Playing a Part You Know S*** About
One of our listeners recently began work as a series regular on a new show, and found herself a little lost because of the lack of information she’s been given about her character. When you don’t know...
13 Heinä 202117min
How to Talk Out
In this episode Milton shares how his “Talking Out” technique was born in order to clarify how it can best work for us as actors. We talk out in order to take ownership of what we are talking about, l...
6 Heinä 202113min
Where Our Research Should Lead Us
We all know the importance of doing research when creating a role, but even more important is what you do with that research. If you can’t turn it into something actable, it’s useless. This is a skill...
29 Kesä 202117min
The Accurate Conductor
As an actor, you want to be so much more than just “accurate.” You must have something going on inside of you that makes you alive on the outside. An exercise we can employ that helps us connect to th...
22 Kesä 202117min
The Shorthand of Emotions
There was a period where you took the time and energy to communicate, either writing a letter or speaking. We’re now living in a world where language has become truncated into a shorthand of images an...
15 Kesä 202110min
This is the Scene Where…
The ability to identify what’s going on in any given scene from an actor’s perspective is very important. Instead of getting bogged down in all the elements of the scene— specifically the plot and wha...
8 Kesä 202116min
Building the Place in the Age of Zoom
Because of the pandemic, the nature of the business of acting has changed, and most likely there’s no going back. Working remotely has become so pervasive that even when theater reopens, self-tape aud...
1 Kesä 202113min
Getting to Know You
In this episode, Milton draws parallels between the actor’s and writer’s process when it comes to creating a character. Both the actor and the writer have to live with a new character, talk with them,...
25 Touko 202111min
