THE ZOOM PROBLEM

How to create intimacy and connectivity through Zoom

My global Zoom class is so damn rewarding! Actors and directors all around the world are sending me self-tapes of their “Humans of New York” verbatim monologues and I am giving them feedback. Using the simple tools of Connection, Internal Landscape and Vista they are then re-taping and re-sending their performances. Oh my god! The difference is massive!

Ownership. Relaxation. Breath. Flow. Connectivity and responsiveness. Rich imagery. Unexpectedness... all these wonderful qualities are entering the work, based on these provocations.

Next they will be sending me their scenes. I can’t wait to watch.

THE TROUBLE WITH ZOOM

Of course all these actors are connecting with each other and taping via Zoom, Facetime or on Whatsapp — and you actors will know that many auditions are being conducted this way as well. Even your reader in a self-tape might be reading opposite you via Zoom, I certainly do that a lot with actors around the world.

So the question that my Zoom-class actors asked me in our l…