Memorizing lines quickly and accurately is an incredibly important skill for actors to have. I am in awe of actors on soap operas in particular, as they have to learn new scripts on a daily basis. (Not to mention that soap opera storylines are ridiculously convoluted.) Here are some helpful tips for learning and memorizing …
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Acting: Back to Basics
This weekend at OKTC T.A.G., Jim Schaefer was our guest instructor. Jim (or "Schaef" as he's often called) is a talented teacher, director and actor, and he taught a class about creating and developing characters onstage. It really focuses on the basics of acting and theatre, which is fantastic for our new young actors to the company to …
T.A.G. Update – Monologues
We've been very busy at OKTC T.A.G.! We've now had two dance classes (guest instructed by Cameron Carver and Emilee Nimetz), two vocal music classes (guest instructed by Jenn Floris and Andrew Rethazi), we've studied tableau and mime, clowning, and two person acting scenes, and this weekend we worked on monologues. In my opinion, it's important …
T.A.G. Update – Mime & Tableau, and Theatre Etiquette (Plus, Act It Out!)
More fun to be had at OKTC T.A.G.! We just had our big orientation weekend at OKTC and it was so great to see all the kids and families again and get caught up. On Tuesday and Wednesday we did our Mime & Tableau class. Last year's class was taught by Art Fidler, and I …
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Three Easy First-Day Theatre Games
Just woke up from a long nap after teaching T.A.G. classes at OKTC! T.A.G. stands for "The Actor Grows" and is a program we have here for all the new kids to the company who are in grade 2 to grade 8. Here's the description that goes out to all the new students: "Our T.A.G. …
Kerry Hishon 