1st Edition
Lessons from our Students Meditations on Performance Pedagogy
Acknowledgements
Dear Reader
Part 1: Inhalation
1. Why Theater?
2. An Ecosystem of Love
3. I Am, I Feel, I Am Bringing
4. Teacher Talking Time
5. The Jargon Finger
6. Everything but the Kitchen Sink
7. Standard Operating Procedures
8. Perennial Questions
9. To Grade or to Ungrade
10. Evaluations and Evolutions
Part 2: Exhalation
11. Prototypes
12. The Wisecracker
13. Breakdownthrough
14. Permission Slips
15. The Psychology of Apology
16. Ahimsa
17. Whole Body Yes
18. Hover and Hunker
19. Spoons
20. I Need a Champion
Part 3: Transformation
21. Whose Need Is It Anyway?
22. Lessons from my Dream Students
23. Teaching through Chaos
24. When the Teacher is Not Alright
25. Unspeakable Wounds
26. There’s Always One
27. There’s More than Meets the Ear
28. Lessons from my Recent Role as a Student
29. When Death Comes
30. Holding Space
Conclusion: Lessons from my Co-Author
Bibliography
Index
Biography
Stacey Cabaj is an Assistant Professor of Acting and Pedagogy at Loyola Marymount University. Her spirited approach to performance is grounded in her teaching certifications in Meditation, the Meisner Technique, Vibrant Voice Technique, Hatha and Vocal Yoga.
Andrea Odinov is a Voice, Speech, and Dialect Specialist, and Clinical Assistant Professor of Voice and Speech at Loyola Marymount University. She has provided coaching for theater companies and actors in the greater Los Angeles area and is a Certified Associate Instructor of Fitzmaurice Voicework®. www.andreaodinov.com
