Headshot How-To

GET READY FOR YOUR CLOSE UP Headshots are worlds away from your average school pictures or your typical selfie. How often do you take those duck-faced photos into job interviews? Never. But as an actor or performer, your headshot is your money maker. It’s as important, if not more so, than your resume. Anyone can…

Stage Versus Screen

DIFFERENT STROKES FOR DIFFERENT FOLKS If an actor does a monologue, and no one’s there to film it, does it make a sound? On one side of the studio, an instructor records and coaches a student through her taped audition for a television series. On another side of the studio, a student rehearses lines for the…

Handling Rejection… Time After Time

TURN-DOWN SERVICE Your palms are sweating. Do you remember your lines? Oh gosh, this shirt… you should have worn the green one. Oh no… they called your name. Here goes. You go in… “Hey, how’s it going”… They stare… you perform your monologue… “Thanks for having me”… WHEW! You’re done! As nerve-wracking as any audition is,…

A Magical Start to an Acting Career

In honor of our Little Mermaid Jr. auditions here at Acting Out Studio, we decided to explore the magical roles and lives of Disney princess. It’s an easy assumption that every girl has dreamed of wearing one of these gowns at one time or another, and many of these young ladies go on to pursue…