Acting as a Personal Awakening

Have you ever watched a film and felt stunned by the character portrayal or the depth of emotion you felt during a scene? Our friend Crystal knows that experience of memorizing scripts, diving into a role, and going deep within to tap a source of vulnerability. Once an artistic and extroverted child, life led her down a different path. As she became a mother and began thinking how life could look differently for her, she took acting classes, which transformed her. Your two favorite brown girls have a fun and inspiring conversation with Crystal about the process and art of acting, and the empowering decision to create. Grab a cup of chai (or coffee or tea) and join us. In this episode we discuss:

• How we describe Crystal
• Friends with "X-Men superpowers"
• What you learn in acting school
• Going into a scene with confidence
• Amy’s acting dreams and move to Orlando
• “You can do that at any point in life”
• Crystal twinning with Sultana’s Mom
• Amy’s model Mama
• How acting positively affected Crystal’s life
• The impact on Crystal of losing her acting mentor
• How the Meisner technique can keep you present
• “The birds are singing again”
• Motherhood inspired Crystal to pursue acting
• “We didn’t know our parents were human beings with actual desires”
• How Crystal’s parents inspired her creative side
• Acting as “permission to express” and vulnerability
• Crystal’s favorite movie and how it impacted her
• The challenge of taking on risky, gritty roles
• Emotional awareness as empathy and compassion
• The power of imagination...kids need time to “be bored” so they can create
• What did you love doing as a child?
• You can’t stop to think when you are doing improv

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