Chapter 2. PERFORMANCE: Your Role of a Lifetime

“With any part you play, there is a certain amount of yourself in it. There has to be, otherwise it’s just not acting. It’s lying.”

JOHNNY DEPP

Yesterday’s newspaper ran an ad for an open casting call for a new play that will be opening in your city. You decide to audition for a role—any role. You’ve done some acting previously, you even directed before, so you feel confident that you will be selected. After all the auditions, the producers announce that you are cast as a frontline employee in this play called Customer Service. You are happy that you won a part, even though you don’t quite understand your role or how it relates to the entire play. You also aren’t sure if you are ready for a frontline ...

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