"What Men Live By."
That was my first show. I was 5 years old at the time, so it would have been 1977 or early 1978. Despite my swiss cheese memory I can still remember that show. It was a musical and I had to be a street urchin who played the harmonica and then stole an apple from a lady selling them on the street. I was brilliant. My mother told me.
Since then I have found myself on stage in nearly 100 shows. I am neither a trained actor nor a trained singer. I have somehow managed to stumble along and pick up what I need to do. I make no claims about being a great actor or an incredible singer. What I am is a hack.
"A Hack of All Trades" you might say. I have always loved learning how to do something for myself. It just seemed appropriate. Somehow I managed to make that apply to theatre as well. So maybe it's better to call be a "Hactor", or better yet, a "Hactorbationist." I think that has the best ring to it of all.
I believe that will be the theme of this blog. Hactorbationism. A guide / personal documentation of surviving theatre from the perspective of a complete hack, yours truly.
Will it be life changing? Probably not.
Will your agree with everything I put here? Hopefully not. As I have said before, I'm just faking it.
Will you laugh at my idiocy and lack of actual knowledge? Most likely, but that's okay. I do that as well on a very frequent basis.
That being said, I must put this away for a while as I have to review my lines for tonight's performance. Don't wish me "Good luck", because apparently that's actually bad luck. But don't tell me to "Break legs", because knowing me I may manage to do so. Instead tell me "Don't suck." I'll try not to do just that.
suck less!
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