The Drama Division of the Juilliard school auditions over 1,500 students each year and accepts 18. I am thrilled and very proud that Matthew Yifeng was accepted and will begin classes in September as a member of Group 58.
Final Class with Year 2 at NYU Grad Acting
I finished the Spring semester with my wonderful Second Year NYU Grad Acting students.
Vocal/Text Coaching
As a vocal/text coach one of the first things I do is go through the text with the actor and help them figure out where to breathe.
Dialect Coach in NYC
Working as a dialect coach in NYC is interesting and challenging. With the actor, I go through the vowel and consonant changes, discuss the rhythm of the dialect, the duration of sounds and how the pitch (highness and lowness of the vocal range) is used.
Meeting Cate Blanchett
I met my favorite actor, Cate Blanchett!
Final Class with Year 3 at NYU Grad Acting
I had my final Techniques of Voice and Text Class with my NYU Third Year Students.
Seeing a new play with Grad Acting Alums
I saw NYU Grad acting alums Stacey Linnartz and Jeremy Rishe in Barry Kaplan’s new play “The Limits of Admiration”.
Visiting Robert Neff Williams
So yesterday I spent a lovely afternoon visiting my teacher, Robert Neff Williams. He was feeling good and seemed stronger than when I attended his birthday party in March. We talked about many things including his dear wife, Ruth, passing on a few months ago. I told him about an actor calling me this week who wanted to work on …
Shakespeare Auditions
In the last two weeks, a number of actors have asked me to suggest a monologue for Shakespeare auditions that no one else does. I don’t think it exists. Are some monologues used more often than others? Definitely. But these plays are so famous and there are so many companies performing them that it is difficult to find something that …
Breathing for Actors
I’ve been thinking about breathing for actors. Why is that something so basic and something that we all do naturally, seems to be so difficult? When I was explaining the principles of breathing for actors to my new class of private students last week, I was thinking how odd it was that I was explaining breathing. We’re alive so we …
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