I’ll never forget when I first heard of the Atlanta Workshop Players. It was 1985. I had a massive crush on Gary Martin. He rushed up to me after final bows in the school play…
Posts tagged growth
1000 Days Sober
If you knew me before October 16, 2016, you would describe me as someone who could really hold her liquor. A power drinker. A good ol’ gal who knew how to have a good time….
Keith’s Film at Comic-Con and Upper-Limit Problems
There is nothing more clarity-inducing than witnessing someone else struggling through their own upper-limit problems in life. ⠀ When the sabotage is our own, we rarely see it ’til it’s over, when we’re examining the…
Believe the People Who Believe in You
In 2002, I nervously entered Du-par’s to meet the legendary author of Acting Is Everything, Judy Kerr. She had reached out to tell me she was a fan of my weekly column in Backstage. I…
Pushing Through Upper-Limit Problems
Today was hard. Not all of it, but parts of it. Tensions with the hubs as we talk through tech upgrades. Miscommunication with the extended team. Vendors showing up with too little too late. ⠀…
A Breakthrough About Our Enoughness Project
Ahh… I feel like I can exhale. 🕊 I’ve been facing mad resistance as I build the enoughness curriculum. Not because I don’t know what I want to teach, but because there’s so. much. of….
A Childhood in Two Parts
This is a favorite photo of mine. I’m 6, hard at work on something brilliant. Unlikely homework. Far more likely I’m rewriting a list of characters for a play I’m creating. 🤓 ⠀ That actually…
Free Actor Training from Bonnie Gillespie
Y’all. Bookmark this list. 20 years ago, I started in on a journey that would lead to this moment. Me, showing up in your life, sharing a list of all the free training we’ve done…
It’s Time to Hit the Gym
Hello you beautiful people! Let’s talk about working out. I *regularly* talk about our work in the world of Self-Management for Actors and Enoughness from the perspective of a workout. We’re building muscles. We’re getting…
Stop Being so Hard on Yourself
I’d like you to join me in an experiment. I posted this as a story at my Instagram account. My inbox got flooded with, “Woof!” and “Oh yes, THIS!” and “I’m in!” So I posted…