I became a member of the Antaeus Academy last September, when I passed my company audition. I had no idea what to expect and what was ahead of me. And sometimes it’s better not to know and be surprised.
I participated in a 3 month vigorous exercise in classics. I studied Shakespeare, the Greeks and the “new classics” like Shaw, Coward and Wilde. It was a crazy 3 months, while I was also performing in “Death and the Maiden” at the Sidewalk Studio Theatre in Burbank.
Last year, the doctor diagnosed my coughing and wheezing and shortness of breath with allergy induced asthma.
I’ve had a rough few months and my rehearsals were badly affected, especially because I was doing a very intense play DEATH AND THE MAIDEN.
I was on medication for a couple months and two weeks before performances opened, I quit taking any medicine. I didn’t like being on drugs and I didn’t like being affected by them. So I decided to just work on my breathing and just focus.
