Your reputation is important. Seriously. I’ll wait while you look it up. Okay, so earlier I addressed how you begin to establish your reputation at the audition stage. You may have spent years establishing a good reputation, but all it…
I Am Visiting NYC and DC
This week I embark on my semi-regular trip back to the east coast to visit family, framily, and friends. While most of the time will be spent catching up with them, I would also like to get to see some…
The Other Side of the Table: Doing My Part
The last couple of posts focused on what I would like to see actors do at auditions and callbacks. I also have heard from actors what they like and don’t like from auditions and callbacks. So here is what I…
The Other Side of the Table: Further Notes on Auditions and Call-backs
Last time I posted some straight-forward suggestions for a successful audition. This time, it’s a little more personal. My friend and colleague Lisa Thiroux posted about some gripes that she had as a director, so I know that I’m not…
The Other Side of the Table: Audition Etiquette
A few years ago I ran into Ken Davenport’s 10 Audition Tips for Actors. What jumped at me was that his notes to Broadway and Off-Broadway actors applied to actors of community and regional theatre as well, and it inspired…
The Other Side of the Table: Audition Etiquette
A few years ago I ran into Ken Davenport’s 10 Audition Tips for Actors. What jumped at me was that his notes to Broadway and Off-Broadway actors applied to actors of community and regional theatre as well, and it inspired…
Why am I blogging, anyway?
In the past few years, I have been doing a lot of new things, usually with the inspiration of others. I have found blogs very helpful to see what others have done. I would like to document what I go…
Why am I blogging, anyway?
In the past few years, I have been doing a lot of new things, usually with the inspiration of others. I have found blogs very helpful to see what others have done. I would like to document what I go…
Annex Got it Right
In my short history of renting performance spaces, I must say that the folks at Annex Theatre got it right. Selecting Annex seemed like the logical choice: a play about a gay family for sure belonged on Capitol Hill. I…
The Music Of The Gene Pool
[quote]AT RISE: Lights come up on an empty living room, perhaps even while the audience is still settling in. The opening bars of Doris Day’s “Everybody Loves a Lover” blast.[/quote] And so begins Christi Stewart-Brown’s The Gene Pool. As the…