David Chiu

I had a breakthrough in class on Sunday. I was on stage and I felt no pressure to “perform” I just played the scene moment by moment. I felt more relaxed and natural than I have in a long time. I think it helped that before class Lisa told us that we should never try to please a casting director, teacher, etc. She said “F*ck them”. Do it for yourself, not to please anyone else. Do the work because you love it, because this work is your art.

Of course we still have some work to do on the scene. But I feel really good about the progress we’ve made. I’ve also really come to appreciate the brilliance of the play - DOUBT. I feel lucky that I was assigned such a great piece of work. Lisa has artistic reasons why certain pieces are assigned to actors - she is trying to mold us all, stretch us and help us grow artistically. I don’t know what specific reason I was given this play but I am thankful that I have the opportunity to really work on it.

On another note, I had this crazy idea and posted myself on Ebay…