When Your Choices Stop Feeding You
There comes a point, especially when doing a long run that your choices dry up and no longer have the emotional effect on you they once did. But part of being an actor is never allowing our relationsh...
9 Nov 202114min
Stealing from the People That Interest Us
Ok. It's a creepy sounding episode title but it's not what it sounds like. In this episode, we learn more about the power of everyday-observations and how to integrate them into our creative process. ...
2 Nov 202117min
Real Life Vs. Theater
As actors, we are the musician, instrument, composer and conductor. Therefore, there are certain technicalities we have to be aware of that have little or nothing to do with being truthful. Since real...
26 Okt 202113min
Exploration & Gestation
This week’s episode can be applied to any part of the process. You always want to give yourself permission to let your mind wander through, make discoveries and absorb information, be it about a chara...
19 Okt 202112min
Finding Words That Work For You
When working on a role, we will inevitably come face-to-face with adjectives that describe our characters. We find these adjectives in the script itself, or if auditioning, in the breakdown. But if th...
12 Okt 202114min
What Kind of Person Would Do That?
If you want to create characters that have depth, that is work that you have to do. The script won’t give it to you, and the director definitely won’t give it to you. This requires asking the question...
5 Okt 202115min
The Joy of Acting
This week, we celebrate the return of Broadway by looking at how the joy of acting, and and the joy of being part of its tradition and community is a huge part of what the actor gives and what the aud...
28 Sep 20218min
Judging The Characters We Play
One of the problems we face as actors, is that, without even knowing it, our limited experience and points of view as human beings naturally affects the way we approach characters that are different f...
21 Sep 202113min
