by Siobhan Richardson | Mar 6, 2017 | Best Practices
Putting this here for safe-keeping and reference! I’m going to be doing a pocketLIVE broadcast where I go over my book. This looks like a good jumping off point. ...
by Siobhan Richardson | Jan 8, 2017 | Actor's Process
In the show I’m about to start rehearsing, I’m playing a monster. You know, that kind of repulsive human being who tortures people with no reason beyond being cruel. Well, at first pass it looks like that. And I don’t want to play it that way, for...
by Siobhan Richardson | Oct 27, 2016 | Actor's Process, Intimacy For The Stage
When we’re in a show, we have to be oh-so-very-close to our scene partners oh-so-very-soon after meeting them. As actors, we’re expected to be very comfortable with touching and being touched in any way. But the truth of the matter is that a stranger is...
by Siobhan Richardson | Jan 8, 2016 | Rehearsal Methods
The rehearsal and practice methods described in this blog are meant to be like a buffet: pick the things that you like. Use what works for you at this time, in whatever order works for you. Also, you may find that you use a different method every 5 minutes, or that...
