For actors, the hardest part of preparing a scene can be figuring out exactly how to rehearse. Getting the words off the page and into your body can feel surprisingly difficult. For many actors, once they finish their script analysis and it comes time to get the scene on its feet, they feel stuck. Frozen on the spot or aimlessly wandering the rehearsal space, they re...

In Part 1, we covered the steps every serious actor should do before touching the script.  Now for the fun part: actually working on the text! These 7 steps below guide you through making those famous ‘bold’ choices, owning your audition, and wo...

Note: this is part one of our Audition Prep series, part two coming next week!

If you’re reading this, I’m guessing that huge congratulations are in order. Why? Because you’ve got an audition! And every audition is a reason to celebrate. After all, it’s an opportunity to share your t...

The opportunity to audition for a procedural TV drama is exciting. Plenty of famous actors have launched their careers in the hallowed halls of procedurals like CSI and Law & Order. We’re talking big names, like Philip Seymour Hoffman, Jeremy Allen White and Timothee Chalamet. Yep, all had early career appearances on procedural dramas! These shows are machines, with plent...

What do CSI, Law & Order, The Pitt and Brooklyn 99 all have in common? Is it their bingeable nature or their commercial success? Certainly they have both! But these shows are also all great examples of procedural television dramas. In this article we’ll cover the basics of the genre from an actor’s point of view. These shows offer lots ...