• Twaddle

    Updated: 2012-02-08 10:00:54
    For Torya: “you will explore how to connect to your emotional centres in order to allow the inner life of the character to play the scene effectively.” I found this passage in a piece of literature from a BIG DRAMA SCHOOL.  I couldn’t believe it.  They do know it’s 2012 right? Let’s examine this piece [...]

  • California Auditions at a Glance – Feb. 9-17

    Updated: 2012-02-07 22:43:21
    The following "Auditions at a Glance" calendar conveniently organizes projects by the date and day-of-the-week that the projects' auditions are taking place, to help you schedule your plans. Click on any of the following links to see the casting and job notices related to the dates and project titles highlighted below. Thu. Feb. 9 • Cat Venom Comedy Show Fri. Feb. 10 • Cat Venom Comedy Show • MSC Summer Season Sat. Feb. 11 • 'Dirty Talk' • 'Magic Soccer Night' • 'Action Cinema', Host • 'Wipe Out' • CA, 'Surf', Dancers, NV • 'Annie' • Cat Venom Comedy Show...

  • New York Auditions at a Glance – Feb. 9-17

    Updated: 2012-02-07 22:39:23
    The following "Auditions at a Glance" calendar conveniently organizes projects by the date and day-of-the-week that the projects' auditions are taking place, to help you schedule your plans. Click on any of the following links to see the casting and job notices related to the dates and project titles highlighted below. Thu. Feb. 9 • Flat Rock Playhouse, NC • Saint Michael's Playhouse • 'The Common Pursuit' • North Shore Music Theater • 'Legally Blonde', Dancers, WI • 'The Book of Mormon', B'way • ArtsPower Musicals Fri. Feb. 10 • 'A Streetcar Named Desire... • Flat Rock Playhouse, NC •...

  • Regional Auditions at a Glance – Feb. 9-17

    Updated: 2012-02-07 22:37:58
    The following "Auditions at a Glance" calendar conveniently organizes projects by the date and day-of-the-week that the projects' auditions are taking place, to help you schedule your plans. Click on any of the following links to see the casting and job notices related to the dates and project titles highlighted below. Thu. Feb. 9 • IL, Peninsula Players, WI • MA, 'Our Town' • NV, 'Surf', Dancers Fri. Feb. 10 • IL, Peninsula Players, WI • WA, A Contemporary Theatre... Sat. Feb. 11 • 'Extreme Makeover: Weight... • MA, Gloucester Stage Co. • MO, The MUNY • MD, 'Oliver!' •...

  • What’s the point in drama school?

    Updated: 2012-02-07 10:02:12
    It seems to me that as I work with students that have already graduated from drama school or college that something is missing in their training.  Would I be naive, arrogant, or insane to suggest that what they are missing is their actual actor training?  Well, more and more colleges are offering courses in acting [...]

  • Shakespeare Monologues: 5 Mistakes People Make with their Drama School Auditions

    Updated: 2012-02-06 09:57:40
    Just a brief one today, but an important one: ONE:  PROSE The most obvious mistake is that people choose a PROSE speech instead of a VERSE speech. What’s the difference? Well, one is poetry and the other is simply the ordinary written word.  While I’m sure his PROSE is excellent, I believe that drama schools [...]

  • New Feb. 2-8, 2012 Issue of Back Stage, with Daniel Radcliffe and Guide to NY Acting Schools!

    Updated: 2012-02-03 15:44:36
    The following "Auditions at a Glance" calendar conveniently organizes projects by the date and day-of-the-week that the projects' auditions are taking place, to help you schedule your plans. Click on any of the following links to see the casting and job notices related to the dates and project titles highlighted below. Thu. Feb. 9 • IL, Peninsula Players, WI • MA, 'Our Town' • NV, 'Surf', Dancers Fri. Feb. 10 • IL, Peninsula Players, WI • WA, A Contemporary Theatre... Sat. Feb. 11 • 'Extreme Makeover: Weight... • MA, Gloucester Stage Co. • MO, The MUNY • MD, 'Oliver!' •...

