What Happens in an Audition?
Perhaps you’ve landed on this page because you’re new to the business of acting, or perhaps you’re in the early stages of your career and you want to cross-check to see if your auditions are...
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How to Play Status as an Actor
Conflict is the essence of drama. Conflict is generated by status, as characters scramble over one another to reach the top of their food chain. Status is everywhere in storytelling. In every scene or relationship, the...
How to Nail a Callback
A callback! Holy Guacamole folks, this is huge. Congratulations. We’re talking about a huge and exciting step forward in our audition experience. A callback is a huge leap closer to securing a role in an...
Guide to a Successful Rehearsal Process
Rehearsal. What a crazy time. A rehearsal process, particularly in theatre, can be wonderful, terrifying, challenging, highly emotional, unbelievably funny and can push us way out of our comfort zones. Today we’re going to be...
How to Effectively Prepare for Rehearsals
The rehearsal room is our place to prepare for our upcoming performance. It is a safe space (hopefully) where we can play, experiment and work as actors to make our character as detailed and effective...
Stoicism (Stoic Philosophy) For Actors
We are in the midst of an incredibly challenging, scary and turbulent time. The COVID-19 pandemic has completely changed the world forever, and we are still not through the worst of it, even 16 months...
How to Be an Actor with a Full Time Job?
In the life of an actor, balance is everything. In particular, the balance between our financial stability and our passion projects must be taken care of if we wish to have long and sustainable careers....
How to Get the Most Out of Your Acting Training
Training and learning is a massive part of the life of an actor. Whether it is learning about a specific character we are rehearsing or training the craft of acting generally, being in a position...
What to Consider Before Starting an Acting Career
Hey, welcome! You’ve landed on this page, that’s awesome. Maybe the reason you’ve landed on this page is because you’re curious about acting and considering pursuing a career in it. That’s even more awesome. Congratulations,...
How to Stay in Character
We do so much work getting into character, but how do troubleshoot that moment when you “drop out of character”. Getting back into the flow of things, physically, mentally and emotionally is difficult, especially when...