Acting Technique

I am a huge fan of tongue twisters in the theatre classroom. They have so many uses. They get a group focused & relaxed, they help warm up the voice, they get the lips and tongue limber and ready...

It’s an easy thing to say. People say it all the time: I want to act, I’d love to be an actor, I’d die if I wasn’t acting. But what do these sentences really mean? • Do you want to be in movies?...

At a recent conference middle school teacher Adam Moreno from the University School of Milwaukee shared with me how he uses Agatha Rex in the classroom: students work on, self-direct, and present...

Looking for other script analysis articles? Click here! Here’s an activity that will give your students a lot of detail on their characters and their relationship with the other characters in the...

Adding on to our previous post on annotating a script for analysis, the next task for student actors is to explore their text through action words (“verbs” for you English majors). The idea is to...

As part of the Playworks Program at the International Thespian festival, students have the opportunity to audition and rehearse one of the plays being workshopped. The audition day was very...

Consider this brilliant scene: “A: Do you like my dress? B: Yes, it’s beautiful.” Imagine you’re playing the role of B. And that is your only line in the entire show. The “obvious” choice is that B...

This is a followup of yesterday’s post on Theatre in the Round. Yesterday I talked about staging, today I’m going to take about the unique challenges and benefits to acting in the round. Movement...

“When I was younger, I could remember anything, whether it had happened or not. ~ Mark Twain Line notes are like reminders to floss your teeth – nobody likes hearing them but they keep your mouth...

The first place to get insight into your character is by reading the play. Before making any decisions or judgments about your character, read the whole play three times. The first readThe first...

Suppose you’re auditioning for a play. You choose the most dramatic monologue in your aresnal. Let’s say the character is at her father’s funeral. She never told him she loved him while he was...

Here’s a New Video Tip. Today’s topic is “How do I Control Pauses?” View it here.

Here’s a New Video Tip. Today’s topic is “Low Energy” View it here.

Here’s a New Video Tip. Today’s topic is “How do I Control Uncontrolled Energy?” View it here.

Here’s a New Video Tip. Today’s topic is “How Do I Solve: Projection Issues” View it here.

““Music is the space between the notes” Claude Debussy” Translated for theatre: “ Acting is what you do when you’re not speaking. ” One of the most common issues I see (and easiest things to...

Today we offer a video tip from Lindsay. How do you get the most mileage out of abstract plays?

Today we offer a video tip to actors from Lindsay. How do you prepare to perform Shakespeare?