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Get Riled Up

by Amanda on March 15, 2009

Actor Jeffrey Tambor at SXSW 2009 - photo by Steve Garfield on Flickr


“Artists need to get riled up every day.”
-Actor Jeffrey Tambor, at SXSW 2009
I’m at SXSW for the Film and Interactive festivals, and the highlight so far, hands down, is …

Actor Jeffrey Tambor at SXSW 2009 - photo by Steve Garfield on Flickr

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Acting Class Diaries, Part 2

by Amanda on June 22, 2007

…in which the heroine becomes her dog for an hour as part of an exercise in character development. Poor Cosmo – I did not do him justice. Our assignment was to do a pantomime of an animal featuring conflict of some sort, so I decided to be Cosmo trying to get into the kitchen in case any scraps of food fell to the floor. Afterwards my class debated …

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Acting Class Diaries, Part 1

by Amanda on June 12, 2007

I had my first “Principles of Realism” acting class at the Studio Theatre last night, and it was awesome. I’ve been looking forward to it for months – per some of my earlier posts, I’ve been craving training in creating real characters, and based on last night, I think this class is going to be just what the doctor ordered.

Our teacher, Nancy Paris, who’s been teaching for “120 …

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