by Cie Peterson | Oct 19, 2020
Answers for High School Students Determined to Pursue an Acting Degree but Totally Stressed Out by the Process! Covid has changed many things, but it has not changed how anxiety-producing and puzzling the process of selecting a post-secondary acting/theater program...
by Cie Peterson | Oct 15, 2020
Answers for High School Seniors Determined to Pursue an Acting Degree but Totally Stressed Out by the Process! Typically at this time of year I am knee-deep in conducting monologue workshops and privately coaching high school seniors who are knee-deep in the...
by Cie Peterson | Sep 22, 2020
When I was four years old, I stepped foot on a stage for the first time. I played the Dolly everyone sang hello to, a bah-bah black sheep that had some wool, and two other roles that clearly did not make a lasting impression. By the time the curtain came down, I was...
by Cie Peterson | Jun 8, 2016
If you wanted to frighten a group of actors with something they’d find ghastly and dreadful, you could turn to vampires, zombies, or ghosts. Or you could just tell them to prepare a monologue audition. For actors, it seems, monologues and zombies have much in common:...
by Cie Peterson | Jan 19, 2016
There has been quite a stir in entertainment news lately as one influential actor after another tweets, or posts, their outrage at the lily-white list of Best Actor contenders that was revealed during last week’s Oscar nomination announcements. In short order the...
by Cie Peterson | Jan 4, 2016
First published on LinkedIn Pulse A fanciful dreamer can imagine a life as a performer, but it takes a bold inclination to make it happen. I myself was that way bent at a very early age, and as an acting teacher and coach I have traveled alongside countless students...