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January 17, 2007 the 2nd blog by Jesse Ryder Hughes
It has been an exciting week. The play I was working on closed Saturday. A lot of good came out of this play. I was able to unlock some extremely dark doors in my work. The play is about three friends that rape and kill a girl when they are fifteen in Vancouver. The worst part about it is that no one remembers what has happened. Now the men are all thirty years old and they are all dealing with the death in their own way. One becomes a successful business man, one becomes an estranged professor in Toronto and the last guy becomes a born again Christian, the latter is the one that can’t deal with the death and threatens to go to the cops. Jesse Ryder Hughes and his Acting Process There were a lot of dark doors in this play to be opened. I played Peter, the born again Christian, who was very proud of who he has become, a wife, four kids, church every Sunday. Peter can’t deal with his sin and confesses to his wife, which destroys his marriage and everything he has built. He has no choice, but to face his punishment in hope of forgiveness from his wife. He calls his two friends and the play begins from this point. Oh, it’s called Absolution by Robert William Sherwood. When I finally opened myself, it is at the point when I find one of the guys calls my wife and threatens my family. I can’t identify a lot with Peter. I’m not religious, I don’t have a wife or kids, but for some reason I was able to break down and feel the horrible pain. It took me five shows to finally get it, but I did. Jesse Ryder Hughes breaks down his walls All good actors know when that wall is knocked down and that risk is taken, it feels amazing. Wow, I love feeling. Even if it’s pain. But it’s weird, I kept looking for something beyond what was written, but the simple words “ I talked to your daughter Peter” absolutely crushed me as Peter. It made me realize even more how important preparation is and listening. I don’t know how it is when I get older, but clarifying a lot of what I have learned and what my own natural talents are is a rewarding process, creating confidence, self acceptance and humbleness. This is helping me be more observant and respectful to the people around me as well. Jesse Ryder Hughes and the business side of acting I was lucky enough to be seen by an agency that I have found myself already very fond of. I have my first audition tomorrow for a voice in a video game. I’m not that nervous yet, but we’ll see when I get there. Jesse Ryder Hughes gets inspired I went and saw Monster tonight at Buddies in Bad Times. I highly recommend it. I stayed for the talk back with Daniel Macivor and he was great. I wanted to go home and start writing a novel or play or something right away. Just to be creative. Free my mind and think. Anyway it is a play about the evils in all of us and the want of revenge we have sometimes felt in ourselves. Being a lover of horror movies and real life crime stories I took to the play right away. Daniel Macivor said in his talk back that we need tragedy sometimes to know that we are still alive. I think that is very true and it reminded me of Absolution and all the other tragic pieces I’ve seen. Jesse Ryder Hughes speaks his mind Well it has been a great week and the “idea” of success has always been scary to me, but so has the “idea” of failure, whatever either one of them mean. But if I truly learn how to fail, I’ll truly learn how to succeed. I know this for sure. Return from Jesse Ryder Hughes Blog to WILDsound Filmmaking Feedback Events home p
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