Archive from November, 2009

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Everyone loves their acting class

Ask any actor how they feel about their acting class. Go ahead. I’ll wait. Welcome back. What’d you hear? Oh, […]

Nov 29, 2009     No Comments
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Eckhart Tolle on Group Work

I’m currently reading Eckhart Tolle’s The Power of Now, which he wrote as a sort of guide to spiritual enlightenment […]

Nov 25, 2009     No Comments
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(Obvious) Tip of the Day

Always have your headshot/resume with you. Always. Keep a few in your bag, in your play binder, in your car. […]

Nov 23, 2009     No Comments
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The Ups and Downs of Improv Comedy

Earlier this year in my Level 2 improv class at iO, instructor Susan Messing compared improvisation to a roller coaster. […]

Nov 23, 2009     No Comments
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Back on stage

Dude. What a great day. Got to act in front of a hundred or so elementary school children as part […]

Nov 21, 2009     No Comments
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A Bit More On Chicago

In my previous post, there was a section called Yes, There Is A Lame Side To This City, in which […]

Nov 17, 2009     No Comments
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Getting to Yes

Actors > Jobs = those with power to give jobs need to narrow down supply It’s pretty obvious that there […]

Nov 15, 2009     No Comments
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The City of Big Shoulders

“Come and show me another city with lifted head singing so proud to be alive and coarse and strong and […]

Nov 14, 2009     No Comments
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The Big Bad Apple

I was recently reading the multitude of posts by the brilliant Ben Whitehair, fellow PlaybillsvsPayingBills contributor, and I realized that […]

Nov 14, 2009     No Comments
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Fow Whom the Bell Cuckoos

Since jumping headlong into the rehearsal process for Consortium Project’s upcoming production of One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest, I’ve […]

Nov 14, 2009     No Comments
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