After teaching theatre for over 37 years, I retired as of August 1, 2020. It was a wonderful ride and is full of such good memories. What I would like to do is to convert this blog that originally was a diary of all my class doings - and make it now a daily reflection on what it is like to be retired and some of the highlights that have stayed with me from the theatre classroom. I hope you enjoy!
In Directing Class everyone was asked to write a “Confession.” It was to be fit the following format:
1. One page in length
2. Involve only 2 characters
3. Have NO stage directions
4. Give the vast majority of the words to one character and have the second character speak only at the end – only for a sentence or two – and bring the entire scene to a conclusion. Read more