Dear Actors, You know that horrible feeling in the pit of your stomach when you're waiting for your casting to arrive? The anticipation is gnawing at you... you just can't wait to find out what part you'll be playing in the show you just auditioned for! You're full of nerves as you scan the list, …
Category: Directing
How to Make Young Actors Feel Important
If you are in any sort of leadership position on a show with young people (director, musical director, choreographer, stage manager), it's vital to establish a rapport with your actors. You need to create an atmosphere of trust, respect and positivity for your young actors. And, of course, you need to make your actors feel that they are …
Presenting the OKTC Spring 2014 Season!
I'm so excited to share with you the Original Kids Theatre Company's Spring 2014 Season! We have an incredible theme this season -- "I Dream, I Wish" -- with FOURTEEN productions going up between March and August 2014! I'm also thrilled to announce that after having taken the fall season off from directing (getting married and such), …
What I’ve Learned: Little Mermaid Edition
It's been a week now since The Little Mermaid Jr. closed. I've been able to decompress a bit, and reflect on what I've learned. At the first rehearsal, pass around a Sharpie and have your cast write their names ON THE COVER of their scripts, right away. That way when they inevitably get left behind, …
The joys of lighting design
Ceris wrote a great article over on TLTDAY about what makes the best lighting designer. From her post: Mood, sense, time, place – lighting design will give you all of these things. Lighting can scare you, inspire you or feel barely noticeable at all, but it will totally affect your sense of appreciation of the …
Kerry Hishon 