When starting out with a goal, I've learned that, in order to achieve it, you must always keep your focus and your eye on the goal. Or at least that's what my dog Daisy teaches me when I toss her the ball.
Sometimes it's so easy for me to lose focus of what my passion is with starting up the theater company. So many times I'm ready to run to the next event or be caught up in what everyone else thinks I should do or shouldn't do, which always makes me lose sight of the ball.
In times like this I'm learning to nip in the bud the should's and shouldn'ts, by regrouping, breathing and going back to my original vision for a theater company, which is, To create a theater where powerful play writing can be heard and where exciting actors of all ethnic backgrounds can have a platform to showcase their talent.
I have heard and seen theater like this and have always been inspired by it. I'm a big lover of playwrights who start out telling you a story, and I'm in for the ride, and then Boom!, I'm hit with a curve ball at the end. I always leave the theater thinking, Wow! I never saw that coming. At one minute I'm laughing my guts out, than I'm crying my heart out.
Don't you love writing like that! I had an acting teacher who taught us, "When you have great writing, your job as an actor is a breeze". She is correct. Some of the playwrights that helped make my job a "breeze" are, Stephen Belber, Craig Wright, Stephen Adly Guirgis, just to name a few.
As for the exciting acting, well the list would go on forever with all my favorites, which I'm sure you could also add to, but here are some: Rege Lewis, Paul Sparks, Christopher Mann, and Michael Shannon. You can IMDB these guys or Youtube them. I'm sure after you see just a snippet of their work they'll be on your list also.
Lesson number two: When you stay true to your passion and keep the focus, you always catch the ball!
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