Occupation: Contributing Writer Birth: November 7, 1906 Death: November 22, 1994
The techniques of the theater are the techniques of communicating..
We have freedom of speech, but you got to watch what you say..
That which is not yet known comes out of that which is not yet here..
First teach a person to develop to the point of his limitation and then-pfft!-break the limitation..
When student-actors see people and the way they behave when together, see the color of the sky, hear the sounds in the air, feel the ground beneath t….
It is highly possible that what is called 'talented behavior' is simply a greater individual capacity for experiencing. From this point of view, it i….
Get out of your head, into your space and await the invisible stranger.
General improvisations often give actors an insight beyond their words by helping them to 'see the word' and achieve a reality for the scene..
The unknown is where we go to find new things and intuition is how we find them..
Creativity is not the clever rearranging of the known..
Through spontaneity we are re-formed into ourselves. It creates an explosion that for the moment frees us from handed-down frames of reference, memor….
Theater Games are a process applicable to any field, discipline, or subject matter which creates a place where full participation, communication, and….
The audience is the most revered member of the theater. Without an audience, there is no theater. Everything done is ultimately for the enjoyment of ….
Everyone can act. Everyone can improvise. Anyone who wishes to can play in the theatre..
Everyone can act. Everyone can improvise. Anyone who wishes to can play in the theater and learn to become 'stage-worthy.' We learn through experie….
Play touches and stimulates vitality, awakening the whole person - mind, body, intelligence and creativity..
We learn through experience and experiencing, and no one teaches anyone anything..
When the rational mind is shut off, we have the possibility of intuition..
There are few places outside his own play where a child can contribute to the world in which he finds himself. His world: dominated by adults who tel….
It stands to reason that if we direct all our efforts towards reaching a goal, we stand in grave danger of losing everything on which we have based o….
If the environment permits it, anyone can learn whatever he chooses to learn, and if the individual permits it, the environment will teach him everyt….