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Did y'all enjoy The Actor Awards?!
I loved Harrison Ford's acceptance speech!
“The stories we tell have a unique capacity to create moments with emotional connection. They bring us together,” he said. “So while we’re all at different stages of our lives and careers in this room, we all share somethin...
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Hey Stage 32 community,
AuditionScenes is officially live! Inspired by the painful process of hunting for monologues or audition material. This fixes it.
It’s a searchable library of monologues, duologues, and audition scenes from film, TV, and theatre.
You can filter by playing age, tone, genre, chara...
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Agent vs. Manager: Do You Really Need Both?
Do you have an agent, manager, or both? How is it working for you? Share your information here so we can learn from you.
Just finished reading a great blog article by our platform colleague Alexandra Stevens on the potential benefits of some types of therapy-related techniques to the acting craft. I've had the pleasure of having a few wonderful convos with Alexandra on this topic and remember sharing with here that on...
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Let's talk about all the times you wanted to tell us: "If you need to dictate me any blink, just play it your...
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I really am interested in hearing the feedback on this. Directors please weigh in as well.
a great question Adriana Cannata - one way to approach the answer is to look at what an actor will do with the script and, more to your question, with a scene in the script. A LOT could be said on the...
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Acting and modeling are highly complementary disciplines that share rigorous professional standards and technical routines. Whether maintaining a personal skincare regimen or preparing for a competitive casting, the training and preparation for both fields follow a nearly identical path.
The synergy...
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This is an interesting way to look at it Timothy Miller I can see how a modeling class could benefit a stage actor. Especially if they struggle with stage presence....
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I would love to hear from those of you who have had a lot of auditions. I know this answer will be helpful to those just starting out, and the lurkers. I, personally, would also love to know. I haven't had as many auditions as I used to, and with it being self submission now, the times have changed....
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I can't believe they interrupted you Juliana. That's the worst thing you can do to an actor is interrupt without telling you before you start. How unprofessional.
Suzanne Bronson I'm actually so happy they did that, they showed me how parts of the acting world are: agenda driven, prejudiced, but more importantly, places I am happy to be away from. And...everyth...
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I would so love to hear from others about their worst audition experience and what it taught them.
While not a "horrible" experience, an early audition that taught me something was for the TV movie Wool Cap with William H. Macy. The local Casting Director called me for in for a small role that had...
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Thank you for sharing that Matthew Cornwell I was taught the same thing, not expected to be completely off book for an audition, use the script, follow along with your thumb. I also come from the thea...
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Heart
Players!
When the fortuitous and magical moment comes...after auditioning for two films, a tv co-star role, and a few commercials...weeks, maybe a month goes by...and you hear nothing. So, you have no conflicts if you got nothing, right? But...
...then! Then, you hear back from one feature film...
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I wish I had that problem Juliana Philippi
Suzanne Bronson Be that frequency, feel what it would be like...your heart's a powerful transmitter.
It's really about opportunity Juliana Philippi We need filming to come to Arizona.
Rest in peace, Robert Carradine.
Happy Friday Fellow Creatives!
The Academy Awards are right around the corner and we've compiled a list of executives who worked on Oscar-winning and Oscar-nominated projects.
These are producers and executives who've developed films at the highest level of the industry including SPOTLIGHT, F1: THE M...
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This casting news feels like a full-circle moment. Molly Ringwald has joined the fourth and final season of Yellowjackets, stepping into the role of Van’s mother in the series’ final chapter.
Beyond the...
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Love Yellowjackets!!
How would you portray loneliness when you are the only conscious being in existence?
Curious how actors approach emotional scale in high-concept roles.
That makes sense, Maurice Vaughan .
Simple actions alone can say a lot.
But in this case, it’s even deeper —
not just doing things alone…
It’s being the only consciousness that exists.
So maybe the lonelin...
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Those small rituals —
checking the phone, pouring a drink, turning the TV off —
they feel very human.
For a human character, that works beautif...
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You’re absolutely right —
acting isn’t portraying a feeling, it’s living it.
In this case, the character would be the only conscious being in existence.
No other ref...
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Absolutely you can be lonely if you have never known connection. That is in our DNA. Think of how they cuddle babies in the NICU. Even animals need connection with each other. Punch the monkey is a good example.
I would have the character doing something alone. That could be cooking, shopping, walking their dog (if they have a pet), etc. I'd also have the character doing something artistic alone, could be pai...
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