1) How did you get into working in the theater? It depends on which time. When I was a very little girl, I sang on a television show in Manila called "Seeing Stars" with a friend of mine who played the guitar. I can't remember what it was I sang, but they asked me to come back and sing again, so I remember doing that, too. In High School I got involved in a lot of produtions and took a theatre class which got me hooked into the creation side of things. Mostly, I liked being able to use the powertool, I think. There's something really enabling about knowing that you CAN build something that's useful. Not a lot of young women get to try it. I acted in a community theatre production one summer when I was 17 (Pippin) and had a HUGE crush on the leads. The guy who played Pippin kissed me on the lips at the cast party...I was in heaven! Ok, so it was as he was leaving, and I never saw him again, but still...HE KISSED ME!!! Wheeeee!!!!
Then came college and I have to credit my continuing interest due to my Professor, Stephen Woody, who quietly smiled, handed me a powertool, gave me a general "I want you to make a 5x6x4 foot park bench" and showed me where the wood was located. I asked him what were the specifics...he asked me back...what did I think would work. I explained...he said "that sounds like one way of doing it. try it." and left me alone for a few hours. it was frustrating when he would occasionally point out an easier way, but it did force me to THINK instead of just following the crowd and not understanding WHY something worked. Probably one of the most valuable lessons I have ever learned.
As for my most recent foray, I hold lillibet entirely responsible. We had talked a great deal about the show she wanted to pull together and...damn if that woman doesn't have a way of making you think it was all your idea in the first place. I know I got suckered in, I just can't put my finger on it. And I can't imagine I struggled too mightly, either.
Theatre allows me to build things, organize things, make order out of a very convoluted universe, and then get rid of all the evidence in the end. It's quite cathartic, really.
2) If you could meet anyone in the world, living or dead, and have a brief conversation with them, who would you pick? Tough call...Galleleo sounds like an amazing guy...but I don't speak Italian, not to mention old italian...so that would be difficult. Oscar Wilde is a long time favorite, but I fear I would find him way too negative. So I would have to say Richard Feynman. He was charming, articulate and I would love any conversation he would have to offer on the things that swept through his head. From Physics to bongo drums, he has intrigued me.
3) What was your favorite class in college and why? Professor Charles Bassett in his course about Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain. The man loved the topic, knew it inside and out and was simply damn good at his job of teaching us. You WANTED to learn from him. He made you think about what was politically relevant, what social statements were being made, how did this, one of the all time great american fictions, find itself so popular, even today? it's still one of my favorite stories.
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Date: 2005-04-26 09:25 pm (UTC)It depends on which time. When I was a very little girl, I sang on a television show in Manila called "Seeing Stars" with a friend of mine who played the guitar. I can't remember what it was I sang, but they asked me to come back and sing again, so I remember doing that, too. In High School I got involved in a lot of produtions and took a theatre class which got me hooked into the creation side of things. Mostly, I liked being able to use the powertool, I think. There's something really enabling about knowing that you CAN build something that's useful. Not a lot of young women get to try it. I acted in a community theatre production one summer when I was 17 (Pippin) and had a HUGE crush on the leads. The guy who played Pippin kissed me on the lips at the cast party...I was in heaven! Ok, so it was as he was leaving, and I never saw him again, but still...HE KISSED ME!!! Wheeeee!!!!
Then came college and I have to credit my continuing interest due to my Professor, Stephen Woody, who quietly smiled, handed me a powertool, gave me a general "I want you to make a 5x6x4 foot park bench" and showed me where the wood was located. I asked him what were the specifics...he asked me back...what did I think would work. I explained...he said "that sounds like one way of doing it. try it." and left me alone for a few hours. it was frustrating when he would occasionally point out an easier way, but it did force me to THINK instead of just following the crowd and not understanding WHY something worked. Probably one of the most valuable lessons I have ever learned.
As for my most recent foray, I hold
Theatre allows me to build things, organize things, make order out of a very convoluted universe, and then get rid of all the evidence in the end. It's quite cathartic, really.
2) If you could meet anyone in the world, living or dead, and have a brief conversation with them, who would you pick?
Tough call...Galleleo sounds like an amazing guy...but I don't speak Italian, not to mention old italian...so that would be difficult. Oscar Wilde is a long time favorite, but I fear I would find him way too negative. So I would have to say Richard Feynman. He was charming, articulate and I would love any conversation he would have to offer on the things that swept through his head. From Physics to bongo drums, he has intrigued me.
3) What was your favorite class in college and why?
Professor Charles Bassett in his course about Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain. The man loved the topic, knew it inside and out and was simply damn good at his job of teaching us. You WANTED to learn from him. He made you think about what was politically relevant, what social statements were being made, how did this, one of the all time great american fictions, find itself so popular, even today? it's still one of my favorite stories.