Acting Class Blog Posts
How Understanding Writer’s Intent and Story Enhance Your Script Analysis Skills
If you were given the instruction manual for a new product but the manual was meant for a different product, do you think you’d have much success properly operating that product? Not likely. Holding a script that you haven’t correctly… Read More
Jim Carrey Loses Himself on the Set of ‘Man on the Moon’
If you’re binge-watching Netflix and curious about titles described as “hilarious,” “very dark” and “sobering,” then check out the documentary that follows Jim Carrey during the making of the 1999 film Man on the Moon. Jim & Andy: The Great… Read More
5 Guidelines for Improv
In this TEDx Talk, improv instructor Jennifer Hunter and members of her ensemble demonstrate five fundamentals of improvisation and how these skills are useful in creating a better, more enjoyable life. The parameters of improv provide structure for performers and… Read More
The Three Pillars of Comedy: The Tools that Build a Successful Sitcom
A successful sitcom is like a big house filled with funny, topical storylines, memorable, identifiable characters and a plethora of laugh-out-loud jokes. Just think of I Love Lucy, Friends, All in the Family, Seinfeld and Modern Family, and how hysterically… Read More
How to Make Yourself Laugh on Command
When you’re crafting an authentic performance, you’re riding your character’s varying waves of emotions moment by moment. When your character is called to chuckle, giggle, or produce a belly laugh, genuine laughter will be available to you. But what if… Read More
5 Tools For Actors to Stay Sharp
As an actor, you are always training regardless of whether you are seasoned or just beginning a career in acting. You want to say, “I have a craft.” You are always in the pursuit of sharpening your tools as you… Read More
What is Your Strength as an Actor?
When Judy Greer first arrived in Hollywood seeking an agent, she found one who, rather than sign her, sent her on auditions to see what kind of feedback she’d receive from casting. It was 1997, and within a week she… Read More
How to Cry on Command
In the acting world, there are a number of things every actor wants to master, some more difficult than others. Learning lines is a perennial challenge for some actors, and many have tried valiantly not to break in a comedy… Read More
What’s Your Type…in Commercial Casting?
It may be hard for you to admit this because you are a tremendously diverse, uncommonly nuanced, unpredictable, multi-talented actor who refuses to be labeled. But labeled you are. Every time you’re called in for a commercial audition, you are… Read More
