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.
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 …
Tech/Dress “Timon of Athens”
As I was waiting for the final run of “Timon of Athens” at the Public Theater (starring Richard Thomas as Timon) last night, I heard one of the actors ask Barry (Edelstein, the director) if he was tired. This was at 9:30p.m. and the cast and crew had been in technical rehearsal since noon. Barry said “No, I’m not tired. …
New Beginnings NYU Grad Acting
I was thinking about new beginnings a few days ago. It’s because it’s September and September makes me think of going back to school. I always had a new notebook and pencil box for that first day. I was very excited about seeing friends that I had not seen all summer. Had they changed? Was my best friend going to …