Meisner Class Journal 9.10.24

Interesting class last night. Since we had Labor Day off, it usually feels like it takes a minute to ramp up into the repetitions. I was not scheduled to present last night, but some observations that I made were: Next week I work with Paige. I’m looking forward to seeing what we come up with.

Meisner Class Journal 8.27.2024

I had a good class last night. I was partnered with Sarah, and I ended up doing my IA first. Our circumstances were that we were roommates at the Stanford Behavioral Lab, being evaluated as candidates to be on the first colonization flight to Mars. My trigger was that I was told that she and… Continue reading Meisner Class Journal 8.27.2024

Meisner Class Journal 8.20.24

Last night was my first night working with the double action problem. There is a lot to unpack regarding how I think it went, but overall I was pleased with the work I did when I was doing the double action problem. I got tripped up, though, on the Independent Activity. I was partnered with… Continue reading Meisner Class Journal 8.20.24

Meisner Journal 8.6.24

Last night we had a guest repeater, Becky Larson. I ended up going first, which can sometimes be intimidating when you don’t know the person you are repeating with. Becky is very quick and can pick up on behavior sometimes that you are not aware you are exhibiting, but other times it felt like she… Continue reading Meisner Journal 8.6.24

Meisner Journal 7.30.24

We left for vacation the day after class last week, so I didn’t get a chance to journal. Class last night was cancelled, so I will try to recollect my thoughts from last week. I did both of my exercises with Mariyah. She did the IA in the first one, with me doing the AP.… Continue reading Meisner Journal 7.30.24

Meisner Class Journal 7.18.24

It took a few days before I was able to journal about Monday’s class, so my thoughts may not be as clear. Bill Simmons showed up as our Guest Repeater. Overall I think it went better than the first time we had a guest repeater. It was interesting working with Bill. He clearly is very… Continue reading Meisner Class Journal 7.18.24

Meisner Class Journal 7.9.24

Last night was the first night working with both an independent activity as well as an action problem. I was partnered with Alex, who I enjoy working with. We ended up going first, with me doing the IA and Alex with the AP. We had decided that we were romantic rivals who were going on… Continue reading Meisner Class Journal 7.9.24

Meisner Class Journal 7.2.24

I’m feeling a bit lost in class. Kind of like I don’t know that I’m fully understanding some of the exercises, even though I thought I did. Last night I used blowing up balloons and making a T-Rex sculpture from them as my IA. One comment that did make sense was that it was not… Continue reading Meisner Class Journal 7.2.24

Meisner Class Journal 6.25.2024

“You’re so…FRENCH!” We continued with Independent Activity work last night. I had brought in two options, and decided to go with the one that involved a lost lottery ticket. Alex was my repeater. Overall I felt like the activity went well. I definitely felt filled up with the circumstances, to the point where it took… Continue reading Meisner Class Journal 6.25.2024

Audition Failure

Last night I attended the season auditions for American Lives Theatre. I have not auditioned for anything in quite some time, probably since my audition for the Meisner class last fall. The audition consisted of sides provided ahead of time. I had read the scripts for the two plays I was interested in, and had… Continue reading Audition Failure