Hey Bonnie, I wrote to you in July in response to one of your Your Turn columns, asking how we would pitch ourselves to an agent. I was pretty long winded, and was so excited…
Posts tagged craft
Acting vs. Exacting
At a SAG Foundation Casting Access Project workshop last week, I started a sentence and then stopped, realizing it was effin’ brilliant. I said, “Y’all, tweet this. It’s gold.” And then I said it: “Never…
Rich Hinz: Wiggling and Walking Funny
So, let’s say you’re an actor who happens to have a disability. You’re classified as a PWD and you bring your disability into the room with you on every audition, every callback, every rehearsal, every…
Stretch vs. Focus
When you’re working on your craft, you’re stretching. Your goal is to push to the outer edges of your abilities, move through your comfort zone and into a place where it’s a little terrifying to…
When It Isn’t on the Page
An amazing indie film I cast, Another Harvest Moon, got international distribution through MarVista Entertainment a couple of weeks ago. We are elated! When a microbudget indie screens anywhere, there is rejoicing. As well there…
Daily Practices
So, you may recall that a few weeks back Mavis Martin wrote in about my article called Just Get Better. In her email, she talked about daily practices — these techniques she works on every…
Just Get Better
In this week’s column, I’m going to dole out the most outrageous advice I’ve ever given. But first, a little context. The bulk of the emails I receive can be put, roughly, into three categories….
Why Doing REALLY Good Theatre Is a REALLY Good Idea
I saw an amazing play this weekend. Like a phenomenal play. The playwright is a friend of mine and he’d been nudging me to come since previews. Our mutual writer friend also began nudging me…