793 stories by "Lindsay Price"
Did you know that the word moment actually used to mean a specific time? Â It’s so general now – Just a moment….. I’ll be there in a moment…. wait a moment.&#…
I used to be an American Idol devotee. Â As far as talent competitions go I used to think it actually had a mix of validity and entertainment value. (rightly or wrong, that’s just my…
Episode Twenty-Eight: Movie Monologues Craig and Lindsay talk about a new series on the Theatrefolk Blog " Movie Monologue Monday. What can an actor learn from a movie monologue and why is i…
Sometimes when you’re working on something, you need a boost. You need a jolt, a bolt of lightening, something, anything to get you out of that frozen state of being. Writers block. Â…
There’s a great exercise in the book The Imagineering Workout edited by Peggy Van Pelt. In the book Disney Imagineers share their tips and exercises for shaping your creati…
Morgan Hicks is the director of Education for TheatreSquared out of Fayetteville Arkansas. She and I met face to face for the first time at this year’s Arkansas State Thespian Festival…
Episode Twenty-Seven: Workshop Q&A This past fall Lindsay spent a week working on a new play with students. On the last day she lead a Q & A with them about the process and the play.…
I just recently had a production of my play Anne-Arky in China. It was not at an International School, it was by Chinese students learning English as a second language. I’m always s…
EC: In the silent films, they had a story conference where they actually brought in a guy called the "Wildie," which was a lunatic, not a figurative lunatic but a guy – JC: Someone fro…
“Comparison is a killjoy: it will steal every ounce of contentment in your heart. It will rob you of perspective and leave you feeling empty.” – Kristen Welch Artists in al…
I received a lovely email this weekend about a recent production of my play Tick Talk. The play is not an easy one – in a nutshell, it deals with the fact that some people have such in…
When I talk to students about writing in an imagistic and specific manner, I always talk about using the senses. Observe this room and describe it using all five senses. The senses are immed…
It’s a new dawn It’s a new day It’s a new life For me And I’m feeling good From The Roar of the Greasepaint, the Smell of the Crowd I almost dumped a play awhile ago.…
Sometimes you just come across something that is Wicked Cool. That’s right, I capitalized both words and they weren’t at the beginning of a sentence. I did it, I own it. ThatR…
“But that wasn’t good enough for me. I called the Los Angeles office and asked if I could come in and read.” This post over on the Backstage Unscripted blog is a great e…
Write what you know. This old chestnut is taken out and dusted off time and time again for beginning writers. But what does that mean exactly? What are the things one knows that would make f…
This short video shows a musician creating a hip hop beat out of a giant piece of paper and some scissors. That’s it. Â If you just listened to the music, you’d have no idea wh…
Click here for a costuming podcast over on Theatre Geeks - Costuming The Stratford Festival, an interview with Elizabeth Copeman who is the Assistant Head of Wardrobe. If you’ve ever b…
