The First Step

I went to the first acting thing I've done in almost 3 years today. I say "thing" because it was an improv group of sorts.

The group was put together by the brother of an old friend from home. I met up with this old friend last weekend since he was in the city to visit his family. Long story short, we caught up and he invited me to this get together.

It was cool. The group was small (7 of us,) and it allowed me to be less intimidated during the exercises. I haven't posted about my acting before, but all I can tell you is that I was able to become more free and expressive than I have in years. It might have been due to my excitement about doing acting again.

At the end of the "class," I asked the group a few questions on where to start. I mostly talked with this older guy named Ben, who I gave a ride to on the way home-- it seems that my car has enabled me to make a lot of friends lately (I shall post on this.) Ben and I talked a lot for a while, exchanged numbers, and I offered to meet him up next week to get more information.

The experience paid off because I made contact and I got to practice again which helped my confidence. I still don't know how I'm gonna go about pursuing my dream in the big city, but I'm more certain that I can and will do it. I just have to get started.

It seems that I just did.