You've booked a big audition for your dream show, and you have your heart set on playing the beautiful ingénue/hunky leading man/evil villain/comedic sidekick/whatever. You've picked the perfect monologue and practiced it forwards, backwards, and sideways. You've done your homework, read the entire script, memorized the vocal score, watched the film version and even found a random YouTube …
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Source “Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.” ~ Mark Twain One of the most fun things about working on a show is trying on your costume for the first time. You've rehearsed your blocking and practiced your lines and sung your songs, but once you step into your character's …
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, …
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 …
I woke up yesterday with the weirdest feeling: "I don't have Little Mermaid rehearsal today." And then I wasn't sure what to feel. Sadness? Relief? Nostalgic? This has been a crazy process. I can't think of a better way to describe it. I had an incredible cast of talented, dedicated, generous young actors. I had an …
Kerry Hishon 