How Can You Use Improvisation in Preparing for a Role?
"Improvisation is the art of finding your freedom within a moment. Acting in film is about creating and shaping moments for the camera.One cannot create and shape moments without freedom."
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From a March notice in Back Stage, L.A. actor Chris Reese got cast as a 17-year-old piano player in writer-director Sharon Graine’s play “Truck Stop Café.”
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I knew deep down when I left that position to move to California and pursue my passion, it truly would be an arduous road. I just didn't realize how bumpy it would be.
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Voice-over actors Yuri Lowenthal and Tara Platt talk to Backstage.com about the dos and don'ts of the demo reel.
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Until relatively recently, when a casting director had a gig, he or she had two options.
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I met with an agent yesterday, and although she offered to sign me, I feel strangely unhappy.
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I now have a chance to go to Hollywood, but I've been told I need to go way back into the closet if I want to be a leading man there.
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When I first meet actors at my studio, I notice one thing they have in common: a disease I call "classitis."
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Auditioning: It's Your Time and Space
Veteran casting director Fern Champion launched her career more than 30 years ago in New York, casting for Sidney Lumet, John Badham, Alan Pakula, and Herbert Ross.
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A combination of flexibility, training, and careful preparation helped Laura Cook land the role of Fruma-Sarah in the AIM Management tour of "Fiddler on the Roof."
