Best City to Be an Actor In: Top 6 Acting Cities
So what is the best City to live in if you want to be an actor? Well it’s a bit of a tricky question and to answer it we have to take into account a...
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Bottom Monologue (Act 4, Scene 1)
Ah, Nicholas Bottom. The Brad Pitt of his time. Also the Meryl Streep of his time. While he is busy being Brad and Meryl he’s also busy being the Phillip Seymour-Hoffman, the Daniel Day Lewis,...
Rosalind Monologue (Act 3, Scene 5)
Let’s take a look at one of Rosalind’s monologues from As You Like It. Rosalind is a great character to explore and only gets more fun throughout the play as she takes full flight. Rosalind...
Bottom Monologue (Act 4, Scene 1)
Let’s take a look at one of Bottom’s monologues from A Midsummer Night’s Dream. A Midsummer Night’s Dream is probably one of Shakespeare’s most celebrated texts, and for good reason. It’s a lively, fantastical, and...
Lady Anne Monologue (Act 1, Scene 2)
Allow me to start unpacking this monologue by paraphrasing a quote from George Bernard Shaw. Shaw wrote that a key to good drama was to take two characters who should never meet, and figure out...
Portia Monologue (Act 2, Scene 1) “Nor for yours neither.”
Shakespeare reminds us time and time again of the importance of clear communication in a healthy marriage. Had Othello spoken calmly and candidly to Desdemona, perhaps the story would’ve ended up differently. Had Julius Caesar...
Should You Still Look For Work if You Have an Agent?
Short answer: Yes. As a general rule, you should still look for acting work, even if you already have an acting agent. On the whole, it will benefit you to continue searching for other work,...
Moving to LA for Acting
Moving to LA is often a hot topic for discussion amongst aspiring actors. It can be quite intimidating especially when questions arise like: Which part of the city do I live? Which classes do I...
Juliet Monologue (Act 2, Scene 2) “O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?”
Next to ‘To be or not to be’, this line has got to be Shakespeare’s most famous line in all his plays. Yet, for so simple a line, it is so frequently misunderstood and misrepresented...
Juliet Monologue (Act 2, Scene 2) “Thou knowest the mask of night…”
Let’s look at a monologue from the heart of the famous ‘balcony scene’ in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. We’ve already had two of Shakespeare’s most famous lines said in this scene, from Romeo’s “But soft,...