Took a fantastic workshop with Ben Davis on the Ivana Chubbuck Technique.   This guy rocks.   Basically the Ivana Chubbuck takes most of the things from the traditional “Actor’s Handbook” and completes what it is driving at.  Ivana’s work can be seen evidently on “Monster’s Ball” with Halle Berry.

Everyone at the workshop was quite impressed with what Ben got out of us after 2 days.  There’s chapters in her book that round you and prepare you for being an in an authentic way.  Some examples include: Substitution (Substituting elements in the scene from real elements in your life), Inner Object (making an object come alive by connected it to something that has meaning for you), Doings (using real objects in a scene like you would in real life), and Inner Monologue (what are you thinking versus what you are saying?).   These are positive elements that I will now add to my tool belt.   They can also add to the fun of the rigorous task of memorizing.

I hope to further more of this technique in the near future.