Hey cosplayer! How ya holding up? The lack of in-person cons is beyond awful, huh? Lots of boo hiss. Boo hiss, I say! I feel ya, I really do. And I hope that you’re getting some satisfying cosplay time…
Building characters from the ground up, one movement at a time.
Happy one-year quarantine anniversary Well, we’ve passed the one year mark of lockdown. Such a strange once-year anniversary to think about, huh. I know for me, in some ways, it feels like it’s been both 5 years and 5…
Hey actors. Know you need to add movement work to your craft, but you’re struggling to figure out which movement method is best? You’re not alone. There are many different movement methods for actors out there. It’s honestly overwhelming.…
We all move, right? Regardless of how and why, every creature on this planet moves somehow. There are of course generalizations: humans walk, snakes slither, mice skitter and dolphins swim. That being said, HOW you move is unique to…
Unique performances are memorable, right? That’s the ultimate goal for many actors, to be memorable in a positive way. That is to say, by making each character you play different from the others, chances are you’re going to stand…
As an actor, by default, you end up juggling a lot of things. Auditions, searching for auditions, traveling for auditions (or setting up your home studio), marketing, researching for new monologues or songs, staying in touch with what’s current,…
Our bodies are oh so smart. Our brains are too smart for their own good too sometimes. They like to talk to each other and make decisions that we’ve got no real awareness of. I’d say this is usually…
Being a chameleon One of the things I’m constantly in awe of is the actors who are never the same, role to role. Each role I see them in they’re a completely different person (different creature, entity, or species…
I’m gonna let you in on a little secret: as an actor, music has saved me more times than I can count. Creating a character soundtrack has been a cornerstone of my acting work for the better part of a…
Calling all actors and cosplayers! You’re here! Absolutely brilliant. Glad you could make it. So, I’m guessing you like to develop characters, right? Whether it’s a character that already exists in the world, via cannon, or a real person…