Advice

Typed Out?

I want to stretch, to play parts that challenge me, but I seem instead to always be cast in similar roles. It's undermining my self-confidence. Am I kidding myself about my acting talent?

Terumi Shimazu

Actors are constantly asked to perform at their best with little preparation. But sometimes little preparation can serve the character.

My Agent Is a Bad Boyfriend

Agents. The bipolar living roller coasters of our delightful industry, who we love to love and love, love, love to hate.

Bathing Suits, Onscreen Looks

I've never, ever had this happen before. Have you ever been asked to bring a bathing suit to change into at a first audition, since the role calls for it? Is this a scam?

Playing Farce in the 21st Century

Have the excesses of reality TV and the distractions of the digital age upped the ante for farce, a time-honored type of comedy usually characterized by slamming doors, mistaken identities, broad characterizations, and physical mayhem?

Team Players

Growing up in the San Francisco Bay Area, Erika Sellin spent many an hour perfecting pirouettes as an aspiring ballerina.

How Do You Collaborate With Actors?

I  like to think of a play as a blueprint for a house. All of the people involved in the production help build the house. In the context of a new play, the actors are the heavy lifters—they are the ones laying the foundation, brick by brick, of the ...

Acting Job Opportunities Lost and Won

This actor knew that here was an opportunity to introduce himself to gate keepers. He was right to begin a conversation. Where did he go wrong?