The Illusion of the First Time
One of an actor’s jobs is making lines, written by someone else and rehearsed over and over, sound like they …Read the Rest
Tag Archives: Handling Text
I Want, She Wants
One of Stanislavksi’s most basic ideas about acting is that everything a character does in the course of a …Read the Rest
Brush Up Your Shakespeare
Working on Shakespeare strengthens your acting muscles just like going to the gym tightens your glutes and abs. …Read the Rest
Speed Kills
In the normal course of speaking, we have a thought we need to communicate and then we speak. Because …Read the Rest
Speech Measures
If you are preparing a monologue for an upcoming audition, it is important to remember that it is your …Read the Rest
More Cold Reading Tips
One of the challenges of a cold reading is that you don’t have much time to prepare. So you …Read the Rest
What Did You Say?
An actor, who was hard to understand because of his volume and diction said to me, “If I’m being …Read the Rest
Summer Solstice
The other day actor KF wrote, “We had our first read-through on Monday and I feel as though I …Read the Rest
The First Reading of a Script
For many actors, the first reading of a script means sitting down in a coffee shop with a highlighter …Read the Rest