10 Underused/Overlooked Shakespeare Speeches
So you’ve got an audition coming up, and they’ve asked you to prepare a Shakespeare monologue. You pull out your trusty “I left no ring with her. What means this lady?” or “Thou, Nature, art...
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Shakespeare, the Poet
Shakespeare is widely regarded as the greatest playwright of the Western canon. But had he not written a single play and all that remained of his legacy were his poems, he would have still been...
How to De-Role: 8 Techniques for Getting Out of Character
‘De-roling’ is simply how to get yourself out of character once you’ve finished performing. It’s the process of drawing a line between your character’s world and your everyday life. Often this process is quite simple;...
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...
Monologues for Women Over 40
Gather round, ladies! Here are some powerful and passionate monologues for women in the latter half of their lives (arguably, the best half!) These monologues are all from theatre, if you’re after a film monologue,...
Amazing BIPOC Plays
Needless to say, there are countless exceptional plays out there written by BIPOC playwrights, but they’re often a little hard to find. Historically, the dominant canon has been very Eurocentric, and therefore, very white. And...
Meeting with an Acting Agent
So you’ve contacted an agent. Maybe they’ve had a look at your showreel, your headshots, your acting CV, and now they want to meet with you. Great! But what do you need to do to...
Stella Adler Acting Technique
The first thing you need to know about Stella Adler, is that she was never dogmatic about a singular method or approach to acting. The “system” taught at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting aims...