Advice

How To Conquer The Stress Of The Audition Room

Living a more creative, abundant, fully expressed and joyful life benefits from following the major tenets of a spiritual and meditative practice.

How To Help Your Child Actor Have a Fun and Productive Summer

I like to think of time in four ways – my time, your time, together time, and down time. We all lead busy lives so building in downtime is crucial to prevent burn out.

Actor Audition App Is An Acting Coach on Your Smartphone

Can you pack a full class’s worth of acting advice into a single iOS download? L.A.-based coach Scott Sedita seems to think you can and has set out to prove it with his $9.99 Actor Audition App, a largely static collection of useful tips about auditioning ...

How To Determine Your Objective as an Actor

Objectives (what your character wants) can’t come alive in a fog of thoughts and feelings. Only by actively pursuing your objective—playing actions—does your character, and the script, come alive.

How To Handle Bullying As an Actor

Essentially, the bully targets you for what you represent—often the qualities he will never have. Just as some say, “imitation is the highest form of flattery,” so is bullying, as it comes quite often from a place of pathological jealousy.

Why Your Agent Might Drop You This Month

Secret Agent Man explains the reasons agents drop clients this time of year.

How To Make Your Own Teleprompter

Whether it’s for making speeches, delivering the news, reading cue lines, or singing songs, a teleprompter can be a valuable—even an invaluable—part of your career success.

8 Items You Need In Your Press Kit

Most people forget that a press kit is important, regardless of what stage in your career you're at. I've outlined the basics and most essential items you need to include in your press kit.

Backstage Member Melina Chadbourne On Being a Good Actor

Backstage member Melina Chadbourne shares her advice to fellow actors. Visit www.melinachadbourne.com.

Create a Winning Acting Mindset

Often actors limit themselves from a lack of knowledge of how the business works. There are actors just starting their careers who screen test and get major parts. It may not take years to get a breakout role.