ACTING CHRIST-LIKE

So I have been doing the Jungalbook by Edward Mast for about 2 months now. I really love how this company is being ran; they way they're doing it for one year they do one show. Every time an actor leaves the show, they recast the part. The show can be booked for basically any venue. So far we've done retirement centers, Boys & Girls Clubs, and day care centers. It's been a great learning experience targeting the audience.  It's a different feel between the ages because we're performing for the extremes, the young and the older. I was originally cast as Baloo the bear, but I am now diving into playing Sherakhan the Tiger. This has really been an interesting lesson for me. They way we run rehearsals is that I play both parts in one run through. One second I'm a caring Mama-Bear type character, and the next I'm the evil and vicious antagonist of the play. I've had to put a lot of effort into being "mean." Being a tall and broad woman with ...

I am currently enrolled in Voice and Diction at MCC, under the instruction of Ian Christiansen. So far I am LOVING the class. I took a V&D class when I did the Scottsdale Conservatory Theatre, but unfortunately those credits didn't transfer. I enjoyed the class I took before, but because it was an accelerated class  we only got to hit the basics. I can already tell that Ian's class is going to be my favorite. I've only been to two classes and I'm already learning more about my body and my instrument than I haven learned in a while. I hope by the end of this class I will be able to carry myself like a professional actor and sustain good breath support and diction while I'm on stage. I'll keep you posted!