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The work of a fine actor is captivating. But everyone is capable of brilliance! Whether you want to improve your performances, nail a presentation, or just get more in touch with your creative side, voice and acting instruction can be transformative. Actor and director Lynn Singer has taught voice, speech and acting for 25 years […]
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M. is one of my youngest students and it is wonderful to see her process. Even though she has a tremendous amount of nervous energy, and it is difficult for her to be still and feel her breath, she is completely available. Her organic voice is available to her. She is able to open her voice […]
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I want to work with you on an exercise that is a little more advanced. Acting is based on a trinity; ‘who am I?’, ‘who are you?’, and ‘what do I want?’ This is character work. ‘Who am I,’ that’s the character. ‘Who are you,’ tha’ts the relationship. ‘What do I want’ that’s the objective. […]
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To mean what you say and say what you mean is very scary for many people. Connecting to your voice allows you to connect more fully to who you are and to the power and beauty of language. Many people are very afraid of their own power and the voice means to stand up and say, “This is who […]
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So you wake sweating. You have been dreaming and was a nightmare. You have the interview you have longed for, the most important interview of your career and your head is pounding, maybe a migraine. You’re clearly very frightened. You have worked so hard and long for this. You have good reviews. You’re paying your […]
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Allow your ESSENCE to move into the world. Who are you really??? Try being brilliant. And might you visualize at the end of every night, your coming day, saw it , really saw it, created exactly how you want that day to do. What you are going to manifest in that day. Who you will […]
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I heard Richard Burton when I was very young and he was one of the people that woke me up to myself. He had a connection to that amazing voice of his and to the language that, at the time, wasn’t usually embodied. Philip Burton-his mentor-taught him secrets which were eventually passed on to me. […]
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Are we afraid that if we were balanced, our talent would leave us. Isn’t that an old wives tale? That if we dressed like a banker, we would become a banker. Do you cook? Do you clean house? Do you balance your checkbook? Do you do anything else but watch acting and actors? Do people […]
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Actors, notoriously passionate and high wired, can be highly undisciplined, flying on talent, altitude and attitude. What would it take to use our creativity to change us. Stuff we are so familiar with, stuff we don’t like and can’t move out. We are so good at finding all the intricate details of creating character, dressing […]
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Vowels and consonants are distinguished in this way: vowels carry the emotion and the music while consonants carry the intent and the meaning. To a person, either their vowels are more meaningful or their consonants are more meaningful. But to get the vowels and consonants in order and to really use them you have to […]
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