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The Most Practical Damn Little Acting and Directing Book: Notes from the Rehearsal Hall

The Most Practical Damn Little Acting and Directing Book: Notes from the Rehearsal Hall

Acting tips from inside the rehearsal hall with some of the Western theater's great actors and directors.

2022

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Acting and Directing Tips and Discussions

Leaders have failed.

It is time for leaders in every corner of the economy to up their game.

4 min readJul 23, 2021

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Leaders have failed.

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Acting and Directing Tips and Discussions

Actors: Entrances and Exits are everything.

They are energy, focus, and story.

4 min readMar 31, 2024

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Actors: Entrances and Exits are everything.

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Life and the Performing Arts

The great actors do not put varnish on the words. Acting 101.

This is what all the great actors understand.

3 min readMar 8, 2024

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The great actors do not put varnish on the words. Acting 101.

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Life and the Performing Arts

An Idiot’s Guide to Acting

The six practical foundational skills to make you a better actor.

4 min readFeb 20, 2024

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An Idiot’s Guide to Acting

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Life and the Performing Arts

My time with William (Bill) Hutt

Canada’s Greatest Stage Actor.

4 min readFeb 17, 2024

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My time with William (Bill) Hutt

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Life and the Performing Arts

We are losing the theatre. A call for true actors to rise.

Rules for the ideal actor.

4 min readFeb 9, 2024

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We are losing the theatre. A call for true actors to rise.

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Life and the Performing Arts

Acting in Musical Theatre and Straight Plays.

Tips for the musical theatre performer and for the actor who cannot sing.

2 min readFeb 7, 2024

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Acting in Musical Theatre and Straight Plays.

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Life and the Performing Arts

Auditioning and Landing the Part

This is an updated advice story posted ages ago.

8 min readFeb 6, 2024

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Auditioning and Landing the Part

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Life and the Performing Arts

Actors: The Truth About Rehearsal

Laziness and excuses won’t make you a better actor

3 min readJan 29, 2024

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Actors: The Truth About Rehearsal

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Life and the Performing Arts

Acting is Sharing Thought

Many actors are told that acting is all about emotions. Many actors think pushing and making strong choices is acting.

2 min readJan 21, 2024

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Acting is Sharing Thought

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Lee Samuel Wilson

Lee Samuel Wilson

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Actor, artistic director, director, professor, & text and voice coach. I work with actors, business leaders, lawyers, and politicians to unlock speech.

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