Acting teachers may disagree about methodology, but they all concur about one thing without question: the quality of acting students’ focus has been at an all-time low ever since the era of smartphones. I am lucky to recall the pre-iPhone era. When I was in college, smartphones were not a thing. At the time, the technology that our professors complained about as “ruining the kids” were iPods. My generation would have our earbuds in, listening to Elliott Smith or Bjork or what

Don’t let social distancing become emotional distancing. Use this outbreak to breakout of your current boundaries and limitations by fighting through this isolation to connect not only to others in alternative ways but also to connect to your craft and yourself. Although this is a tremendous global emergency and a tragedy for so many afflicted people and their families, I personally insist upon an outlook that is hopeful. We mustn’t allow this virus to attack our spirits. The