Category: Miscellaneous

Does not fit any category. Usually items unrelated to acting.

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I need to move.

Shows I want to audition for have been scarce. Well, there have been shows that sounded interesting, but were in Marietta. And that is just too far for me to drive. I live in Buford and work in Norcross. Norcross to Marietta is not too bad, but Marietta to Buford can be a very long drive when you have rehearsals 4 nights a week.

Drive from Buford to Norcross (19 miles) for work. Norcross to Marietta (25 miles) for dinner and rehearsal. Then Marietta to Buford (41 miles). That’s 85 miles round trip.

I need to move closer back towards town. I would love to live in Norcross or Dunwoody. I like Norcross better. Norcross would not be too bad for the play houses in Decatur, Dunwoody, Roswell, Marietta and downtown Atlanta.

I will, however, audition for Funny Money at Polk Street Players in Marietta, because Lane Teilhabe is directing.

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With the End of the Holidays…

I know it has been a few months since my last entry in October, but things are beginning to pickup again. What I did not want to do during the fourth quarter of 2005 was: 1. miss out on my family vacation in December and 2. Spend the Christmas Holidays in a play. So I took November and December off.

I am so ready to do another play. I have been since October, but… see above. One of the plays I have been looking forward to auditioning for is Play On, which last I heard, is a play selected by and will be directed by Lane Teilhaber. If you remember, Lane directed Beau Jest. I would love to work with Lane again. A great director he be.

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Actor’s Nightmare

I had a nightmare the other night. I dreamed I was in a production and we were at opening night and I did not have ANY of my lines memorized. So I was going to use the script on stage. Then I couldn’t find where I was supposed to be in the script.

Before that part of the dream, I had all my stage clothes locked in my truck and I could not find my keys. So here I was on stage, without my clothes, did not know my lines, nor could I find where I was supposed to be in the script. No I wasn’t naked. I was wearing gray sweatpants and a long sleeve button-up.

But wait, there’s more. Before I realized I did not have my clothes, and before I realized I did not know my lines, there was the phone call: “You do remember we have a show tonight?” AARRRGGHH!

So there I was, on stage with no lines, no clothes, not able to find my place in the script and I was late!

Oh, did I mention that it was sold out?

So no lines, no cloths, not able to find my place in the script and I was late for a sold out show. With all that said, once I was on stage, not delivering any lines, large parts of the audience in the 250 seat theatre were leaving! What a disaster.

And then like all dreams, the plot twist arrived: The remaining audience stood up and cheered. Still don’t know why. Maybe it was because at that point I found my place in the script and read a few lines. So I started yelling for them to be quite so I could read some more and they wouldn’t. Lane? oh yes, the director was Lane. You know, the director of Beau Jest. Lane then told me to let them cheer if they wanted to. OK. Fine by me.

The worst part of all this is that I am dreaming about acting. This isn’t the first time either. Other dreams included auditions and other plays. Is that a good thing or bad?

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Headshot: Color vs. B&W

Finally I had some headshots taken by Brian Dougherty of Dougherty Photographics. Brian was very easy to work with and very good. He uses a digital camera so can take the images and make them B&W on the computer. Getting there was an adventure though: Used mapquest to give me directions, but as I was getting close, one of the roads I was on was blocked off with no detour information. So I turned into this neighborhood, drove around for a while and was, luckily, able to get back on the road I needed to be on. When I turned onto the last street, or so I thought, I was told the 5th house on the right? well there were only four. After circling the block a few times I realized that I turned a street early, I turned onto Celtic something-or-other instead of Celtic Circle. Finally found it. Brian works out of his basement. I should have my contact sheet in a few days.

In discussing with Brian the type of photos I wanted, dramatic vs. traditional (you know, the smile), color vs. B&W. For commercial, it is best to have a color photo and for Stage and Film a B&W photo. I will opt to get a color headshot to send to everyone. There was some discussion recently on [ATML] Yahoo Group on color vs. B&W, with a trend towards color for Stage and Film. I will post an image as soon as I can. But let me know what you think: Color vs. B&W.

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Welcome

There are earlier entries than this, date wise anyway because I can change the date. The earlier stuff is from notes I put in a journal so I will date my entries accordingly. But anyway, Welcome to my Thoughts on Acting. What do I hope to achieve? Well this is just an electronic journal as I attempt to become an actor. That’s it. Nothing more and nothing less.

Thanks

Jay