During lockdown organizations all over the world have been finding new ways to stay connected, to learn, to teach, to create, to get their goods and services to the folks that need them. Many of these new opportunities have proven to be amazing ways to connect with people that one probably wouldn't have been able to otherwise. I've tried to take advantage of many of these opportunities (this website is a result of one of them) and have learned so much! This past week I finished one such class with the marvelous Karen Kohlhaas. She is a founding member of the Atlantic Theatre in NYC. She is a teaching artist, scholar and director among many titles and an incredible online teacher. During the pandemic she's offered many of the classes that she was teaching in person through Zoom with surprising success. The class I took was her Monologues Class - a process of choosing, self-directing and performing monologues for auditions. Her challenge is to eventually get twenty monologues under your belt so that you have something right for every moment. WOW! I have always been very shy and scared about the idea of choosing and performing monologues, something that musical theater performers are rarely asked to do. But I have also wanted to expand my performing opportunities to include Shakespeare and plays and possibly film and even, yes! TV. The photo above was taken during our first class when she asked, "how great are you going to feel when you have four finished monologues ready to go?" It took a lot of work and bravery, but the 10 feels great. So great, in fact, that I am going to give myself the challenge of 16 more. Gotta get going!
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