Archive for the ‘Theater Acting’ Category

OT: Virus patrol

Question:
Great post.  I encourage people to invest in good virus protection – home and work.  I am sort of acting as sys admin at work right now, and last week I (briefly) became a local hero because we DIDN’T get a worm because we had current virus protection. I had encouraged the [...]

Question Of The Day – Tuesday

Question:
neurosurgery oh anyone can do this-just reach in and start squishing things around-then get someone else to screw the top back on and close up anyone see my pen?
ROFLMAO..I needed that!!!

Response:
Talk to animals :  )
just imagine it!!

Response:
Play the violin (fiddle) like [...]

OT: Enterprise followup

Question:
Watched Enterprise last night. I liked it quite well for a first show. Several notches above STNG and the other two’s *first* episodes, which bodes well. I like the naturalness and I like the look. It’s also nice not to be bombarded with Epic Music. Karen

Response:
well. I like the [...]

VA, Diabetes, and Retirement

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If you served in Vietnam and are a T2 diabetic, this link to a 11/9/00 VA press release concrning diabetes treatment may be of interest – http://www.va.gov/pressrel/aodiab.htm .  The first paragraph reads as follows: "Vietnam veterans with Type-II diabetes will now be eligible for disability compensation from the Department of [...]

FYI SEATCOVER

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"Victoria SAGS/AFTER"  spewed… Just go join carla in the folding chair theater and leave it to us who make some money at this. You are so sad and clueless, but that just makes it easier to ridicule you! This is more fun than [...]

Performing and illness

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Thank you for telling me this, Carl. Your strength gives me strength and it’s a wonderful testament to your courage and talent.
Or my pigheadedness. A smarter man wouldn’t tax himself so, I presume. But thanks. Carl — "Micro" "Soft" Why does that [...]

I would like to be in commercials

Question:
Since I am not union I would not be a scab right?
Oy.  Check out some of the preceding threads that talk about this very thing.  The only way you won’t be a scab, is to take non-union work.  A non-union person doing union work and crossing a picket line, [...]

Specificity

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When I was at the National Shakespeare Conservatory, one of my coaches, Mary Lou Rosato, insisted on Specificity.  I therefore offer these definitions: Racist: An individual who believes in the superiority of one race over another. I haven’t seen any people of the above posting in alt.acting except one [...]

Orlok's Paxil Photo. on and off topic

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Hope you like the dune site, let me know what you think! rgds LoK WebTV doesn’t have JAVA capability. : (     I feel like getting on a giant worm and going for a ride in the dessert. ; (     Chip

Response:
Hello Andrea, Thank you, [...]

QUARE: Memorization technique

Question:
The important thing that I try to do is to memorize the individual actions(not so much physical action, but more along the lines of intent) in a scene and their succession. Or even just move through the topics or ideas in a scene, "first I talk about this subject, then I mention [...]