David Chiu

As of last Sunday I’m back in scene study class with Lisa Milillo at the studio. It’s been a couple months since I’ve been in class but it feels good to be back. Lisa has assigned me and my new partner a scene from the comedic play “Spike Heels“. I’m playing Edward and my partner is playing Georgie. We had a table reading this past Sunday and after two lines Lisa stopped the scene. Like always, she challenged the class with “Can anybody tell me why I stopped them”. My fellow classmates responded with “their relationship is not clear” and “I don’t know what is going on in this scene” - which Lisa responded with a resounding “YES!” And proceeded to ask me and my partner basic questions about the scene. She then told us to go off stage and try again. At that point she spoke to the class about the reality of being on a sitcom and doing a table read. She said, “don’t fool yourself - at a table read for a sitcom the producers, writers and director are expecting a full performance at the table. You must come prepared to give it your all.” So we tried again. The second time was better though it was obvious I didn’t have a handle on my character. So Lisa told my partner and I that we need to rehearse at least 8 hours this week and bring it back on it’s feet next Sunday. Whew!