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How To Prepare For A General Audition
October 5, 2015 | How To's

How To Prepare For A General Audition

Once a year, most cities host a cattle call audition session that lasts for days and includes dozens of theater companies and hundreds of actors. In Seattle there’s the TPS…

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How To Find Your Type As An Actor
September 29, 2015 | How To's

How To Find Your Type As An Actor

Let’s talk about type. It’s not who you are, or what you do, or what you know that counts. Type, for an actor, is simply about what other people think…

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How To Find Your Next Acting Audition
September 11, 2015 | How To's

How To Find Your Next Acting Audition

You have a resume. You have a headshot, or something close. You have ruthlessly prepared a monologue, or maybe two, just to be safe. You know what type of character…

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How to Make An Actor Demo Reel
August 27, 2015 | How To's

How to Make An Actor Demo Reel

In the long line of confounding acting advice, casting directors demand that actors have a demo reel if they are to take you seriously. However, in the same breath they…

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How to Audition For a Commercial
August 27, 2015 | How To's

How to Audition For a Commercial

Konstantin Stanislavsky once said, “There are no small roles, only small actors.” He was a theatre man and lived before the age of the television commercial. Were he alive now,…

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How To Ace Your Headshot Session
July 28, 2015 | How To's

How To Ace Your Headshot Session

  Imagine for a moment that you are a detective selecting a suspect from a series of mug shots. You would use the description you have to try to match…

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How to Find a Kick-Ass Acting Agent
November 19, 2014 | How To's

How to Find a Kick-Ass Acting Agent

No matter whether you’re an amateur trying to break into the industry, newly graduated or still working towards your BFA in acting, you’ll need an agent. A good one. Trying…

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How To Decide If A BFA Acting Degree Is Right For You
November 13, 2014 | How To's

How To Decide If A BFA Acting Degree Is Right For You

Did you know that the BFA degree has only existed as we know it today since 1971? As the traditional degree choice for students wishing to receive education in the…

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How To Cry On Cue
November 12, 2014 | How To's

How To Cry On Cue

Bad crying can make or break a career. An actor or actress may be at the top of their field, able to deftly handle comedy and drama, pratfalls and raging…

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