Audition Prep: Actor’s Checklist (Part 2)
In Part 1, we covered the steps every serious actor should do before touching the script. Now for the fun part: actually working on the text! These 7 steps below guide you through making those...
How-To Guides for Actors
These are all our ‘How To’ guides. Simple and instructive guides on all areas of acting.
We love the simplicity of these kinds of guides and we think you’re going to get a lot out of these articles. Enjoy!
How to Find Acting Agents for Film and TV
The right agent is arguably the number one most important deciding factor in an actor’s growth and career trajectory. They will open the door to the opportunities, auditions, and roles that really get your career...
How to Be a Great Reader
Being a great reader is an important skill for any actor. Since self-tape auditions are now industry standard, gone are the days of going into a casting office where a reader was provided for you....
How to Create an Actor Email Signature
The humble email signature is often overlooked by actors, especially when pitted against other (lets face it, far more alluring) marketing assets like your headshot and showreel. But think about it logically for a second....
How To Get Unstuck As An Actor
On your acting journey, it’s easy to get stuck in a rut. That’s because being an actor is a path unlike any other. Actors are creative by nature, but the working life of an actor...
How to Stay Safe as an Actor
Acting can be one of the most rewarding, fulfilling and satisfying careers on a professional and personal level. Not only do you get to play make pretend (let’s be real, that’s acting right?) but you...
How to Cut Down a Monologue or Scene
American author William Faulkner is generally thought to have coined the phrase “kill your darlings”: a now-popular piece of wisdom handed to writers about cutting the parts of their work they might love but don’t...
What Does it Take to Make It as an Actor?
For one reason or another, you have decided to become an actor! My deepest condolences. I joke, of course… but there is a small patch of truth, isn’t there? You have chosen a path less...
How to Expand your Range as an Actor
What’s your range? What can you realistically, comfortably, confidently pull off as an actor? Are there limits to the kinds of roles you’d take on? And while we’re at it: how are you perceived as...
How To Make A Web Series
Just like the first time you’re faced with performing a full length Shakespeare, making your own web series can seem overwhelming in the beginning. But as with any acting role, there’s nothing more to it...