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low stakes, explicitly just for amateurs to have fun, good bonding experience. many community theaters are desperate for people to audition. acting is fun and reading scripts is fun and if you want to try it you should. as for cons i can’t think of many universal ones. you can have a bad time but mostly only if you let yourself. if you don’t wanna go right into auditioning for plays you can just read/study playscripts on your own and utilize plenty of free resources online for the actual technical stuff of how to begin acting
Feb 23, 2024
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Even if it’s in a community production or just among friends, acting helps build confidence and, sometimes discover something new about yourself
Feb 8, 2024
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I accidentally joined theater at uni a couple of months ago and i swear its the funnest thing ever? i suck really hard at acting but no regrets.
Jan 12, 2025
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what they don’t tell you about acting, what they hide behind the expensive courses and psychobabble theories, is that it’s mostly very silly and anyone can do it.
you go into any random basement in this country and you’ll probably find a buncha folks making music together. let’s start doing that with plays! write something fun, wear kooky costumes from thrift store clothing pieces, paint a backdrop on a white sheet, et… voilà!
Feb 23, 2024
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study the folklore and myth of your actual local region. live your daily life under the logic of fairytales. communicate as heavily as possible in proverbs and riddles. humans are a storytelling creature and there is a reason these archetypes and motifs appear to humans across times/cultures/places
Feb 13, 2024
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Substack that emails you the entirety of Bram Stoker’s Dracula in real time. since the novel is composed of diary entries, it sends you the diary entries day by day so you can read it on the same timeline in which it takes place. it started earlier this month but it’s not too late to catch up!! or you could wait until next may. classics can be intimidating but this gives you the opportunity to read it in daily segments in your email and follow along in an immersive way :)
May 20, 2024
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lots of great recs here, but if you want horror that is more based in storytelling and has a bit more on its mind than just slashers or gore you should check out folk horror or older horror films from the 60s/70s. as others have recommended, The Wicker Man (1973) is a must. Rosemary’s Baby (1968) is also a classic. The VVitch (2015) is also fantastic as an intro to more conceptual horror. you said you wanted deeper cuts, so check out Viy (1967) or Alucarda (1977), both of which i’ve posted more detailed recs for on my profile. also!!!! i don’t know how you feel about silent/b&w films but Nosferatu (1922) is an all-time genre mainstay that still holds up. Ari Aster’s work is great but it’s probably more gruesome than you’re looking for. have fun!!!
Apr 24, 2024