by Actorium | Jul 10, 2020 | Actorium, Blog
Our goal at Actorium is to create an environment where people find, through the art of acting, access to their authentic selves.
Our tagline is “the artistry of acting for everyone.” But, we live in a culture built on white supremacy. And, the business of acting is...
by Michelle Meyrink | Feb 17, 2020 | Actorium, Blog
We’ve been working on writing up our core values at Actorium. And in doing this exercise, we realize that first and foremost, truly above all else, is that we create a space where everyone is made to feel welcome and is equally valued. Over the years we are...
by Michelle Meyrink | Dec 12, 2018 | Actorium, Blog
Working in a creative environment our most precious commodity is our agility. Nothing stops development like rigidity. We work to identify and protect the quality of agility. And our rigidity, ever so slowly, disappears. The five pillars of an Agile...
by Michelle Meyrink | Jan 11, 2018 | Acting, Actorium, Blog, Uncategorized
At the start of our Foundations I class, in the interest of clarifying the work that we were embarking on we talked about the difference between an Audition Class and an Acting Class. Sometimes people come to Actorium having only taken audition classes and so the...
by Michelle Meyrink | Dec 8, 2017 | Acting, Actorium, Blog
The single most important thing for an actor’s performance is the Objective. In Character Development, we focus on the Super Objective; in P&A, we focus on Scene Objective. Everyone has an Objective, and if the actor is not living out the character’s...
by Michelle Meyrink | Aug 8, 2017 | Acting, Actorium, Blog
Character Development: Obstacles to the Super Objective When taking on a role, one of the first exercises is the identification of “the battle” that your character goes through. What’s life without a battle right? When does it ever not happen? The...
