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Keeping Your Purpose Alive
Private Coaching: Keeping Your Purpose Alive Every time you feel disappointed, discouraged, and disillusioned, you should know that is the beginning of a destructive process where you hold back from continuing to pursue your dream to be a successful working actor. Too...
read moreHandle The Problems That Make us Doubt our Talent and Abilities to Act
Private Coaching: Getting help to handle the problems that make us doubt our talent and abilities to act. Not too long ago, I was working with an actor who had studied with me for a long time and had landed a lead on a very successful series. She wanted to do...
read moreUp Your Game When it Comes to Booking Roles! Private Coaching – Your Secret Weapon!
If you really want to "up your game" when it comes to booking roles, you should take advantage of a tool that most actors use - private coaching! Not long ago, I coached a very well known film actress to prepare her to audition for a Broadway play. She’s worked...
read moreHow Private Coaching Can Make You Feel Ready For Any Role Big or Small!
Yesterday I had the privilege of coaching one of the best actors working today, in my opinion. This is someone who always prepares with a lot of care and attention to detail - with everything she does. She had just completed two films back to back and only had this...
read morePrivate Coaching, Your Secret Weapon!
The other day I was working privately with a very good actor who was preparing for an audition. He had made good choices and it was clear he understood the character and the circumstances. The problem was he had not connected to all of the emotional aspects of what...
read moreWhy Private Coaching? A Game Changer For Auditions!
Why Private Coaching? A Game Changer For Auditions! Whether you’re just beginning your acting career, have taken classes before, or work consistently in the industry, private coaching is a hidden weapon that many overlook as an important tool to booking work...
read moreThe Actor and The Actress: Episode 21 – Training In Acting Class Will Change Your Auditions
Max and Emily had been working on the emotional life of their characters from a scene in “What Dreams May Come” for the past three weeks and were going to perform it in their scene study class at the acting school they both attended. The first time their teacher, Mr....
read moreThe Actor and The Actress: Episode 20 – Finding Your Emotional Life As The Character
Max and Emily had been working on the emotional life of their characters from a scene in “What Dreams May Come” for the past three weeks and were going to perform it in their scene study class at the acting school they both attended. The first time their teacher, Mr....
read moreThe Actor and The Actress: Episode 19 – The Actress and the Coach
Lilly had been consistently putting up scenes in acting class every week and it showed in her work. She had become more daring in the parts she played and the choices she made in portraying those characters. Today she was getting private acting coaching from Mr. B for...
read moreThe Actor and The Actress: Episode 18 – The Audition (Part 2)
Arabella had dinner with her agent, Jack Rollins, after the big audition. He took her to a new restaurant, Christophe’s in Beverly Hills, which had just opened and was already over-flowing with an A-list clientele. As they moved through the restaurant to their table,...
read moreThe Actor and The Actress: Episode 17 – The Audition
Arabella Winston had moved to Los Angeles from Denver, Colorado when she was 22 years old. She had decided to make her move despite her parents’ and friends’ objections. She was tall, athletic, and very attractive, and had graduated from college with a BA in acting....
read moreThe Actor and The Actress: Episode 16 – How To Save A Life
It was the night before Valentine’s Day. Frankie, a young attractive writer working as a cashier at a mid-town cafeteria, was in a conversation with Velma, a troubled self-conscious girl who waited tables there. She was nervous as she talked to Frankie telling him...
read moreThe Actor and The Actress: Episode 15 – To Be Or Not To Be
Racine: You can stand here with me if you want, but you’ll have to agree not to talk about the heat. Matty: I’m a married woman. Racine: Meaning what? Matty: Meaning I’m not looking for company. Racine: Then you should have said—‘I’m a happily married woman.’ Matty:...
read moreThe Actor and The Actress: Episode 14 – The Holiday Party
Giovanna was making her way through the house decorating every room for Christmas. She had wonderful taste and each area had its own special charm. She and Hugh were hosting the acting class holiday party in their home and every detail had to be perfect. Hugh was at...
read moreThe Actor and The Actress: Episode 13 – Time of Your Life
Hugh was feeling a little lost and alone. Giovanna had been in Vancouver shooting a movie for about three weeks and he felt like he was in a holding pattern waiting for her to return. He’d decided to have dinner alone in an upscale restaurant called “Aureole” that had...
read moreThe Actor and The Actress: Episode 12 – Lilly Creates Her Juliet
It had been weeks since Lilly had rehearsed with Mr. B in preparation for her scene to be repeated in acting class. Lilly and Nick had performed “The Red Shoes” movingly when they brought the scene back the following week. It was clear that Lilly had taken a step...
read moreThe Actor and The Actress: Episode 11 – Mr. B and the Ballerina
It was considered a big rainstorm for Los Angeles as the rain had been pouring down for 24 hours straight with howling winds and even some lightening and thunder at times. Lily Bartholomew opened the door to the theater and stepped inside, drenched to the bone with...
read moreThe Actor and The Actress: Episode 10
Jack and Rachel continued to rehearse their scene for acting class as they looked for new layers in the work that they might bring to the piece. (Standing in front of the fireplace discussing the painting that hangs above it. They look at each other as they begin to...
read moreThe Actor and The Actress: Episode 9
Giovanna ran to the woman lying in the grass and began to cry. Hugh was right there and knelt down next to Giovanna as she began sobbing uncontrollably over her sister Lucia’s body. Slowly, he took her in his arms and helped her up so he could take her into the house,...
read moreThe Actor and The Actress: Episode 8
The scene Hugh and Giovanna had performed in acting class that night had not gone as Hugh had hoped it would. Driving home, he was quiet as Giovanna spoke enthusiastically about the notes given by Mr. B and how excited she was to try them with Hugh. G. Darling, you...
read moreThe Actor and The Actress: Episode 7
As Hugh and Giovanna’s scene ended, the lights were fading on stage while Sinatra’s “Come Fly With Me” filled the theater with his mellow sound. Suddenly the students in class began cheering and applauding. It had been a long time since Hugh and Giovanna had done a...
read moreThe Actor and The Actress: Episode 6
When we last saw Giovanna and Hugh rehearsing a scene from the play Hugh had written, it had gone badly and had come to an end when Giovanna found out she had to leave for Paris to shoot new scenes for the movie she had recently finished. Now, once again, rehearsing...
read moreThe Actor and The Actress: Episode 5
When we last saw Sissy, it was 5:00 pm and she had just received a call from David’s assistant, asking her to come into the office the following morning at 10:30 to perform her monologue from “Ondine” for him. She felt panicked and that she would never be ready by...
read moreThe Actor and The Actress: Episode 4
When David, Giovanna’s agent, drove Sissy home that night, he asked her if she would like to come in to his office and do a monologue from “Ondine” so he could see her work. He said he might be able to help her find representation, but would need to see her perform...
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