Episode 5. How Are You Preparing to Return to Theatre in 2021?
/For the past year, theatre artists’ livelihoods have been stripped away. We’ve been cut off from the work that feeds our soul, that we’ve been trained to do, and artists have had to find new ways of supporting themselves by building new businesses or getting other jobs.
As 2021 gets underway, we’re hoping we’ll be able to begin our work again this year. While we may not have a definitive return date, we are seeing theaters start to mount shows and performances again. Opportunities are starting to emerge, and we need to be ready if we want to book work again.
My question to you today is: Where are you at in preparing to come back to theatre?
Have you been keeping your skills sharp this past year? Or have you taken a break from practicing and instead are using this opportunity to release some pressure and restore yourself? Or maybe you’ve been battling loneliness and depression and performing has moved way down your priority list and you haven’t looked at your book in a year.
However you’ve coped this past year is fine. It’s the way it has unfolded for you. There is NO judgement.
But, it’s time. It’s time to start preparing. All you have to do is begin.
Begin your daily practice again.
Begin being an artist again. Everyday. Take up your craft. Start nurturing it. Water it. Feed it. Allow it to start having a life again and having a hope again. It’s time to take up your daily practice again.
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TAKEAWAYS FROM THIS EPISODE
No one is pointing at you and questioning why you haven’t been operating at your highest frequency or been more productive. However you have coped this past year is perfectly acceptable. There is no judgement.
The first step in preparing to come back to performing is to start your daily practice.
Your voice is a gateway to your emotions. When you start singing, all the emotions that you’ve been resisting processing are going to come up. Start warming up your voice now so you can work through these emotions and get back to honing your craft.
Follow what fascinates you.
Get back into your music and rediscover your muscle memory. Try to recapture all the specific choices you made when you were performing that song regularly.
Court your own inspiration by reading through scripts and listening to the scores of your favorite shows.
Wake up your neural pathways by learning something new.
t’s time to start taking care of yourself. Eat well, drink water, exercise, meditate, pray, reach out to loved ones. We need each other to get through this.
You are a creation of the creator, and you have the spark of creation inside you.
As a theatre artist, you are a spiritual guide. You are leading the way in the spiritual work so that you can help lead the audiences through the healing process.
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xo,
Korrie
