Tiny Theatre Tips #6: Support Other Artists

Tiny Theatre Tips #6: Support Other Artists

Welcome to Tiny Theatre Tips, a series of brief posts sharing tips and advice for your theatre life! Enjoy! Tiny Theatre Tips #6: Support Other Artists What do all artists, no matter their discipline, always need? (Other than to get paid... I'll get to that in a minute!) They need an audience. They need consumers for their …

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10 Things I've Done as a Fight Captain

10 Things I’ve Done as a Fight Captain

Everyone who knows me knows that I absolutely love stage combat. My first foray into stage combat was during an eighth-grade production of The Taming of the Shrew, where my character Bianca was tied up and horsewhipped by her older sister. My appetite for violence was re-ignited in 2010 when I was cast in a …

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Tiny Theatre Tips #5: Rest

Tiny Theatre Tips #5: Rest

Welcome to Tiny Theatre Tips, a series of brief posts sharing tips and advice for your theatre life! Enjoy! Tiny Theatre Tips #5: Rest I can already see my friends and family rolling their eyes and laughing at me for posting this one, because this is the tip I so frequently and blatantly ignore: REST. As a …

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Tiny Theatre Tips #4: Fitness For Actors

Tiny Theatre Tips #4: Fitness For Actors

Welcome to Tiny Theatre Tips, a series of brief posts sharing tips and advice for your theatre life! Enjoy! Tiny Theatre Tips #4: Fitness For Actors Disclaimer: I am not a fitness trainer or medical professional. It is strongly recommended that you consult with your physician before beginning any exercise or fitness program! Acting is an …

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How to Write a Program Bio

How to Write a Program Bio

Having been on both sides of the artistic desk (actor and crew), I can tell you that program bios seem to be the bane of every theatre person's existence. The poor crew member in charge of collecting bios (usually the producer or stage manager) begs, pleads, cajoles and threatens, and yet trying to collect those …

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