Category Archives: Tips, Tricks, and Tools
Director inspires cast to give audience our best EFFORT
It all comes down to our EFFORT. If we the cast can remember all those six points, we will be surprised by the level of performance we can achieve. And the audience will be blessed with the experience. Continue reading
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Top 10 cast member survival tips
How do we survive ten full-cast run-throughs, back-to-back-to-back shows Thursday night, Friday night, Saturday afternoon, Saturday night, and Sunday afternoon? Ten performances, two weeks in a row?! What survival tips do the veterans have for the first-time AEID (An Evening … Continue reading
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An Evening in December expressed in our faces
John’s message to the cast last night during our final dress rehearsal is succinct, clever, memorable.
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Get off the SOFA and act!
You ought to give the stage a try, just once. If you do, besides the obvious memorization of lines and following directions, actors have to keep remembering the fundamentals of stage acting. I use the acronym SOFA to remind myself … Continue reading
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What song is next?
Lessons learned from past “An Evening in December” productions…follow a script. A Script Keeps You Organized Your brain has a lot to hold before, during, and after a production. Costumes, props, stage entrance and exit, actors’ lines, dancers’ positions, music … Continue reading
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