The SF Playhouse Blogspot

The capacity to identify with another is greater in some of us than in others. It takes practice. And commitment. What does it feel like on the other side of that face we see opposite us. We believe that we are similar enough, that we suffer the same kind of pain and enjoy the same kind of pleasure. But it is a natural human tendency to project the worst motivations on people when we get in disagreements with them.

Theatre can be one of the greatest antidotes to this destructive capacity. When we see and identify with behavior on the other side of the footlights, we take a wonderful leap into the heart of another that can transform our capacity to identify.