“Remember, warming up your voice should be a gradual process, starting with gentle exercises and gradually increasing the intensity. It's essential to listen to your body and avoid pushing your voice too hard during warm-up routines.”
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“Take pride in your strengths and work to turn your weaknesses into strengths. Every snowflake that comes down in a blizzard is unique, as is every actor that walks across the stage.”
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In the wake of the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump, we spoke to two community theatres that are in the midst of performing Sondheim’s musical, ‘Assassins’.
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Dear theatre students,
We’ve met before, but as a reminder, my name is Chris and I am a theatre professor. While I might not be YOUR theatre professor, and while I don’t claim to speak for ALL theatre professors, I wanted to take just a moment to talk about your futures. I think what I have to say is important to those of you in college theatre programs, and also those of you who are hoping to go into a college theatre program—but perhaps other theatre artists, in various stages in their careers, might find some utility in my advice.
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“Shakespeare is a bit of a touchy subject in the theatre industry, and that’s for one reason: either you love it or you hate it.”
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“Vincent van Gogh’s life might not seem like the kind of material that would lend itself to pop-rock musical theater, but take a listen and you will be surprised.”
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“Let’s be clear – true method acting does not mean losing yourself in a role to the degree that you are no longer in control of your actions, or that you are physically or emotionally hurting yourself or other people.”
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“The message that Spring Awakening sends is that whatever you're going through, whoever you are, whoever you love, it's okay. It's all part of growing up. And that message is so crucial to developing teenagers.”
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“Interrupting a theatre performance is never acceptable, regardless of the cause. It disrespects the performers, violates the audience's rights, undermines the art form, and is ultimately ineffective.”
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“What’s refreshing about Nguyen’s She Kills Monsters is that not only does it shine a spotlight on LGBTQ characters, but that it does not use their sexuality as a placeholder for personality.”
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“Hamilton is, of course, a musical that represents, among other things, a way for BIPOC communities to celebrate the story of our nation’s founding. As we and many others have correctly noted, it should be told by BIPOC performers only. But, if we are being consistent, 1776 should be performed by white performers only as well.”
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“I was passed over for a role in favor of another actress, a typical experience I’ve had as a working actor. Only the circumstances of this specific role and show were different; I am a Latina actress, and the role I was passed over for was Mimi Marquez in Rent; the actress I lost out to was white.”
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