"Dialect. Projection. Cold reading. Improv. A lot, for the first day back, that was. And proud, I am, for the effort, the Jedis made! Much ground, today, they covered. Put it, another way, I will . . ."
Theatrical growth is all about the click . . . about the moment when something goes very right. Mr. Horton manages to speak with such clarity that the audience knows "he can do this." Miss Herlihy becomes the leader in an improv scene. It's also about doing new things . . . like dialects. A wise Jedi knows learning doesn't happen when one continues doing what one knows, but when one does something one doesn't. Because- everyone take a deep breath, and repeat after me- acting is doing!
"Do what they know, and good actors, they will be, but grow, they will not. Do new things, and grow, they will. Better actors, they will be. The first lesson, recall, they must . . . do, or do not, there is no try."
