Actors, directors, and theatre people in general are busy people. They're constantly on the the go from one show to the next, and often from one rehearsal to the next! It's rare to see a theatre person only working on one project at a time. While multi-tasking can be great, it can also lead to …
Continue reading How to Deal: 10 Tips for Dealing With Schedules & Conflicts, For Actors
During a recent rehearsal for The Wedding Singer, one of my actors asked for some exercises to help them really understand their character and make them REAL. Of course, I was happy to help! Acting is much more than just memorizing your lines. You really need to live, breathe, and understand your character. So read …
Continue reading 3 Useful Acting Exercises for Understanding Your Script & Character
Pre-show is an exciting time in the theatre -- it's fun to get into costume and makeup, anticipating a great show and thinking about who might be in the audience. But it's also a time when things can get out of hand if you let them. So without further ado, let's discuss some pre-show etiquette …
And with that, From Women's Eyes is over. It has been a pleasure to work on this show with this wonderful cast of ladies (and our token dude, Sid!). We had some great houses and received lots of wonderful feedback! We were featured in a lovely blog post by John McKenzie, "Choosing to be brilliant," we …
Can it be that I haven't posted a Throwback Thursday since March? Well, let's get that train a-runnin' again with this week's throwback, which is still a fairly recent throwback to August 2014 and one of our first read-throughs for From Women's Eyes. It's pretty amazing to think how far we have come in two …
Kerry Hishon 