Backstage

Going Off Script: When (and How) to Improvise as an Actor

Acting often means interpreting the dialogue, actions, and directions set down in a screenplay. But what is it called when an actor goes off script? Actors sometimes have the opportunity to deviate ...
Backstage

Day in the Life: What Do Actors Do?

Actors are masters of pretending: They morph into someone else, they become characters, and they tell the audience a story. Far from just entertainers, actors give life to characters beyond just their ...
The Nation Newspaper

Acting their script?

Writing a drama is like conceiving a pregnancy. For the drama to be practically actable the writer must take into consideration not only the theme, the setting, the characters and the complications ...
The Spokesman-Review

Three actors, one script, no rehearsal: Stage Left Theater puts on ‘White Rabbit Red Rabbit,’ cold read on stage

Where: Stage Left Theater, 108 W. Third Ave. Cost: $35/one show. $60/two shows. $80/all three shows. Tickets available through stagelefttheater.org. “White Rabbit Red Rabbit” begins like any other ...
PBS

KidScripts: The Actors

Magical Theatre’s KidScripts brings students’ scripts to life. LOCAL FOCUS highlights Magical Theatre’s KidScripts program, a literacy and arts initiative that brings students’ scripts to life with ...