My primary objectives as a performing artist are to serve and convey theatrical material through the articulation of the actor’s tools—the voice, body, imagination, and feelings. Full command of the actor’s tools enables the actor to respond freely to external stimuli—other actors, the audience, the scenic environment—and to impulses from within. The free actor will be “in the moment” and deeply connected to his/her fellow actors and the dramatic material. The actor articulate in the use of the tools will fulfill the demands of the material, and realize the choices of the director and his/her own choices, too. Although every theatrical event has its unique demands, acting is essentially the application of energy to a task—performing actions—doing something, toward some end, within some set of circumstances. This is the business of the actor and the main focus of my work: playing actions, transforming material/text into playable actions, connecting to the action and to fellow actors, and finally structuring those actions into a performance.
