mental downloadables one email. one big acting idea. written just for you. "No one can be you ... better than YOU!" Me · Acting Craft Writer The Main Event Your Acting Type Will Help You Find Type-Appropriate Monologues Listen to this email: Spotify Apple Audible Alright, we started talking about monologues last week, but I gotta confess, homie ... ... I kinda, sorta, skipped an important step. In order to find that perfect monologue ... ... you kinda, sorta gotta know who you are. It's good...
12 days ago • 4 min read
mental downloadables get memorized and perform under pressure "I like to think of monologue hunting like hygiene, it's best done everyday." Me · Memorization Junkie The Main Event "Read" this email with your ears: Spotify Apple Podcasts During a read through of my script with two of my colleagues (one still in college, another a veteran professional) they expressed their extreme frustration with finding audition monologues. It's been especially tough finding the perfect monologue for them....
19 days ago • 7 min read
mental downloadables the adventure log for to git gud in acting 'n stuff "Yeah, the rule is don't relax, recover." Joshua Voiles · Writer | Artist | Performance Expert The Main Event Allow me to save you a nervous break down ... or two. When Getting What You Want Backfires Sometimes you can get exactly what you want and it can annihilate you. I burnt myself out doing the very thing I dreamed of doing most of my life. I tried to put out the fire out with a blow torch. I wanted to be Epic. But...
about 2 months ago • 3 min read
mental downloadables the newsletter for to git gud in acting 'n stuff "Your subtext is showing." Me · Acting Coach to the Stars in the Making The Main Event People lie to each other all the time. And that’s a good thing!* *for good theatre, silly* Subtext We rarely say what we mean as human people. We suppress the truth for a variety of reasons. We don’t want to: Hurt feelings Offend people we depend on Admit to ourselves that we aren’t as attractive as Idris Elba There’s a word for what we...
9 months ago • 5 min read
mental downloadables the newsletter for to git gud in acting 'n stuff "If you want to 'express yourself' then go write a play and direct it yourself. " -me The Main Event You gotted "off-booked." Yay! you rock. Now for the real work. Yeah, I know ... When does it end? Hey, you signed up for this. The final stage before you get your work in front of an audience is working with the individual who will hopefully take your performance to the next level and get you accolades and awards … or at the...
9 months ago • 2 min read
mental downloadables the newsletter for to git gud in acting 'n stuff "He's talented ... but he doesn't know his lines!" Professor · University of Michigan Theatre Dept. 2001 The Main Event "He's talented ... but he doesn't know his lines!" My eyes still burn with tears when I think about that statement. That's what a professor said about me when I was in college studying theatre at the University of Michigan. It was the reason I was standing in the wings while all my classmates were having...
9 months ago • 4 min read
mental downloadables the quest log for to git gud in acting 'n stuff "Most people don't need to be taught, they need only to be ...reminded." C.S. Lewis · Writer of the Narnia World The Main Event Phew. You memorized your lines. Now what? How to NOT Forget Your Lines as an Actor You've been working really hard to get a monologue in your brains for you next audition. Good on you. In fact you've remember at least 5 different scripts over the past six months. You're rocking it! Tiny problem: You...
10 months ago • 4 min read
mental downloadables the newsletter for to git gud in acting 'n stuff "Amateurs keep going until they get it right. Professionals keep going until they can't get it wrong." Julie Andrews or Harold Craxton · Successful People The Main Event Fundamentals Rote Recitation Really Works for Remembering Words Rote memorization has gotten a bad rep over the years. AI Hard drives The "Cloud" Second brains The Inter-webs Executive assistants We have worked very hard as a species to NOT have to remember...
10 months ago • 3 min read
mental downloadables the newsletter for to git gud in acting 'n stuff "I never get bored with the basics." Kobe Bryant · Basketball Legend | Entrepreneur R.I.P. The Main Event Rehearsal should be difficult ... ... lemme 'splain ... Complicate The Right Things Elite athletes practice at high level. They do something they need to do in very difficult ways. In his book "Talent is Overrated" author Geoff Colvin calls this way of preparing "deliberate practice." This type of practice is not simply...
10 months ago • 4 min read