I've made it a personal mission in my college career to know as much as I possibly can about every aspect of the theater. My theory is that the more I know, the more informed I'll be as an a…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:54PMThe third year drama class at UNC School of the Arts will begin performances of Detective Story tomorrow. This drama, directed by Carl Forsman and written in 1949 by Sidney Kingsley, comes w…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:49PMWhenever I see Shakespeare performed well, I'm not only inspired to achieve more in my own art, I'm reminded of the heart and passion all of us as human beings are capable of in a way other …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:00AMThe word is out, the reviews are in, and the buzz is good. You have just finished bowing before your audience, and you're on top of the world! Yes, those moments after a show opening can be …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:00PMI come back to my apartment around midnight these days exhausted, ravenous, a bit smelly, hair tussled with bits of makeup residue stuck on my face…and I love it! Okay, maybe not so much t…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00PM"Audition" is a word that carries a plethora of reactions with it: excitement, anxiety, nausea, worry. Much of my time this year has been spent in class and independently towards prepping fo…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:00PMWhenever I seek career advice from actors and theater professionals currently working in this unpredictable profession, the general consensus is that the 21st century theater artist has two …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00PMThe director is a guiding force behind a production, and he or she is responsible for leading all aspects—acting and design, making sure they are telling the same narrative. I've always ca…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:00AMIn April 2012, the news source, The Daily Beast, released a revolting article entitled "The Thirteen Most Useless Majors: From Philosophy to Journalism," which then went on to showcase these…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00PMOver the years, I have been fortunate enough to have teachers who continue to motivate and inspire me, always demanding my best work. Upon reflection, I realize that it was the passion and c…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:05PMI enter the rehearsal room with my pencils sharpened, multicolored highlighters at the ready, notebook open to my latest character theories, and a script tattered with dog-ears, notations, a…
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