How did the Austin Acting Workshop come about?
Talk about a loaded question. I’ll attempt to answer this briefly (like that’s going to happen.) When I graduated from the University of Texas, I attempted to get a job teaching theatre. It didn’t happen. Don’t ask me why, because I don’t know. So, along with my wife, I started a theatre company, and it went well, but we got pregnant during our first season and disbanded it because we wanted our child to feel real secure. That meant having a job, and I got one. And I kept it for fourteen years. Toward the end of that time, I suffered from a rather intense depression, and while my doctor treated it chemically, the drugs didn’t really do anything for me because it had to do with me not doing what I wanted to do and not being where I wanted to be. I had always wanted to teach, and I’d tried to get teaching jobs during that fourteen years (and still do), but for some reason that is totally beyond me, no one will hire me. So, I decided to start an acting workshop with some friends. Its purp
