“I feel like God has moved me into a different way of doing things. I teach basic on-camera acting class called Acting 101...In my classroom, the students get every ounce of encouragement and craft and anything I'm able to give them.We have some rules. We don't take the name of The Lord in vain. We don't use foul language when we mess up on camera...There's a climate of safety...They feel very protected.” WayGivingFeelsDifferentUseAbleNamesLanguageActingLordClassTeachStudentsEncouragementCamerasSafetyMovedClimateCraftsMessVainDifferent WaysClassroomProtectedFoulActing ClassesFoul Language Author:Patricia Mauceri
“The experience I had all those 40 years of working on Broadway and working on television, I bring it to students and I let them kind of drain me dry but they all feel at the end of the class that they are getting so much out of it. The students grow in my classroom because they feel safe. They don't feel like they're going to be yelled at.” FeelsYearsKindEndsGrowsClassStudentsTelevisionSafeDryClassroomBroadwayDrains Author:Patricia Mauceri
“When you hit the things that are relevant to the next generation, - it's a way for young people to feel like "Somebody understands me. Church is not irrelevant. I feel that my hurts are being addressed. Things that I am concerned about are being talked about."” PeopleWayFeelsYoungNextHurtChurchGenerationsConcernedRelevantIrrelevantNext GenerationUnderstand Me Author:Patricia Mauceri