What to Watch in February 2021
We’ve gotten through what might have been one of the strangest holiday seasons of our collective lives, and we’ve arrived in 2021. Whether you’re in lockdown, heading back to work, or you’ve got a few...
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Being an Actor in 2024
Buckle up, friends: this one’s a biggie. In this article, we’re talking about the year that lies ahead, and everything you can put towards being an actor in 2024. With most people winding down...
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Side Hustles For Actors
So you have started acting. This is it! You’re gonna be a damn millionaire: starring in feature films, touring the world for press—hell yeah, you’re living the dream! Literally, the dream. Waking up from...
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What is Subtext in Acting?
Words unspoken. Meaningful silences. Talking around the subject. In all of human interaction, subtext can be found wherever we need to convey our thoughts and feelings but don’t want to come right out and...
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Best Romantic Comedies for Actors
Romantic Comedies. Some people absolutely love them and herald performances by some of the greatest actors of all time as the focal point of their value. Other people completely despise them as vacuous, lowest...
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How to Work Internationally as an Actor
So you wanna follow those thousands of actors before you, pack your life into a suitcase, jump on a bus/boat/plane and go international to really take your acting career to the next level? Love...
Acting Information and Resources
3 Shakespeare Mistakes (Early Career Actors Make)
You probably first came across Shakespeare in high school; likely, you tried not to doze off as your English or Literature teacher did their best rendition of Hamlet or Macbeth. You may have even seen...
Best Plays by John Osborne
A Bit About Playwright John Osborne John Osborne was a British playwright, screenwriter and actor, renowned for catalysing an era of “angry young man” theatre. He embodied this term both in his work which was...
Best Plays by Martyna Majok
A Bit About Martyna Majok Martyna Majok is a Polish-American playwright who has consistently written excellent work even at this early stage in her career. She won the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for her play Cost...
Best Plays by John Webster
A figure of mystery, we don’t know a lot about John Webster’s life. It’s believed he was born sometime around 1580 and died sometime around 1632. During his short time he had a remarkable career,...
Best Plays by David Mamet
A Bit About David Mamet David Mamet is an American playwright, screenwriter, dramatist, director and author. He won a Pulitzer Prize and received Tony nominations for his plays Glengarry Glen Ross and Speed-the-Plow. He is...
Best Plays by Tony Kushner
A Bit About Tony Kushner Kushner is an iconic American playwright best known for his Angels in America plays (part one and part two). His play “Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes,...
Best Plays by Tracy Letts
A Bit About Tracy Letts Tracy Letts has made a hefty mark in the theatre world over the past few decades, most notably in crafting the play August: Osage County, which premiered in 2007. This...
Best Plays by Federico García Lorca
A Bit About Federico García Lorca Federico García Lorca was an acclaimed poet, playwright and theatre director. As a Spanish artist, he achieved much in his short life of 38 years, at the end of...
Best Plays by Annie Baker
A Bit About Annie Baker Annie Baker is one of the best contemporary playwrights, making a habit of creating unexpected and exciting work. Baker won the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for her play The Flick and...