Real acting means being engaged in relationship with others, which includes collaboration, teamwork, and self empowerment says Lincoln Land Community College Theatre Professor Mark Hardiman, and this thought underscores both parts of our May 2010 video interview with him. In Part One, Hardiman reflects on his own development as actor, director, writer, and he discusses some of the new theatre coursework he is bringing to LLCC. Part Two takes viewers into a more in-depth discussion of one of these courses, Stage Combat.