by Cie Peterson | Oct 24, 2015
This article originally appeared on LinkedIn Pulse Great! You read my previous article Verisimilitude: The Key to Good Acting, you understood that the only way for you, as an actor, to bring truthfulness to the stage is for you, as a character, to pursue wants on...
by Cie Peterson | Oct 24, 2015
This article originally appeared on LinkedIn Pulse So, did you rush right over to the library after reading Part 1 of this article, grab a copy of Death of a Salesman, find a juicy scene, and try to formulate an objective for it? No?!? Oh, that’s okay. (I was...
by Cie Peterson | Sep 9, 2015
Every year as summer greenery gives way to autumn polychrome, high school seniors across the country begin the panicked and puzzling process of applying to college. For those students considering – or intent on – pursuing a performance degree, the process...
by Cie Peterson | Aug 12, 2015
This post originally appeared on LinkedIn Pulse. Here is a simple truism: for something to have the ring of truth it must appear as something we recognize as truthful. And here is a correlating truism: nothing speaks from the stage but truth. Nothing! Whether you are...
by Cie Peterson | Aug 8, 2015
This post originally appeared on LinkedIn Pulse. Whether you audition with a reader, a monologue, or with sides at your local community theater, the truth is that auditioning is a skill that is more like a cousin to acting than a brother. To be sure they are similar,...
by Cie Peterson | Jul 12, 2015
This post originally appeared on LinkedIn Pulse. Auditions… like all 12 films in the Friday the 13th series they can send chills down your spine. At worst they are a necessary evil; at best they are a chance to perform (albeit briefly). In reality, they are a means to...