It's simple actually. Start by asking yourself, why does it have to be this way? This is a basic question we ask here at NHTC. Why do we have to follow along with other people's ideas of what theater and art have to be?
If you want to write a play, then write it, and produce it, and when someone says (and they will), "You can't do it that way!" or "That's not theater!". Ask why?
If you want to be an actor, then be an actor. If you want to create theater, then by all means create theater. And when the others say you can't, ask why? Ask who put them in charge? Ask when did they become the owners of all theater? If you want to tell your story, then tell it, and tell it the way you want to tell it. It is a good year for a revolution.
YEA...WHAT HE SAID!
T.Paul: That's for sure - that's for DAMN sure! "That which we persist in doing becomes easier, not that the task itself has become easier, but that our ability to perform it has improved." Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882.) "Hide not your talents, they for use were made. What's a sun-dial in the shade?" Benjamin Franklin. "Great ability develops and reveals itself increasingly with every new assignment." Baltasar Gracian. "If you have a talent, use it in every which way possible. Don't hoard it. Don't dole it out like a miser. Spend it lavishly like a millionaire intent on going broke." Brendan Francis. "Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius." Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 - 1930), (Sherlock Holmes) Valley of Fear, 1915. "Use what talents you possess: the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best." Henry Van Dyke. "What the hell, I'll give it my best shot." Bobo Lavorgna.