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Monologues for Youth
Season 4 Episode 2: The best Burger in New York Marshall Just a Burger? Just a burger. Robin, it’s so much more than "just a burger." I mean…that first bite—oh, what heaven that first bite is. The bun, like a sesame freckled breast of an angel, resting gently on the...
Monologues for Youth
Movie: Definitely, Maybe You're right, dad. It is complicated, isn't it? I mean, you're in love with April, who used to be in love with Lucas, and then she fell in love with you, but you were in love with Summer, who was always...
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Monologues for Youth
Anne with an E – Sore eyes I suppose you are Matthew Cuthbert of Green Gables? I'm very glad to see you. I was beginning to be afraid that you weren't coming and I was imagining all the things that might have happened to prevent you. I'd made up my mind that if you...
Changing the Demographics of the Industry, one Actor at a Time
So during a class, we were getting ready to film, and I take a picture first so that I can focus the camera. This one student got down and posed. Suddenly out of nowhere another came and posed with him. Then another. Then another. I was looking at my SD card, and I...
This Week at AYA
Make a choice, any choice! (But not the safe, bland one that everyone else will make.) Casting directors see hundreds of auditions in one day. If you go in and make the safe (but run-of-the-mill) choices throughout a scene, they will have seen that 40 times before you...
This Week at AYA Be comfortable with the uncomfortable! This is a concept that we often emphasize and practice in class. Making truthful choices can frequently stem from the relationships we have with other characters. However, in auditions or on set, you may not have...
This Week at AYA Casting directors can smell pretense from a mile away! One idea we’ve been focusing on in class is how to practice making choices while also making them real each time. Our students have been learning how to avoid giving the appearance of false...
This Week at AYA
Sometimes a question isn’t really a question! One of the focal points this week in class was on communication in the industry. Our students learned that sometimes requests from a director/casting director (CD) during an audition aren’t up for discussion. But these...