One of the brilliant things I did in 2009 is create a Twitter account for the most popular of my books for actors. That account tweets a line a day from the book. Occasionally, it…
Definition of Poison — by Keith Johnson
This is a guest post by my beloved partner in all things, Keith Johnson. Enjoy! For 12 very formative years of my life, I was educated by the Jesuits. I recommend Jesuit-led education any chance…
Get in Gear: One Week Away
NOTE: The below is an archive of an email sent out before our free year-end training series called “Get in Gear for the New Year.” Due to popular demand, we’ve made this email-based course available…
Casting Targeting: Tier, Type, and Vibe
Hello beautiful people! And welcome, new BonBlast subscribers! 🙂 Ooh, how I *love* Get in Gear for the New Year season for all the fun folks it brings into our orbit. Hooray! (Not signed up…
Perspective 🦋
A year ago, I was walking home by way of Reed Park after Pilates classes, some of my 5 to 8 pole or Pilates classes per week. This was before my hip presented a “catch”…
The Time I Had to Change How My Ankles Were Covered in the Airport
My weirdest airport experience came from being a Delta brat growing up. In the ’70s and ’80s, that meant you could fly pretty much anywhere, “space available,” free. And back then, “space available” was 95%…
2018: The Year of Slowing Down
So. Way before all this mystery pain/hospitalization/bedrest/mind-body healing stuff began, I had a dental consult because a bonded tooth was perilously close to another tooth in a way that could’ve been problematic down the line…
Your Actor Logline
One of the coolest moves I’ve ever seen comes from an actor who’d been training in Self-Management for Actors with us… who then got an audition from us… after submitting on a breakdown in which…
Get in Gear: Three Weeks Away
NOTE: The below is an archive of an email sent out before our free year-end training series called “Get in Gear for the New Year.” Due to popular demand, we’ve made this email-based course available…
Make It a Good Day
So if you thought last week’s BonBlast was weird… let’s go for surreal today. Before I get into it, a quick share: My neighbor, Steve — a below-the-line crew guy specializing in multi-million dollar budget…