Category: Acting
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How to Take Great Headshots even though 20 minutes ago you were Sobbing
How to Take Great Headshots even though 20 minutes ago you were teasing out how to ask your ex to [platonically] hold you while you cry Is this blog just a cry for help? Is it click bait? Wasn’t this supposed to be done in good faith? I’ve needed new headshots since well before my… Read more
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Why Acting isn’t Therapy Even Though it Feels Amazing
Why Acting Isn’t Therapy Even Though it Feels Amazing I had the great good fortune to hear an actor speak last year who said something to the effect of, “when I stopped using acting as an opportunity to express myself, that’s when I became an actor.” And that– whoooo- I felt that. I felt that… Read more
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Cont. Backstage Poet earns Finalist in Love Poem Contest
Cont. Backstage Poet earns Finalist in Love Poem Contest I’m still celebrating the fact that: The amazing, Frontier Poetry lit mag named me a FINALIST in their (Not) in Love Tanka Challenge!!! This blog is a continuation of my last post. If you’d like to read the harrowing tale of how I overcame my imposter… Read more
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It’s Okay if you Hate me
It’s Okay if you Hate me That favorite acting teacher from my first post also gave us this little gem: “The theater isn’t interested in perfect people.” Truly, how BORING would any story be if all the characters were perfect and made right and perfect choices at every turn? That theater, and by extension film,… Read more
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Rejecting Hope, Choosing Dionysus, and Acting in Good Faith
When I was taking my requisite Humanities class in college, we pulled topics out of a hat and had to deliver an impromptu two minute speech to the class. I was assigned: “hope.” I thought I was sooo subversive for my hot take that hope was actually a bad thing. For context, I was in… Read more