  • Best of Mother of Invention Blog 2011

    Updated: 2012-02-01 20:58:10
    the stuff you just can’t fake the fortress of solitude recommended movement forms for actors the actor and the sentence Javier Bardem’s laboratory, or, render to Caesar that which is Caesar’s losing the suburban speaking volumes the payoff conferrers of authority the problem with “tactics”, or, the art of asking peaks and valleys the seriousness [...]

  • California Auditions at a Glance – Feb. 2-10

    Updated: 2012-01-31 22:36:40
    The following "Auditions at a Glance" calendar conveniently organizes projects by the date and day-of-the-week that the projects' auditions are taking place, to help you schedule your plans. Click on any of the following links to see the casting and job notices related to the dates and project titles highlighted below. Thu. Feb. 2 • Click here to search for auditions. Fri. Feb. 3 • 'Blind Seduction' • 'Cabaret' Sat. Feb. 4 • UCLA, 'Unfaithful' Scene • 'Welcome to Hollywood' • 'Blind Seduction' • 'The Supporting Cast' • 'Brave Irene' • PAC Rep Season • 'Cabaret' • California's Great America...

  • New York Auditions at a Glance – Feb. 2-10

    Updated: 2012-01-31 22:34:39
    The following "Auditions at a Glance" calendar conveniently organizes projects by the date and day-of-the-week that the projects' auditions are taking place, to help you schedule your plans. Click on any of the following links to see the casting and job notices related to the dates and project titles highlighted below. Thu. Feb. 2 • 'A Raisin in the Sun' • 'Don't Dress for Dinner', B'way • 'Ninth and Joanie' • 'Peter & The Starcatcher... • 'Into the Woods' • Pittsburgh CLO Season, PA Fri. Feb. 3 • 'Detroit' • 'My Occasion of Sin' • 'Peter & The Starcatcher... •...

  • Regional Auditions at a Glance – Feb. 2-10

    Updated: 2012-01-31 22:32:01
    The following "Auditions at a Glance" calendar conveniently organizes projects by the date and day-of-the-week that the projects' auditions are taking place, to help you schedule your plans. Click on any of the following links to see the casting and job notices related to the dates and project titles highlighted below. Thu. Feb. 2 • IL, Nebraska Rep., NE • NV, Tuacahn Center Season, UT • 'The Centurion, The Musical' • Toronto, Disney Cruise Line... Fri. Feb. 3 • FL, Walt Disney World... • IL, 'Something Blue' • LA, 'Hamlet' & 'Rosencrantz...' • 'The Centurion, The Musical' • FL, Sugar...

  • Opinions are like…

    Updated: 2012-01-29 22:13:29
    Everyone has an opinion on acting.  Not just actors, directors, producers, critics etc.  Everyone.  And I mean everyone.  We’ve been surrounded by acting all of our lives and we’ve gotten pretty good at deciding what we like and what we don’t like very much.  Sometimes, it can make my job quite tough.  Because attempting to [...]

  • Doing a Shakespeare Monologue for Drama School Audition

    Updated: 2012-01-28 21:47:15
    Today’s blog comes because I’m constantly working with young people on their Shakespeare monologues and I wanted to sum up the lessons they learn working with me, so that those students who cannot get to my studio can benefit from doing a little more prep on Monologue Choice Old Bill isn’t writing anything new these [...]

  • Truth in Action eBook

    Updated: 2012-01-27 19:45:16
    I’m not going to bang on about it so consider this the first and last blog specifically about the launch of my eBook Truth in Action. It’s taken several years to bring together scraps of writing, blogs, class notes, quotes and exercise descriptions. It’s part manifesto for a new kind of acting in a new [...]

  • New Jan. 26-Feb. 1, 2012 Issue of Back Stage, with Brad Pitt and Spotlight on L.A. Pilot Season!

    Updated: 2012-01-26 19:41:10
    “It’s all going to the same playbook over and over,” admits Joyful Noise director Todd Graff. “Not only is it people performing, but performing in competitions and benefits and big final numbers.” With a filmography that also includes the musical features Bandslam (2009) and CAMP (2003), it is hard to deny the existence of a pattern on the director's resume. Projects that celebrate diversity among young performers have become Graff’s de facto calling card. It's a seemingly natural extension of the career he launched as a pre-teen actor on The Electric Company, the landmark 1970s TV variety show that famously...

