Theatre
It’s impossible to replicate the feelings of opening night. The butterflies sitting in your stomach, running excess lines/blocking in your head like a projection, the animated sounds of audience members sitting directly opposite the curtain.
I remember the first time I stepped on a stage as a teenager. It was like time stopped and the only thing moving was my scene partner and I. There are no cuts, no calling for line, only spontaneity and the imagination. Nothing ever comes out the same way twice. My most recent show Canyon reminded me why the stage is so magical. For a brief moment all the power lies between your scene partner and yourself. My goal is to keep you hooked, to remind you that when you enter this space you are in my hands, and I won’t let you leave until you are changed.
2. Cinema
Precise, subtle, visceral, very much in the realm of painting. Film is a different muscle from the same body as theatre, only they exercise differently. What I love about cinema is that it is a reflection of it’s fusion between art and technology, it is both chaos and precision. Cinema exists on either end of the spectrum and if it so desired it could blow it up and start a new.
I love the subtlety in film acting, the way the flicker of a light in an empty room can say so much about an environment, or how the quirks and habits of a character can be revealed through daily routine. My favorite performances have been explosive and gentle, but never boring. In film acting we are at the mercy of the camera, who is just as harsh of a critic as any reviewer. It knows when we’re lying, when we refuse to cooperate and only the best survive it’s capture.