Pursuing An Acting Career

Dreams are truly amazing things. Much like mountains, they appear to be grand and impossible to reach the top of. I am a person who can very easily be pleased- I’m easily entertained, I’m accepting of most requests people make of me, and I’m content to eat anything for dinner as long as it doesn’t still breathe- despite this, however, I have a very large dream that I won’t rest until I accomplish it. That dream is to become an actor.

When I originally changed my major, Fall 2015, I was weary of the prospect of taking acting classes. It further made me rethink my decision, when I entered the class on the first day and we placed our chairs in a circle. I am used to talking in front of large groups so I wasn't concerned with stage fright. However I was concerned about my ability to memorize lines, put emotion with them and portray what the text intended.

Acting on stage with the lights, props, and sets is all surreal. But with that being said acting is much more intricate than to just memorize lines and go on stage and recite them with simple blocking. To combine people and ideas, adding natural movements and gestures, to take the playwright's' words and turn them into your own is the beautiful art form of theatre and acting. To be able to become another person, to feel what they feel, to live their life, is very magical and astounding to me. While acting I lose myself, I am solely whoever I am portraying and I take all matters

Whenever I would watch a television show or movie, I just couldn’t sit there and watch it without imagining what it would be like for me to be in it. Especially if it was a bad one--I knew I could improve it by being in it. I determined that one day I would try to do just that--be an actress. As an adult, my acting preparation consisted of six weeks of training in a private classroom. Some people will try to say that there is one right way to become an actor, but in my opinion (and experience), I would say there is never one route to becoming an actor.

“Acting is behaving truthfully under imaginary circumstances” said by Stanford Meisner. Theatre is an area of arts where you can be free from reality and imagine the impossible. Some of my favorite things about theatre are, the people that are involved, how helpful theatre is and how helpful everyone is, then my last thing is how much fun we have. One of my top favorite things about theatre is the people that are involved within it. Every person has a different personalities, that put together makes a new and neat experience. Theatre is an important part of my life and I enjoy every minute, while I’m there.

However, I believe that theatre is an entirely different beast, since the arts evolve like living beings. With theatre, training passes the line from beneficial to necessary. A quote I consider often, attributed to athlete Kevin Durant, is “hard works beats talent when talent fails to work hard”. There is such an immense, ridiculous amount of talent in the world that if you are not constantly pushing yourself to work harder and study new techniques, no matter how much talent you think you have, someone else will be ahead of you. Conversely, it’s a reminder that even if you think you don’t have much natural talent you can work as much as possible and surpass someone who does. A unique thing about theatre is that you don’t pause your training when you’re in a show- not only do you have to learn to act, you learn while acting as well. Anyone who’s ever been in a show can tell you that closing is a better quality performance than opening. Through the process of performing the show, you acquire new ways for your character to react, grow in complexity, and get engulfed in the story. There’s always room for improvement and change as an actor, and that’s something that has been true since the art form of theatre began, and will continue to be true forever. So many acting techniques have developed and changed just in the last century, such as the Method, the Uta Hagen, Viewpoints, Meisner, and more. Every one of these

For an actor or actress to expect to be rewarded with work, he or she must be on the hunt for auditions. Some of the best places to search for these potential jobs, are the theatre’s around the location of the actor or actress. Although auditions aren't easy to come across, are essentially the acting equivalent of job interviews. Anything an actor or actress can use to gain experience in the field of acting is worth it in the long run, because the experience an actor or actress has the more likely he or she will increase their skills. Besides being able to preform the monologue or script given at an audition, there are other requirements that must be prepared prior to attending the audition. The actor or actress must prepare an accurate resume,

Theater has been around since the time of the Ancient Greek. It has been a form of social expression and ideas for years. Theater is sometimes a dramatization of events or ideas to help better connect the viewers with the situation at hand. I think dramas have become so important to society due to the fact that is can be molded into many different types forms of expression. A drama can take you into a fictional land where anything is possible. It brings people thoughts out from just imagination to a visual performance. The need to see stories acted out is something that bring imagination to life. No longer is it purely thought. You can see and share the idea with a large crowd. Young or old, whether you speak the same language or not, being

Acting apprentices have the opportunity to audition for these shows and could be working side-by-side with professional equity actors. Apprentices also have a chance to perform in the many Cabaret style shows performed throughout the season and can earn weeks towards Equity cards. To apply in person, you can audition at the North Central Regional Auditions held at the California University of Pennsylvania in January. However, since that could be a bit of a travel, there is also the option of applying online. This would consist of submitting all the audition materials and then recording an audition of two contrasting songs and two contrasting monologues. Apprentices do have to pay for their own housing, but a weekly scholarship of $175 is given to help cover expenses.

First of all, acting boosts your confidence. Either it is speaking in front of a huge crowd, or even just in front of your class, it takes confidence. Confidence is

It is difficult to find an acting opportunity due to strict competition. You should therefore always look to pursue any opportunity to show your acting prowess. The current opportunity is for a young girl who must be at least eighteen years old though.

Actors in a theater group or company shared the cost and the profit that the company made. All theater groups or companies consisted of actors (also knowns as sharers), apprentices, and stage hands. Actors who performed in London made more money than those who performed in the countryside. “maybe ten shillings in London and five out in the country” (Shakespeare). Many actors had several plays in a day so they were busy.” (Shakespeare) As a result, Elizabethan actors were forced to memorize entire plays in a very short amount of time. “They didn’t have multiple copies of the play” (Shakespeare) for the actors to memorize their parts. They had to rely on memorizing

You can walk into any theatre classroom at any given time and you’re pretty much guaranteed to see singing, dancing, and/or people laughing. After shows are strikes, which meant taking apart the set and putting it away; this process generally too about a week. It was some of the most fun times though. All the stress of the show was gone, and we would just laugh and have a good time, trying on the shows wigs, unscrewing the set pieces (which is surprisingly therapeutic), and when we were done we would watch a movie. All these brought us together. Theatre kids become a family. We’re there for each other, even if we don’t do it on purpose. I remember one day I was having a horrible day, I failed a test, fought with my dad, and didn’t get any sleep the night before. I walked into my last class of the day, theater, and automatically felt better when I saw my friends laughing, and one of them was even trying to do some weird acrobatics on a chair. Being in that fun up beat environment made me forget all about my problems and I just had

From school plays to Hollywood productions, actors are all around us, but should we consider them liars? In the world of law, playing the role of another person is lying, or identity theft. But, in the world of acting, you’re only playing the role of another person to entertain others. What makes these things so alike, yet so different?

Many actors strengthen their skills through acting. Actors who do not have a college degree may take acting or film classes to learn their craft. Community colleges, acting conservatories, and private film schools typically offer these classes. Some steps into becoming an actor are: