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 Jun 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 Jun 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 Mai 202111min
Big Ideas That Are Part of Us
It’s ironic that in this present global, digital age where information travels at the speed of light, we feel so emotionally disconnected to what’s happening in our world, whether in our own country o...
18 Mai 202121min
What Cloud Am I Under?
Welcome to Season 3! Based on Stella Adler’s work with Stanislavsky, everything we do as actors comes out of the world of the play, or the given circumstances that the writer has given us. One way int...
11 Mai 202118min
Interview Your Character (Like Oprah)
WANT MORE? Become a subscriber for bonus content! https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/actingclass/subscribe A great technique that we have at your disposal when building a character, is to i...
16 Mar 202124min
How Is This Character Different From Me?
Actors often ask: “how is this character like me?” But unless we know how the characters we play are different from us, it’s hard not to fall back on playing ourselves, or a variation thereof. Knowing...
9 Mar 202115min
What’s Going On?
One effective way to uncover your action in a scene is to ask: what is going on with him/her/them/you? Actions, as we refer to them in acting, are often misunderstood as “activity” or “plot.” The true...
2 Mar 202118min
