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    March 28, 2022

    What's Beyond: Writing as an Actor, Part 2

    One of the important exercises we do in theatre is called “What’s Beyond.” It’s a Viola Spolin exercise to help actors understand the full, inner life of their characters. Viola Spolin is credited ...

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    Writing as an Actor
    March 25, 2022

    Writing as an Actor

    I went to theatre school when I was 18. In many ways it was the worst choice I could have made. I was not temperamentally suited to the life of an actor. But the lessons I learned in theatre school have ...

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