What do we, as teachers, mean when we say we are looking for ‘authenticity’ from a student actor? What is the impact of this word on students? Recently I’ve been wrestling with this word in actor training spaces. A number of students have come to me with confusion and...
Hi lovelies, I hope I am catching you in a moment of ease, my friends. I am sitting at our little kitchen table, my toes getting cold on the faux hardwood floor while I wait for the heater to kick in, my tea gone cold writing this ditty on how we harvest and use ideas...
Do you ever get a voice in your head whispering to you that you’re not really an Actor? Or a Dancer, a Teacher, an Improviser…A friend of mine wrote to me a few weeks ago that because of feedback they’d had about their body, they felt like they couldn’t call...
Let’s chat audition prep. For a long time the only thing I rehearsed when I was getting ready for my audition were the pieces themselves. I’d show up and deliver what I’d perfected in my living room. But I continued to be disappointed, because what was coming out at...
My heart is pounding my chest as I leave my seat and make my way to the small, black stage. I feel everyone’s eyes on me, so I armor up with a faux confidence that belies the knot in my stomach. I’m pretty sure I know what my type is, right? I know what my classmates...
(3 minute read) Dear young Caitlin, This is a letter to you, that sweet self of mine with fire behind her eyes and uncertainty in her steps. 17. You’ve left the bubble of your familial support for your dreams and are about to start ‘real’ actor training. And you are...
