Tomatoes, Cucumbers & Toilet Paper
We've all been there. You look at your script and see something that resembles a list. What do most actors do? They act it as a list and by doing so, sound like they're running down a dull inventory o...
27 Apr 202013min
A Sequence of Thoughts, Not a Cluster of Words
WANT MORE? Become a subscriber for bonus content! https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/actingclass/subscribe When Milton recently asked Gustavo Dudamel, the conductor of the Los Angeles Philh...
21 Apr 20208min
Dear Milton, Please Help Me
In the Summer of 1980 during the run of a regional production of Boys in the Band, Milton wrote a letter to Stella Adler asking for her guidance. She responded: “The actor in you is beginning to feel ...
21 Apr 20205min
Building a Believable Backstory
Whether you’re auditioning for a pilot or in rehearsal for a Clifford Odets play, our jobs as actors is to launch, imaginatively, into the world of the piece, and open ourselves to its influence. But ...
14 Apr 202017min
I Relate to Her
As actors, most of us have had the experience of closely identifying with a character we’re playing. In this episode, Milton talks about the mistake so many of us make when we feel like we relate to a...
6 Apr 202011min
A Brief History of Acting
How did we end up studying acting in the first place? In this episode, Milton puts his teaching in context by giving us a brief history of modern acting technique; from 19th-century realism to Konstan...
30 Mar 202011min
Talk It Out
WANT MORE? Become a subscriber for bonus content!https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/actingclass/subscribeIn this episode, Milton talks about how writing and thinking are great ways for acto...
23 Mar 202021min
Deadly, Deadly Facts
WANT MORE? Become a subscriber for bonus content!https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/actingclass/subscribeContrary to popular belief, just because you can answer “who, what, why, where, when...
21 Mar 202014min
