IN THE ROOM
You’re an actor. You kiss your wife and three-year-old daughter goodbye and push aside your daughter’s toys so you can climb into the minivan. In 20 minutes, you’re going on stage as a homicidal maniac. You’re about to burst into a bedroom with a meat cleaver.
How do you make the transition from hubby and dad to maniac? Bridging. Actors use bridging to prepare themselves to inhabit a role. They must make a mental transition from the dad who drove to the theater in a minivan to the maniac who steps onto a stage with the cleaver.
Moments before a pianist begins to play, she sits on her bench, eyes closed, hearing the opening strains ...
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