that is what it’s called. SAG-AFTRA has developed so many…

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The Two Kinds of Nothing

Sept. 26, 2013 at backstage.com Photo by David Chen. When you study acting you are likely to do scene work. You may do improvisations. Monologues. Animal exercises. All useful. However,…

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The Things We Saved From the Fire

Originally posted Sept. 12, 2013 backstage.com (Photo from Los Angeles Theatre Center production of The Three Sisters, 1985.) The synagogue asked if I could step in as an usher for…

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