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 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 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...
Five Ways to Teach Yourself Acting
All actors have to start somewhere, and all new actors (and maybe some more seasoned actors) all need to learn how to act. Now something I’d like to say is that teaching yourself really should...
Playing a Real-Life Person as an Actor
It’s a little bit strange, right? You spend all this time in drama school, or on a film set, or on stage, trying desperately to bring fictional characters—figments of some writer’s imagination—to life. You give...
How to Act “Emotionally”: 5 Ways to Access Emotion
Ok, here we go. This question is asked by actors and those curious about acting a lot. In every film, TV show or play there is usually some actor letting their heart bleed onto the...
Where Do I Train as an Actor?
So, you know one thing for sure: you want to be an actor. That’s awesome. One thing I know can be a little bit daunting, however, is deciding where to train as an actor. It...
3 Ways to Combat Self-Consciousness as an Actor
As actors, self consciousness is something we are all almost guaranteed to experience to some degree in our careers. Whether it is self consciousness about our ability or a performance we’ve given, self consciousness about...