Sitting in my room, in the dark. Spine-tingling music plays in the background, seeping into my core. Crouched on my hands and knees, clutching at the ground.
My door is locked.
I don't think I want to know what's on the other side.
"Have you seen Billy?" I whisper. No reply. Desperately, then--
"We can't stay here! All the windows, the open space..."There's a noise and I jump. I'm shaking, now. Almost crying. I've got to pull it together.
"We need someplace safe to hide. Now."(Did I freak you out? That's basically what I'm doing right now--freaking myself out. On purpose. Don't worry about me, though, it's just part of an acting exercise I'm doing for my Hallie Todd/Glenn Withrow acting workshop. We're filming a scene from a horror movie this week, and I'm just, uh, revving myself up for it. Yeah. Fun stuff, honestly. The first class, last week, was
fabulous. Learned so much my brain felt like it was going to burst. Objectives and root centers and different things that affect characters and tactics and loads more juicy stuff. Intense, but fantastically so. Glenn and Hallie = most brilliant teaching team ever. I'm so blessed to be learning from them, yet again.)
Yesterday was the final workshop in the month series I took from Hallie Todd and Glenn Withrow. Oh goodness I love them...! One of the best things was the ability to learn from them consistently, once a week for a month. (Usually when they come up, it's just for a one day workshop.) I felt like I was really able to build on what I learned each week, and that it brought my acting and my ideas about acting to a whole new level. And being surrounded by so many passionate, excited-about-acting people is enormously stimulating. We had a great group of fun and talented people...and I will miss everybody. I'm already sad it's over...yet so thankful to have had the opportunity. I'm really blessed.
Amazing people, left to right: Dakota, Hallie, me, Paris, Hailee, Caleb, Nina. (Glenn's behind the camera.)
:)
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