Jack fletcher

My mentor. Loved it. And I know he was genuine with his praise. His sister had been in Our Country's Good directed by tony taccone at berkeley rep maybe 15 years ago. And he just dug no child.

Of course I was moved last night: how great to see NO CHILD for my final time with my teacher and his wife. My friends.

It was a good show - and michael called it tremendously well. He remains one of the best psm's I've ever worked with. And he reveres jack as one of his favorite - and best - directors.

But jack rarely directs these days. In the 90s after I trained with him, and after I assisted him, he transitioned into voice direction and voice casting. He definitely has made a good living doing that.

But it is a shame that he hasn't directed at ACT or at berkeley rep or at the magic for sometime. Because he is so damn talented. Jack has an amazing way of connecting actors to the text, of making you feel that what you are working on is crucial. He is a genius and has an uncanny way of getting to an actor - of culling all of his experience and remembering the details of an actor - and mine those details.

While talking to rachel's father at his office - he's the head of the Cal biophysics dept - I saw a list of his lineage, dating back to the 1750s. It listed his name at the bottom, and above him his professor, and above him his professor.

So I wondered - what's my lineage. In other words, I studied with jack. Jack studied with his father allen fletcher. Allen studied with someone named betcher and someone else named aubrey. I think.

I want to trace that.