{"id":1174,"date":"2016-09-23T01:57:10","date_gmt":"2016-09-23T01:57:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/?p=1174"},"modified":"2020-04-02T18:19:17","modified_gmt":"2020-04-02T18:19:17","slug":"the-ten-commandments-for-actors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/the-ten-commandments-for-actors\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ten Commandments for Actors"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Ten Commandments for Actors<\/h3>\n \"\"<\/a><\/span>

Written by Rob Ward<\/p>\n

September 21, 2016<\/p>\n<\/font>

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I. Thou\u00a0Shalt Learn to Cry on Command.<\/h4>\n
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II. Thou Shalt Make Big Bold Choices on Stage.<\/h4>\n
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III. Thou Shalt Always Say, \u201cBreak a Leg,\u201d And Never Say, \u201cGood Luck.\u201d<\/h4>\n
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IV. Thou Shalt Be On Time \u2026 Whenst Thou art Early, Thou art On Time, Whenst Thou art On Time, Though art Late.<\/h4>\n
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V. Honor thy Director and Thy Stage Manager.<\/h4>\n
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VI. Thou Shalt NOT Chew Gum on Stage.<\/h4>\n
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VII.\u00a0Thou Shalt Not Eat in The Theatre.<\/h4>\n
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VIII. Thou Shalt Respect All Props, Costumes, and Wigs.<\/h4>\n
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IX. Thou Shalt Never Speak the Name \u201cMacbeth\u201d in the Theatre.<\/h4>\n
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X. Thou Shalt Love and Care For Thy Theatre Squad.<\/h4>\n
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Rob Ward<\/strong>\u00a0is a freelance show writer and director and a resident improv performer and instructor at Orlando\u2019s SAK Comedy Lab.<\/em><\/h5>\n
Thumbnail image from Ghostbusters.\u00a0<\/em>Photo copyright Columbia Pictures 2016.<\/h5>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [...]","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8112,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[260],"tags":[6,271,304,115,14,114,347],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1174"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1174"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1174\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}