Unsent

Every week in my acting class, someone different gets up at the beginning to do a creative scene. The creative scene is an opportunity for the actor to get up in front of the class and take a creative risk. It can be by doing a monologue that is a real stretch, singing opera, or trying out a standup routine (to name only a few examples). The only real rules are that you have to take a risk and you have to do it in 2-5 minutes.

Today was my day to do the creative scene.

In 1999, I remember hearing an amazing Alanis Morisette song called "Unsent". The lyrics were all unsent letters to her ex-boyfriends. As I was thinking about what I would do for my creative scene, I got the idea to write my own unsent letters and read the words that I never said to them to my class.

The exercise was a total success! The class was riveted, and it was very cathartic for me. After getting all the ickies out of my system by reading the letters to my exboyfriends, I really got choked up when I read the final letter which was written to Hubs:

Dear Hubs,

You are God’s great gift to me—the great love of my life. What we share is untouchable, and I love you with all of my heart.

Your,
Starshine