FIRST ASSIGNMENT

REQUIRED FOR ALL CLASSES

INTRODUCTION TO ACTTRUE CLASS/WORKSHOP

Following is the First Assignment: This is REQUIRED!

EXERCISE #1. Physical Destination: This Exercise tests the cause of Truthful Action.

Let's look at the Facts of your daily life as a foundation of the Truth of your future imaginary life on camera/stage. Facts first!

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Choose a specific day from your own life, NOT A CHARACTER, when you folded laundry. That's right, that's what you will do: Fold Laundry. Everybody folds laundry. So we all have an opinion on what real, "Truthful" folding behavior will look like. The simple is the profound.

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You will investigate your Thoughts, Circumstances, Relationships, Wants, Obstacles and Actions of your chosen, specific day, from your past. All that happened before you folded. All you did after you folded. This before/after is our past/future, our what we've done/what we expect to do, that defines our everyday life.

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For Rehearsal: Set aside a 1-hour period for rehearsal. Set your alarm clock for five minutes. Then fold. When the alarm rings, stop. And answer The Six Steps of Investigation (below). Answer each question as it pertains to your chosen, specific day, from your past. What went through your mind on that past day? What happened on that past day? Your Thoughts create your Behavior. Then, set the alarm again and fold. Do this alternating fold/investigation for 1 hour. As you answer the Six Steps each Investigation reveals the thoughts that filled you according to your specific Circumstances of your chosen, specific day, from your past. This will lead you into the clarification of Action, and the Specificity of Behavior. Keep a journal of advancing understanding.

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For Class: Bring the basic object requirements, i.e., your clothes, your clothesbasket or bag, your books, magazines, pictures, whatever are the aspects of your life that you will discover and clarify through The Six Steps. The Six Steps when answered truthfully will leave no stone unturned in terms of reality. They will establish the internal and external facts of your moment in Truthful Behavior.

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DO NOT IMPRESS US! 

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Just investigate your specific thoughts one moment to the next. I dare you to be truthful in the simple. Without the accumulation of simple truths in the work, how can you be truthful in the "big, dramatic" moments of the work? How? You can't. You will not have engaged the audience along the path of dramatic life, and they will not accept your "great conflict", your tears, your screams, your heroic fight at the end of the movie. The audience will not trust you. Truth in the Simple is the foundation of Truth in the Conflict.

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NO MIMING! 

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This is professional investigation, not a parade or charade or a performance or opportunity to "look at me".