Choosing the Best Monologue for Your Success
Picking a monologue is one of those subjects that you always hear actors talking about, especially younger actors, who struggle to find monologues in their age ranges. Let’s be honest, choosing a monologue is hard, considering that whether or not you get hired can hang on those thirty second bits of dialogue. That’s a lot […]
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Monologue Analysis Pt. 3: “Shakespeare!”
All right, Part Three: Shakespeare! In this section we’re going to list a few tips on the analysis of Monologues from the Bard. Many of the things listed below are covered in greater detail in Louis Fantasia’s Instant Shakespeare, a book I highly recommend to any actor interested in playing Shakespeare. Please don’t say “Doing […]
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Monologue Analysis Pt. 2: “Technicality”
Welcome to Part II of Monologue Analysis: Technicality. In this section of the preparation we are going to focus more on the technical aspects of your monologue by asking questions that must have specific answers. There are certain questions that any actor doing any monologue must ask themselves and must answer fully. We’ll discuss today […]
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Monologue Analysis Pt. 1: “Scoring”
Today on the Alchemist we’re going to begin Part One of my three part series on Monologues. All three of these parts will cover different exercises and techniques that can help actors work their monologues in new ways. All of the ways I’m going to detail can be mixed and matched, use them whenever you’re […]
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