How to Keep Your Theatre Brain Active All Summer
Written by Tiffany Wilkie
June 23, 2017
Summer is here, so check out this list of five helpful tips to keep your theatre brain activated until August.
1. Read plays. Read plays. Read some more plays.
Here are some suggestions to get you started:
- Turn Up the Heat! 10 Gripping Plays to Read This Summer
- 25 Plays all High School Seniors Should Read (Before They Graduate) Part 1
- 30 MORE Plays All High School Seniors Should Read (Before They Graduate) Part 2
- 27 MORE Plays All High School Seniors Should Read (Before They Graduate) Part 3
- 20 Plays by Women to Pick Up TODAY
- 23 Of The Best Pulitzer Prize-Winning Plays YouShould Read Today
- Ladies Choice! Large Cast Suggestions for Female Heavy Plays (Part 1)
- Ladies Choice! Large Cast Suggestions for Female Heavy Plays (Part 2)
2. Learn new skills.
Here are some tips to explore:
- How to Be a Standout at Your College Music Theatre Audition
- 10 Audition Tips to Give You an Edge in the Room
- YOU at Auditions
- What NOT to Wear: Audition Edition
- Why Every Performer Should Take An Improv Class
- 10 Tried and True Line Memorization Techniques
- The Top 10 Film Audition Mistakes Theatre Actors Make
- 6 Steps to Memorizing Shakespeare
- 8 Different Acting Techniques and the Celebrities Who Use Them
- What Dialects Do I Need to Make Me More Castable?
- 10 of the Greatest Comedians to Research for Your Next Comedy Role
- 5 Tips for Finding Local Auditions in Your Area
- “I Can’t Hear You!”: 5 Tips for Projecting During Your Performance
- 10 of the Best Tips to Becoming a Fearless Actor in Monologue Auditions
3. Expand your audition repertoire.
Here are some helpful audition material lists to peruse:
- Awesome Audition Songs for the Most Popular High School Musicals
- 10 of the Best Audition Cuts for Quirky Female Belters
- All the Best Monologues on Performer Stuff Right Now
- 10 Perfect College Audition Packages
- Ten of the Best One-Act Plays to Perform with High School Students
- 10 of the Best Contemporary Male Audition Cuts
- 15 Fresh 32-Bar Audition Cuts for Altos
- Perfect Pairings: The Top 5 Contrasting Combinations for Your College Audition
- 11 Of The Best Duet Acting Scenes Every Actress Should Try
- 11 Unique Male/Female Duet Scenes for Acting Class
- Back-Pocket Necessities for the 13-18 Musical Theatre Female
- Back-Pocket Necessities for the 13-18 Musical Theatre Male
- 100 of the Best Classic Audition Songs for Auditions
4. Search Netflix and Youtube for inspiration!
Here some videos to inspire you:
- 8 Inspiring National Theatre Discover Videos for Young Playwrights
- 12 Unbelievably Inspiring TED Talks for Theatre People
- 6 Theatre Parodies That’ll Make Your Inner Thespian LOL
- 10 Inspiring Videos About the Theatre to Get You Through the Week
- 11 Makeup Tutorial Videos for Your Next Period Piece
- 14 Videos to Familiarize Yourself With Court, Swing, and Ballroom Couples Dancing
- 10 Educational Videos for Inspired Technical Theatre Students
- 5 Incredibly Helpful Vocal Warm-ups from the National Theatre
- 10 Inspiring Monologue Performances from The National YoungArts Foundation Competition