How the Actor Commands Attention
It’s a common saying in theatre that the moving figure dominates, but that’s not the whole story. Actors are taught from the beginning of their careers that the audience pays more attention to the person moving than to the person talking. This is true to a point, but conventional wisdom is wrong again when taken […]
Filed Under Articles, The Best of, The Body, How To, Career
5 Tips for Overcoming Exhaustion and Getting Back to Work
“The vision of a champion is bent over, drenched in sweat, at the point of exhaustion, when nobody else is looking.”
–Mia Hamm
If there is one thing the audience never knows about actors, it’s how tiring our job truly is. People have literally laughed at me when I told them how tired I was after […]
Filed Under Articles, Personal Development, Survival, The Body, Career, Fitness
Upcoming Show
Just thought I’d drop everyone a line and let you guys know what’s been going on and why the updates have been so few and far between. This last week has been “hell week,” so to speak, on an upcoming production of Much Ado About Nothing in which I play Count Claudio. This production, set […]
Filed Under Articles
Should You Have Kept Your Mouth Shut?
”If you wouldn’t write it and sign it, don’t say it.”
–Earl Wilson
As an actor I have a hard and fast rule that I live by when it comes to other cast members: If you can’t say something nice, don’t say anything at all. I never give false compliments, I see no need for them, […]
Filed Under Articles, Survival, No-No's, Career
Overcoming Stage Fright - the Christine Kane Way
I’ll be perfectly honest with you; I’ve been dying for Christine Kane to write a blog post that could even remotely pertain to acting just so I had a viable reason to talk about her. Here it is, my chance has finally come!
I stumbled across singer/songwriter Christine Kane’s website about two weeks ago and was […]
Filed Under Articles
Happy Birthday, William Shakespeare!
Today is the observed birthday for one of the greatest playwrights in theatre history. Born to a glove-maker in Stratford-upon-Avon in April 1564 Shakespeare became famous in his own time as an actor, playwright, poet and part owner of the London theatre company, The Lord Chamberlain’s Men.
Shakespeare’s body of work consists of approximately 38 plays […]
Filed Under Articles
