I am on fire. As I leave The ACADEMY today my heart is full. I feel alive as a human. I feel gratitude toward my ensemble. I feel sadness that my journey as a student is over. And I feel that my Voice as an Artist has risen from the depths of the earth; I [...]
Author Archives: Laura
What Does Fuck Polite Really Mean? An Inside the Box by Laura Hooper
December 17, 2012 – 1:43 pm
WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING? I am pissed! You know how Meisner said, “fuck polite”? I have recently seen this famous Meisner quote tossed around and abused! Sanford Meisner said “fuck polite” in class, to his students, who were working during an exercise. He said it, as I have, in the hopes of unlocking [...]
Stage Fright, an Inside the Box by Laura Hooper
October 22, 2012 – 7:58 pm
My husband has suffered from stage fright his entire life. I saw his fear overtake him so much, that it made him comatose and close inward before he had to speak. After speaking, he would have a raging headache and behave like a flesh eating zombie. Slowly, in this past year, his stage fright seems [...]
The King of All Emotional Survival Tactics – Inside the Box with Laura Hooper
September 26, 2012 – 3:09 pm
I got the call. My 2-year-old daughter slammed a baseball bat into another toddler’s head. On purpose. And the lady calling me? The teacher? It’s her son. “You need to come pick her up immediately,” she says. In the car driving over I start shaking. I can’t figure out what makes me angrier. The fact [...]
Save the Penguins – Inside the Box with Laura
May 7, 2012 – 12:18 pm
My heart is leaping out of my chest! Pure joy and extreme fear are warring an epic battle in my heart! Tears stream down my face as I erupt into giggles. My hands clench the steering wheel a little tighter, as I try to regain control of these overwhelming emotions. I’m driving with the windows [...]
Laura Hooper’s ‘The Death of Sexy’ – Inside the Box
April 2, 2012 – 9:44 pm
DREAM ROLE: Maggie in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Full disclosure: I played this part. In high school. I was 17 years old. I’m positive I was terrible. I want to give it a go now. Black Box style. Here are a few things I fucked up on. 1. I was working really hard [...]
#AuditionFail – Inside the Box with Laura Hooper
February 20, 2012 – 10:00 am
Casting Director: “Be quirkier! QUIRKIER! Oh, come on! Did you not hear the directions? Just relax! Be Zooey Deschanel! Do you know who that is? Be her! QUIRKIER! Do you know who Zooey is? BE HER!” Inner Monologue: “You are really freaking me out. I am shutting down. Shutting down. You are yelling at me [...]
Inside the Box – Your Stanley Is Gay
January 30, 2012 – 2:55 pm
Congratulations, you just got cast in your dream role. No, it’s not Blanche DuBois. It’s Stella DuBois, Blanche’s less talked about sister, but a seriously amazing role in Streetcar Named Desire. I’m getting jealous just writing this for you right now. You can’t wait to dive into the role of Stella, and you can’t wait [...]
