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The one-on-one coaching with Kashi reminded me of the only other acting class I've had with her - Intro, Freshman Seminar. I forgot that she liked to meet with us individually - I recall our scenes from A Lie of the Mind...ah memories. I kind of expected more interruption/side coaching, but she reserved her notes for the end. Kinda wanted her to get in there and push us, give us an in-the-moment experience, but in the end the scenes were truly ours to develop out of class with very little intervention. Kashi used the exercises rather than the scenework to affect us spontaneously, and our scenes became the test of our application of those exercises.

I appreciated the extra time in my day and had fun twirling my garments in the lobby. Silly theatre kids. I love us. I love singing, spinning, rolling on the floor, generally making asses of ourselves and sharing in the foolishness. Wouldn't the world be so much better if everyone took time to PLAY?

On a fun side note: I just discovered that The Second City and Columbia University Chicago have started a "Comedy Studies" semester of study. A course load of Improv, Sketch, History of Comedy, Comedy in Context, and seeing performances at Second City and the other comedy venues of Chicago. YES PLEASE!!! Perhaps in 2010???