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  • " Beat to fit, paint to match."

    - Kate Bolgrien

    Source: http://www.denagy.com/techiejokes/tjokes.html


  • " I don't make mistakes, I have unintentional improvisations."

    - Anonymous


  • " Audiences are not strangers to me. They're the best friends I've got in my life."

    - Elaine Stritch


  • " These performers that go on about their technique and craft - oh, puleeze! How boring! I don't know what 'technique' means. But I do know what experience is."

    - Elaine Stritch


  • " Volunteers will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no volunteers."

    - Ken Wyman


  • " Theatrical design is different from many other art forms in that it is a collaborative art. No one theatre artist works independently to create a performance."

    - Kaoime Malloy

    Source: The Art of Theatrical Design


  • " The moment an actor walks on stage, an impression is made. The audience immediately gains crucial information, both about the production as a whole and the character. A costume is a transformation garment, one that assists an actor to beomce, for a time, someone else."

    - Kaoime Malloy

    Source: The Art of Theatrical Design


  • " A play is a series of actions. A play is not about action, nor does it describe action. Is a fire about flames? Does it describe flames? No, a fire is flames. A play is action. Why do you think actors are called actors? And action in a play occurs when something happens that makes or permits something else to happen."

    - David Ball

    Source: Backwards & Forwards: A Technical Manual for Reading Plays


  • " The core challenge for us as arts managers is to deal with change: changing external environmental conditions, evolving styles and approaches to the arts by our artists, advancements iin how we present and distribute our art to our ever-changing audiences, and the shifting competition for resources and attention."

    - William J. Byrnes

    Source: Management and the Arts (Fifth Edition)


  • " The "magic if" is a tool invented by Stanislavski, the father of acting craft, is to help an actor make appropriate choices. Essentially, the "magic if" refers to the answer to the question, "What would I do if I were this character in this situation?" Note that the question is not "What would I do if I were in this situation?" What you would do may be very different from what the character would do. Your job, based on your analysis of the script, the scene, and the given circumstances regarding the who of your character, is to decide what he or she would do."

    - Bruce Miller

    Source: Acting on the Script (2014)


  • " In his book, Managing the Non-Profit, Peter Drucker noted that most non-profits are woefully ignorant about “market knowledge.” Passionate non-profit leaders firmly believe that what they are doing merits support, but many are unable to articulate to others the importance of the project and why donors should contribute to it. If you can articulate quickly, passionately, and convincingly why your project should be done, you will have much more success."

    - Bill DeWalt

    Source: http://www.artsconsulting.com/pdf_arts_insights/insights_sept_2013.pdf


  • " I still suffer terribly from stage fright. I get sick with fear. Not every night, but at the beginning and on occasion - not necessarily when I'm expecting it. You just have to cope with it - take it on the chin and work through it, trying to use the adrenalin to perform. keyword=stagefright"

    - Helen Mirren

    Source: Brainyquote.com


  • " 7 tips to reduce stage fright: (1) Shift the focus from yourself and your fear to your true purpose: contributing something of value to your audience. (2) Stop scaring yourself with thoughts about what might go wrong. Instead, focus your attention on thoughts and images that are calming and reassuring. (3) Refuse to think thoughts that create self-doubt and low confidence. (4) Practice ways to calm and relax your mind and body, such as deep breathing, relaxation exercises, yoga, and meditation. (5) Try to limit caffeine, sugar, and alcohol as much as possible. (6) Visualize your success: Always focus on your strength and ability to handle challenging situations. (7) Give up trying to be perfect and know that it is OK to make mistakes. Keyword=stagefright"

    - Janet Esposito

    Source: http://www.adaa.org/understanding-anxiety/social-anxiety-disorder/treatment/conquering-stage-fright


  • " As an actor, you can't play the tragedy. You can only play the choices, the intentions of your character."

    - Christine Andreas

    Source: Notes for CD "The Garland Variations"


  • " In Shakespeare, keep it simple. Don't over-inflect. The speech needs to be naturalistic and simple and accessible as much as possible."

    - Ralph Fiennes

    Source: http://www.ifc.com/fix/2011/12/ralph-fiennes-coriolanus-interview


  • " You have to think about the big speeches in Shakespeare as the most important things the character has ever said; they need to be spoken with your chest cut open, your heart bare, and with tremendous passion. You need to tear the words from the sky. If you don't feel like you've run a marathon when you're done, you're not doing it right. It takes courage to open yourself up to an audience like that, letting them see your insides without desperately trying to show them--it takes practice."

    - Ben Crystal

    Source: author of Shakespeare on Toast


  • " Most giving is 80% emotion and 20 % rational. And the best way to get to someone's emotions is to tell a story."

    - Unknown


  • " If you need to raise funds from donors, you need to study them, respect them, and build everything you do around them."

    - Jeff Brooks


  • " The world is a complicated place, and there's a lot of division between people. The performing arts tend to unify people in a way nothing else does."

    - David Rubenstein


  • " I know the world is filled with troubles and many injustices. But reality is as beautiful as it is ugly. I think it is just as important to sing about beautiful mornings as it is to talk about slums. I just couldn't write anything without hope in it."

    - Oscar Hammerstein