Hello reader! Due to mountains of laundry, responsibility, and a faulty air conditioning system that required my attention, I unfortunately could not attend the third day. So now we jump the fourth. The fourth day of the YoungLiars Summer Actor Training Festival was the most incredible one yet. We began with Viewpoints. We expanded our vocabulary of space and time. We participated in new exercises. We are building a stronger ensemble. Human beings are capable of sublime conne

Hello reader! The second day of the YoungLiars Summer Actor Training Festival was just as I expected - an exciting expansion of the previous night's discoveries and a continued distillation of ideas and connections (both novel and old). In the Viewpoints workshop, we continued building on the foundation created in the previous class. We introduced more vocabulary to the work. We maintained a stronger openness to impulse and narrowed the time between impulse and action. Lucy m

Hello reader! Last night marked the first night of the YoungLiars Summer Training Festival. We began the night with a thirty minute yoga warm up led by the incomparable Maggie Conroy. Following the warmup, all participants convened for opening remarks and introductions. The instructors introduced themselves and their work - Lucille Rosalind Cashion (Viewpoints), Jef Awada (Clown), and Chuck Harper (Suzuki). After dividing the participants into two groups, it was time to get s

Hello reader! I busted out and dusted off my old journal from undergrad because today's the day! Day 1 of the YoungLiars Summer Training Festival. Seven days of yoga, Suzuki, Clown, and Viewpoints training. Tune back in to Blank Verse for daily reflections on the festival's course work. I am so stoked! Let's play! ‪#‎YoungLiars‬ ‪#‎YLSTF‬‪#‎ThatActorLife‬ ‪#‎Viewpoints‬ ‪#‎Clown‬ ‪#‎Suzuki‬ ‪#‎Yoga‬ ‪#‎StLouis ‬‪#‎CenteneCenter‬ ‪#‎Theatre‬