Archive | Artistry RSS feed for this section

The Secret to Success in the Audition Room via “my Backstage article”

Backstage Article by Risa on The Secret to Success in the Audition Room Have a read — wrote this for Backstage this week. “… We’re hoping for and needing you to show up completely in control, self-possessed, fully who you are, ready, and eager to work. We want to see you. We want to know […]

Leave a comment Continue Reading →

In the Company of Naked Wounds

“to be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best night and day to make you everybody else means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight, and never stop fighting.” – e.e. cummings As 2011 became 2012 loads of ‘end of the year’ and ‘new year’ writings materialized […]

Leave a comment Continue Reading →

Spotlight on: John Pollono

A talented actor or other such artist who’s recently grabbed my attention: John Pollono photo by Kris Korn John Pollono came to my attention a few months ago when I saw what was the best piece of theatre I’ve seen in years. He not only wrote the play – Small Engine Repair – but starred […]

Leave a comment Continue Reading →
Ryan Gosling and Dead Man's Bones 2010

Opening the Door to our Artistry (from Brains of Minerva)

I wrote this article is for Brains of Minerva in August 2010, one of my favorite sites. I want to share it as it’s something, in reflection, I strongly believe: Read below or Article: What is it about what we do that we love? What makes us do this thing? This acting thing. How much is it artistry? How […]

Leave a comment Continue Reading →