How Time Period Influences Character
When building a character we can use the facts that are available to us in any way that will help us. Just as this is true for our character’s past, physical life or way of seeing the world, it is als...
29 Dec 202014min
Be a Snob About Your Process
“If you’re waiting for the director to help you, you’re going to be dead in the water,” says Milton. This episode is about taking ownership of your process, how you work. This builds confidence and in...
22 Dec 20209min
A Return to Rasbor
This week, we return to the Russian word Rasbor, which means “to dig down” beneath what you’re talking about to get to the big, cosmic idea. This is a new way of thinking in terms of acting, a muscle ...
15 Dec 202019min
Observing Human Behavior
As actors, it is our job, our responsibility to observe human behavior. We do this to understand what it reveals about people and relationships, because it gives us information that we can use, anothe...
9 Dec 202011min
Have Relationship with Everything
WANT MORE? Become a subscriber for bonus content! https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/actingclass/subscribe This week, Milton reminds us of the importance of having a specific relationship with ev...
1 Dec 202014min
Staying in the Play
In this episode, we re-examine the concept of the given circumstances. Every play has its own set of given circumstances, from which all drama emerges. It’s helpful to look at your work from this pers...
24 Nov 202017min
The 2 Whys
Somewhere in the process of creating a character, it’s helpful to step back and ask ourselves: why are we doing this play? Why are the characters we’re playing important? Why bother in the first place...
17 Nov 20208min
The Educated Imagination
Cultivating the imagination was one of Stella Adler's core tenets as an acting teacher. But the idea of the imagination is often misunderstood when actors assume that their imagination is limited to t...
10 Nov 202016min
