I started acting as an adult in a performance art piece written and directed by my brother, in Vienna, Austria, where he had established himself. I was thrown into the fire. We performed in Vienna for two weeks and then took the show on the road through the Austrian and German countryside.
We’d travel to a new theatre a day, spend half the day blocking and then up we went. We’d already rehearsed at least five weeks for hours a day, performed for a couple of weeks to full audiences in Vienna so acting wise we were confident.
However, out new lighting director on tour was a drunk…we found out too late to make a change, creating some somewhat stressful moments on stage wondering if our cues would ever come. Some did and some didn’t.
But alas, cues or not, the show always went on. And it was exciting. I was living a dream.
When I returned to NYC I was bitten by the acting bug and got into acting class. Acting for Camera first. I studied Soap Opera Acting (remember the popularity of soaps) and Commercial Acting and Film Acting and TV Acting.
All slightly different in their approaches.
I remember taking my first theatre acting class the next year and something surprising happened.
I couldn’t fill the space…not with my voice…not with my body …and not with my energy.
You see I had been focused on film and TV acting which was much more subtle and still and intimate.
But I was dedicated to learning and so I persevered with my study.
When I started auditioning and acting professionally my work was inconsistent. I remember praying to God one day,
“Please allow me to be a consistent actress”
(I wasn’t even spiritual or religious at the time but I knew my art had something to do with a higher power)
I was tired of sometimes feeling ‘real’ and sometimes not. I was tired of sometimes doing a good audition and sometimes blowing it. It was uncomfortable and embarrassing and I didn’t know how to fix it.
One thing you’ll notice in those very early years of my training- I never wished to be great, or the best.
I didn’t know I could be.
It was years later after BIG losses in my personal life that I was led to my search for meaning for everything and I dug deep down to find the answers.
And what I found was that I could be great but I had to:
A. Commit to being the best I could be
B. Declare It and Focus on It.
C. Clear out any mindset beliefs that made me feel undeserving of Greatness
D. Get the training/skill sets I needed and
E Put in the time and do the work.
I did and that is what I teach my clients.
It led me to creating a one-woman show- just me on the stage sharing EVERYTHING I’ve got- in a very well-crafted and well-executed exciting way.
It led to me sharing from the depths of my soul on video interviews and for journalists.
It meant knowing when to pull back and take care of myself and fill myself up.
It meant standing confidently in a room full of hard core prisoners and telling them my story and how my father ended up in jail and how self-forgiveness and radical responsibility were the keys to their freedom.
Prisoners…right…you get it?
They got me and my message…because I was strong, unapologetic, confident and vulnerable. I shared a piece of me with them when I presented 15 minutes of my one-woman show.
And now I’d like to pass what I’ve learned on to you.
Are you ready?
If you are afraid – yet ready- to courageously deliver your story on stage and/or in your videos-
If you want to let the TRUE YOU out for the world to see…
then I invite you to join me this Thursday, January 12th and in two Thursdays from now (and two more times in February)
for my Virtual Master Acting/ Presentation Class,
“So You Want to Be in Show Business?!”
Find out more and sign-up here:https://brendaadelman.leadpages.co/virtual-master-acting-class-beta-/
We start this Thursday, January 12th at 3:30 PM PST. Our class meets for 60 minutes in a video group room.
Be prepared to bring two minutes of your writing to present for my critique.
This can be any kind of material you plan on presenting for an audience on stage or video. It can be a script for a stage show, part of a speech or an introduction from a video you want to shoot.
Top acting classes cost upwards of $250/month. Month in and month out.
For January and February this class series is only $20/month- that’s the equivalent of $10/class.
This is a Beta Test. In March the price will go up.
Don’t waste another moment.
Let me help you shine, sparkle, dazzle and change the world.
Brenda
P.S. Check out this video to hear more specifics about the class. Within 12 hours of payment you will receive acceptance notification and your welcome email with all the deets. (Less time if you are close to the start time of the class)
P.P.S. This is not a writing class. You will be critiqued on your acting/performance/delivery.
