We’re going to work on opening up - show yourself, draw the attention to yourself, focus on the other, on the surroundings, don’t think as you, think like your character would.  First we’re going to lose ‘the masks’ that we’re always wearing as a person in order to ‘put them back on’ so we can play the characters we like. “Dare to show yourself” I would add to that now. For if you’re truly free on stage, without worries about whatever, you will be a far better actor than you’ve been before. Don’t try to shine, don’t try to act, just do it … We will create a safe environment to work in. We will laugh a lot, for humour is very important. And we will work on a personal level. Everyone has his or her own qualities and pitfalls so it’s no use to approach everyone in the same way.   Free your mind… and your ass will follow. (George Clinton – Parliament Funkadelic)