Category: Advice on Acting

The Necessary Discomfort: Why Actors Must Push Boundaries, Step Into Danger, and Embrace the Roles We Do Not Agree With by Sarafina Vecchio There is a moment- electric, unsettling, almost nauseating- when an actor feels themselves cross a threshold. You feel your body tighten, your thoughts race, your breath catch not from effort but from awareness, “Oh. I’m outside myself now.” Every actor who has trained deeply knows this sensation….

As an actor on a commercial set, nothing will get you in trouble faster than being on your phone and taking pictures when you shouldn’t be. We certainly live in a time when photos on social media have tremendous appeal and a photo with the cast or director to commemorate the day does have its place. But there’s definitely a right way to go about this and a wrong way….

How do you stay creative and busy during an actor’s strike? We have some ideas!

We’ve all had last minute auditions. Luckily for you, we’ve compiled six helpful tips to help you memorize your lines at the last minute!

Make a living Acting In Chicago. Explore 7 Types of Acting, besides theatre, from the guy who wrote the book!

5 tips to researching acting classes for kids…and avoiding scams! Are you a parent who has a kid constantly putting on performances for you? Imitating commercials on TV? Have you been the camera operator for your child “vlogging” the next viral video? You don’t have to know the ins and out’s of the entertainment industry in order to find the best acting classes for kids. However, there are a few…

Open up Tim Bagley’s list of TV and film credits and it might just unroll to your feet. Tim Bagley has been working on stage and screen for decades and with good reason: he’s serious about comedy—and acting in general. I met Tim in 2015 on the set of Teachers where he played Principal Pearson and he was kind enough to chat with me recently about his career and his…

What Actors Can Expect On A TV or Film Set During Covid by Chris Agos TV/film production is slowly trying to get back to a normal schedule. For actors returning to SAG-AFTRA TV and Film productions, life on set is going to look very different than it did before Covid. There are a lot of virus-related changes. Masks, testing, face shields, wristbands, and signage are everywhere on set. The industry is employing…

Acting Studio Chicago is very fortunate to have Kate Devore as our Dialects and voice training instructor. As a voice coach and instructor, Kate has a ton of valuable information and techniques for maintaining a healthy voice. After all, it’s a huge part of our instrument as actors. Check out the information below for some incredible dialect tips and advice from Kate! How To Be Your Own Dialect Coach It goes without saying that…

Got a co-star audition and not sure where to begin? Well, welcome to the right place! These 7 tips will help set yourself up for success so you can nail your co-star audition. 1) UNDERSTAND YOUR FUNCTION IN THE SCENE.  Co-star roles in television, and featured roles in film, are considered functionary roles. A functionary role – you guessed it! – serves a function in the telling of the story….