  • Tips to Help You Create Your Own Talent Website

    Updated: 2012-01-26 16:03:13
    As an actor, it’s beneficial to have a personal website.  Websites are very important for any kind of business these days and what better way to promote yourself than to have a website devoted to your number one product- you!  As a casting director, I love when actors have a website.  I can really get [...]

  • what Uranium Madhouse is up to

    Updated: 2012-01-26 08:52:00
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  • PRODUCING THEATRE USING THE OPEN BOOK MODEL – AN INTRODUCTION

    Updated: 2012-01-25 11:00:01
    A guest blog by one of my oldest friends… Nick Field: Ok, so I was reading Mark’s useful tips on ‘How to Build a Successful Theatre Company’ and he’s kindly invited me to blog about how my theatre company produces shows. It’s important to talk about the financial side of things. Even if you’re all [...]

  • California Auditions at a Glance – Jan. 26-Feb. 3

    Updated: 2012-01-24 23:31:47
    The following "Auditions at a Glance" calendar conveniently organizes projects by the date and day-of-the-week that the projects' auditions are taking place, to help you schedule your plans. Click on any of the following links to see the casting and job notices related to the dates and project titles highlighted below. Thu. Jan. 26 • 'Zoot Suit', Singers & Dancers Fri. Jan. 27 • 'The Apple Tree', Dancers • 'Zoot Suit', Singers & Dancers • Lady Gaga Tribute Act, Tour Sat. Jan. 28 • 'Once on this Island' • 'Don Quixote' • Norwegian Cruise Line Sun. Jan. 29 • SFV...

  • New York Auditions at a Glance – Jan. 26-Feb. 3

    Updated: 2012-01-24 23:26:08
    The following "Auditions at a Glance" calendar conveniently organizes projects by the date and day-of-the-week that the projects' auditions are taking place, to help you schedule your plans. Click on any of the following links to see the casting and job notices related to the dates and project titles highlighted below. Thu. Jan. 26 • 'I Will, I Can', Adults • 'Kid Power', Northeastern • 'Naked Boys Singing! • Tuacahn Center Season, UT • 'Leap of Faith', B'way • Sacramento Music Circus • NJ, 'The Music Man' Fri. Jan. 27 • 'Court Martial at Fort Devens' • People's Light &...

  • Regional Auditions at a Glance – Jan. 26-Feb. 3

    Updated: 2012-01-24 23:21:37
    The following "Auditions at a Glance" calendar conveniently organizes projects by the date and day-of-the-week that the projects' auditions are taking place, to help you schedule your plans. Click on any of the following links to see the casting and job notices related to the dates and project titles highlighted below. Thu. Jan. 26 • IL, Band-Aid TV Commercial • PA, People's Light & Theatre • FL, Walt Disney World • MO, Stages St. Louis Season Fri. Jan. 27 • MO, Stages St. Louis Season • NV, IL & FL, 'Kung Fu Panda Sat. Jan. 28 • WA, 'As You...

  • RIP Earle Gister 1934-2012

    Updated: 2012-01-24 08:38:31
    I was sorry to hear today of the passing of Earle Gister, Dean of the Acting Program at the Yale School of Drama from 1980 to 1997. He was a brilliant, incisive, generous teacher and a true lover of both the theater and the drama. We will not see his like again. Tweet

  • Sense Memory: Why We Can’t Agree

    Updated: 2012-01-19 15:23:05
    I give Method Acting a hard time. As the dominant ideology in Western acting, it deserved to be questioned, critiqued, interrogated and perhaps even ridiculed a wee bit. Any technique whose practitioners feel religiously offended when the technique is criticised shouldn’t need defending in the first place. Because I don’t think much of Method acting [...]

  • underlying objective, from ancient Indian scripture

    Updated: 2012-01-18 09:45:15
    “You are what your deep driving desire is. – Brihadaranyaka Upanishad #quote Tweet

  • Time for a Little Criticism

    Updated: 2012-01-17 13:00:20
    As always I get a lot of criticism and recently that’s become quite vehement criticism, quite personal, quite targeted by some individuals. Well I guess if you’re confident and forthright in your opinion you may come across in a way that rubs some people up the wrong way. Since there are now 20,000 of you [...]

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