There is one way to work as an actor, and it is to work as an actor, every day, before anyone is paying you. The 56 hours a week you already have, what to do with them, and why the audition you did last week is already over.
The question we hear most: what can I do at home so I stop getting the same note every week? Three things, every day. Work your diction on everyone you talk to, five minutes of breath, and find a physical life for your lines.
Improv usually needs a partner. This one doesn’t. Name five things about a topic, then make it harder: the logical move, the bold move using A to C, and the question that grounds any bold move: if this is true, what else is true?
A confident slate is a first impression, and the secret to giving one every time is thought life: replace the camera with someone you love, and for a darker character, change who you’re talking to. Two slates, one principle.
From the casting side of the table: never talk down the product, never make the other actors look bad, and take direction the first time. Three habits that end an audition before the read starts, and what to do instead.
He found the studio on a whim while researching how to get an agent, and stayed for the accountability. Dakota’s Dearing Story: from script class to Masterclass to the Chaos Comedy improv troupe, a servant’s heart, and the one word he picked for the studio.
She started at thirteen, worked her way from the teen program into the adult classes and then Masterclass, earned a studio internship, and went on to study theatre at USC. Bebe’s Dearing Story: empathy, work ethic, and the one word she picked, fulfilling.
A school teacher and mother of three who signed up for script class with her daughter in 2019, sat in the parking lot, and walked in anyway. Her Dearing Story, in her words: honesty, accepting, and wishing she had done it ten years sooner.
A veteran who came looking for a class to bring him out of his shell and found a community. Nick’s Dearing Story: the tower he was afraid to climb, what unconditional love taught him, and the parking lot every one of us has sat in.
An actor who moved from Colorado to Phoenix in 2018 looking for a studio and found one. Jonathan’s Dearing Story, in his words: acting is not easy, there is a place for you if you work, and why he wants to be seen on screen.
Zoe was ten when her family read about the studio and signed her up in 2017, and she knew after one class. Her Dearing Story, in her words: gaining confidence, showing more of her personality, and realizing it doesn’t matter what people think as long as you’re having fun.
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