Showing posts with label bard. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bard. Show all posts
Tuesday

The Gift of Time

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Some years ago, my sister worked a not-quite-soul-sucking day job. One of those jobs where, if there were no customers to assist, the manage...
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Monday

VIDEO - Why You Need to be in Class

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I get it. You went to school for theatre; maybe you got a degree or four in it. You've learned a ton, and have the student loan bills to...

VIDEO - How to Pronounce Character Names in Shakespeare's King Lear

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You all really seem to dig these character pronunciation videos, so here's the latest one: King Lear!  With names like Goneril, Curan...

VIDEO - How to Find Your Type in Shakespeare

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"Type" is one of those things that confuses and frustrates a lot of actors. What it comes down to is simple marketing: you, the ac...
Wednesday

VIDEO - The Top 5 Most SHOCKING Moments in Shakespeare

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Shakespeare is ANYTHING but boring! There are some moments in his plays that make your jaw drop, and I've made a countdown of what I ...
Sunday

Take the 7-Day Shakespeare Challenge!

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Join me for a week-long SHAKESPEARE CHALLENGE! I'll be working my way through Timon of Athens, but feel free to pick any play you...
Wednesday

Breaking Down the Bard VIDEO - Verse vs Prose

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Do you know how to tell the difference between verse and prose? This is something that trips a lot of people up, but my quick, minute-long...

Breaking Down the Bard VIDEO - Character Name Pronunciations in A Midsummer Night's Dream

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I wanted to go over something that's a pet peeve of A LOT of casting directors, producers, and directors in the industry: when actors co...

Breaking Down the Bard - Tarry, rash wanton!

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The first Shakespeare play I ever did was A Midsummer Night's Dream , when I was in sixth grade. I've done it several times over as ...

Breaking Down the Bard - Soft

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Romeo He jests at scars that never felt a wound. But soft , what light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet i...

Breaking Down the Bard - Fair

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Helena (A Midsummer Night's Dream) How happy some o'er othersome can be! Through Athens, I am thought as fair as she. But...
Monday

The Top 5 Mistakes Actors Make in Shakespeare Auditions

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Are you doing it wrong?  Or are you on the right track? I want to share with you my FREE list of the top 5 mistakes actors make in Sha...
Wednesday

Breaking Down the Bard - Lady Capulet

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One of the things I love about Shakespeare is that he gave us such unique and individual characters in his plays. Some of them are so fleshe...

Breaking Down the Bard - Trochees

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Now that you know what verse is , and what perfect iambic pentameter is (and if you don't, feel free to read my previous Breaking Do...

Breaking Down the Bard - "-ed" Endings

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Have you ever wondered how classical actors know when to say "bless'd" or "bless- ed ", "murder'd" or ...

Breaking Down the Bard - Feminine Endings

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Now that you've got a handle on the difference between verse and prose , what perfect iambic pentameter is , and what scansion is (and ...