Sunday, May 20, 2007

On the way

Mailed the final check to Stella Adler yesterday, so it's official: I'll be in NYC for 5 weeks during July and August for a "Chekhov intensive" at the Stella Adler studio. I'm excited, and have a lot of questions about my experience relative to everyone else in the class and where the training might leave me. Watch this space for more....

Saturday, May 19, 2007

First of all....

...according to this, "homegirl" means a "female friend or acquaintance from one's neighborhood or hometown." That's not exactly the case with me and Stella Adler (1901-1992), the legendary acting teacher and Group Theater member. I'm in a production of King Lear right now and I'd mentioned something about going to NYC for a summer Chekhov intensive in my bio. A young woman in the cast asked me if I was really going to study at the Stella Adler studio. I said I was, and she said "Stella Adler is my homegirl." ....and so a blog was born.....