Wow! It has been forever since my last post and I feel pretty sheepish about it. I have been to say the least – extremely busy. From August until the end of September I was wrapped up helping a local…
Up to this point I’ve written mostly on objectives, actions, obstacles, and so forth – all related to what your character expects, discovers, does and why – but I haven’t yet spoken about figuring out who your character is. It…
That which hinders your task, is your task, Sanford Meisner All of us confront challenges in life that impede what we hope to accomplish or force us to struggle harder to get what we want. The same is true in…
It may seem too obvious to mention, but while actors have read the script, their characters have not. Characters don’t know what will happen during the course of the play or in an individual scene. But they always have expectations…
Hi folks! This post ties into the earlier posts on objectives. When choosing objectives, it is not only necessary to uncover what the character wants and why, but to understand how badly they want it. Two concepts help clarify the…
You can’t always get what you want, but if you try sometimes…you might get what you need The Rolling Stones As I discussed in the post on Objectives, there should never be a moment when you are onstage that your…
Hi folks! I received a comment from a reader asking me to clarify personalizing scene objectives, and as I thought more about this, I realized I could better explain how to approach Scene Objectives. So, I’ve created this revised post…
Howdy folks I’ve been creating a list of topics for future posts. Here’s what I have so far. Let me know in the comments if there are other techniques or concepts you would like to hear my thoughts on. Scene…
This post is a bit long, but there is a good reason for that. My guess is that any actor reading this post is familiar with the concept of a character’s objective. My hunch is that the concept is so…
I would imagine that most of you have had the experience onstage (if only fleeting) of feeling completely in the moment – not thinking ahead to what comes next, nor judging what you just said or did. I call this…
Every week or so I will post a short article covering an acting theory, technique or concept. I encourage you to freely comment on my posts, subscribe to my blog to receive notifications of new posts, and contact me if…