1 – WHAT WAS YOUR JOURNEY TO BECOMING AN ACTING TEACHER/COACH?
I had the good fortune to meet Madeleine Sherwood when I was seventeen. Madeleine sensed something in me and kept contact. She brought me to New York where I trained with her at Circle-in-the-Square Theater School. At the same time, she recommended me to the Actors Studio as an Observer. For the next five years I was privileged to watch the bi-weekly sessions being led by Lee Strasberg, Elia Kazan, Ellen Burstyn, Shelley Winters, Estelle Parsons, amongst others. Their insights, and the breadth of work I saw there, expanded my knowledge. ….