Here's a dangerous illusion in communication; when the people closest to the message understand it so well that they forget what it sounds like to everyone else. Internal fluency can often produce external confusion. video: clickUp comedy

An audition doesn’t end when you leave the room or hit “submit.” What you do after matters just as much. Growth comes from reflection. Confidence comes from letting go. Progress comes from consistency. Treat every audition like a step forward, not a final judgment. #CreativeIndustry #CastingCalls #craftlyst #actor #acting

🎭 Audition Advice 101 🎭 . Prepare. Make bold choices. And most importantly, bring your weird! Your flaws and quirks make your performance real—just like no person is perfect, no character should be either. 🌟 . What's your go-to audition tip? Drop it below! 👇 . . . . . . . . #AuditionTips #BringYourWeird #TheaterLife #BroadwayDreams #BeBold #ActorsJourney #BroadwayBehindTheScenes #LiveTheaterLove #CreativeCommunity #BroadwayFamily

🎭 Audition Tip: Bring Your Weird! 🎭 . Yes, make bold choices. Yes, bring yourself. But most importantly—bring your weird! 🌟 Your quirks, your unique energy, the parts of you that make you you—that's what makes an audition unforgettable. . What's something weird about you that makes you stand out? Drop it below! 👇✨ . . . . . . . #BringYourWeird #AuditionTips #BroadwayMagic #ActingLife #BeYourself #CreativeExpression #MakeBoldChoices #StagePresence #BroadwayDreams #TheaterInspo #OpeningNightEnergy #BroadwayFansUnite #BroadwayInsider

For those of you asking, here is Paul's video. Looking for something different for your next event? Paul Mecurio isn’t your typical keynote. A former Wall Street lawyer turned Emmy and Peabody-winning comedian, he delivers a live, interactive experience that actually connects with audiences. If you want people engaged — not checking their phones — this is it. #corporatespeaker #corporatecomedian #paulmecurio #thedailyshow #standupcomedy # #corporatecomedy #lateshow #cnn #foxnews #msnow

Wednesday VO Tip: Being a voice actor often means taking direction from clients. As professionals, we need to remember that even if we don’t always agree with the feedback, it’s important to put our egos aside and listen. Read more: https://lnkd.in/gGkk2JtX #voiceovers

A key principle in script preparation: Not everything in the script carries equal weight. Actors often feel pressure to execute every written action precisely. But in practice, the focus should be on what is essential to the progression of the scene. If an action drives the story, it stays. If it doesn’t, it can be released. This creates space for more truthful, responsive performance. This is a core part of how we approach training inside Master Your Technique. https://lnkd.in/eSn9GsvH #ActingTechnique #CreativeProcess #ActorTraining

Got to hear an #acting #coaching client's voice almost quaver just as they hit a key piece in the material because they got more specific with it, and the depth there was beautiful to encounter. Specificity almost always beats vague generality. #ActingCoach #ActingCoaching #actors #voice #specificity

Improv Fundamentals #13: Why Trying to Be Funny Makes You Less Funny Whenever I teach a course, one of the first things I do—right after introductions—is an exercise called The Ring of Fire. The name is accurate. The class sits in a circle while one person stands in the center with all eyes on them. They cannot sit down until they’ve made everyone laugh at the same time. If just reading that made you a little uncomfortable, that’s the point. Because it doesn’t take long before we all arrive at the same realization: People don’t like the pressure of having to be funny. Which raises an important question: Why do we put that exact same pressure on ourselves every time we step on stage? It’s one of the quickest ways to lose a scene. The moment you try to be funny, your focus shifts. You stop listening. You stop responding. You stop building something with your partner. Instead, you start performing at the audience rather than for the scene. And the audience can feel that. What consistently works isn’t cleverness for its own sake—it’s commitment. Commitment to the reality. Commitment to your point of view. Commitment to the relationship. The goal of an improv scene isn’t to be funny. It’s to tell an interesting story. To create characters worth watching. To play the game clearly and fully. The funny is a by-product of those things. Because if The Ring of Fire teaches anything, it’s this: The harder you try to be funny, the harder it is to actually be funny. But when you focus on what’s real, specific, and truthful in the moment— That’s when the audience laughs. #Improv #Improvisation #Comedy #Storytelling #Acting #CreativeProcess #Performance BONUS: Heres a link to a recent scene I did at SAK Comedy Lab in Orlando - https://lnkd.in/ePvrynEt

follow up to my other post about showing up as an actor. we are starting callbacks on one project while starting to cast the next. we always email people who didn't submit a tape to let them know that we didn't get a tape and that's why we aren't able to consider them for a callback. partially because it lets them know that is just a completed thing and i think that's important. and partially because in case they did submit it but something happened and we didn't get it, they can let us know and we can sort it out. but then we get replies like this when we send out the "sorry, we didn't recieve your tape so we're unable to consider you further for this project" email: "I am so sorry. I got caught up with a trip to Vegas with my bestie. I completely spaced that she was going to help me." (i wish i was making that up. we got that email word-for-word this morning.) not to get too motivational speaker-y, but if you're not really getting far chasing your dreams, ask yourself how much you're actually chasing your dreams. because not turning in a tape for an audition when you at least have the chance will probably 100% for sure mean you won't get that role. i'm not going to dive in on how hard dreams are, and how much work, and how much someone does or doesn't do, or privilege, or anything else. just for this, specifically, as i said in one of my last posts - when you have an opportunity, take it. #FilmmakingActually #SpaceDreamProductions #KourThoughts #Acting #Auditioning #Casting