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Improve Your Improv With Acting Skills
August 26, 2008
The word of the day in these hard economic times: diversify. Improvisation won't make you any richer than scripted acting will, but it can provide an additional skill for your arsenal.

Why You Should Choose Your Own Audition Material
August 08, 2008
Showing your taste is part of your artistic statement in an audition. I believe that too often actors are put into passive roles in their careers.

Seven Steps of Being in Alignment to Book
July 09, 2008
If alignment is defined as the act of adjusting parts so they work relative to one another, being in alignment to book means that everything required for your success as an actor is working together to help you achieve your goals.

Understudying at Regional Theatres
July 01, 2008
Never going on at all or being called to go on at the last minute are just two of the challenges understudies face. But it may be worth it.

When Real Actors Play Real Actors
June 17, 2008
Stereotypes about actors abound: Actors are neurotic, narcissistic, selfish, and egotistical. So it's particularly challenging to portray them as fully nuanced and without cliché.


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