Fun night

NonActors tonight should be fun. Intimate. Due to illnesses, schedule conflicts, and new jobs, we'll only have five actors tonight.

So, for a treat, instead of class, I'm going to have rehearsal. More potent, deep, demanding. I learned this the first time I worked on Macbeth. We had a small turnout one day, and I thought -- well, then, let's GO. I get the best results when I do it for myself -- when I don't settle for less than what I need, what I know is possible.

Lee Eisler, my choreography guru, says, "You can begin to make a dance at any level you want. You can come in with nothing. You can come in knowing it's going to be about kids in a classroom, with everyone cast, backstory bios you hand out, and a sketch of who starts where on stage."

I found that freeing. I'm always more interested when it's out at the edge of my limits, deepening my own artistic growth. The scary urgent stuff.