How to write an audition notice for community theater
Work in community theater? Want to know a lot of great tips on writing an audition notice that’s sure to piss people off and make them hate you? Look no further! How to write...
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Sunday Selections: Ghosts
For this week’s edition of Sunday Selections I’m going with Ghosts by Henrik Ibsen. (You can’t go wrong with Ibsen!) This play generated a great deal of controversy with one reviewer calling it “Gross,...
Sunday Selections: Rhinoceros
In this week’s pick for Sunday Selections I am going with Rhinoceros by Eugene Ionesco. Written as a commentary and criticism of fascism and Nazism, this play is the story of an everyman who...
Sunday Selections: Top Girls
Welcome to the first installment of Sunday Selections, which was introduced in a recent blog news post. For my first choice in play recommendations, I’m gonna go with my all time favorite play, Top...
New features, and other news!
Hello all! This is Valerie. Just giving you some updates for this blog… along with a better structured schedule. First, the new features. May I introduce… Sunday Selections! What is Sunday Selections, you ask?...
Three major life skills or attributes people learn in theater
“Why would you study theater?” “Why would you work in theater?” “Why do we need theater?” “What good can theater do for people?” I’ve heard this all before and then some. So has every...
Why fund theater? (Especially during a pandemic)
OK, things suck right now. You’ve probably read about vaccine news, but there are many complex reasons why it will be quite some time before things return back to normal (at least in the...
Five mistakes rookie actors make, and what to do instead
Acting is an incredibly difficult career to take on and it can be particularly scary when you’re a newbie. (I’ll take obvious facts for $100 please.) Like any field, there are common mistakes a...
Introduction
Welcome to my blog! This is my first post. I’d like to tell you a little about me and this website. My name is Valerie. I’m an actor, director, producer, playwright and more, located...
