tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35417181715522437112024-03-13T01:04:27.115-07:00Bay Area ActorAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18289959211990795258noreply@blogger.comBlogger236125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3541718171552243711.post-25044500151544859192014-03-05T08:08:00.002-08:002014-03-05T08:08:33.637-08:00New Home for Counting ActorsAs of this month's post, the monthly report from the Counting Actors project moves to the Works by Women San Francisco blog. March's post is linked below.
Works by Women San Francisco is dedicated to increasing the visibility of women theater artists in the region, through monthly meetup events (which I co-host) and a blog/website full of news, resources, perspective essays and more.  Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18289959211990795258noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3541718171552243711.post-59190099120184479702014-02-03T08:37:00.000-08:002014-02-03T08:37:50.047-08:00Counting Actors January 2014Eleven shows are included in this month's count, bringing the grand total to 363. This project dates back to June 2011, and if you'd like to see past posts in the series, learn more about selection criteria for the project and/or how to contribute statistics to the project, please go here.
January's shows
Theatreworks/Silent Sky
Ross Valley Players/Journey's End
ACT/Major Barbara Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18289959211990795258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3541718171552243711.post-89045415434893948162014-01-02T10:30:00.000-08:002014-01-02T10:30:01.408-08:00Counting Actors December 2013Nine shows to report on in this edition of Counting Actors. For information about the project, to read past posts, and/or to learn how to make your own submission, please click here. Counting Actors started in June 2011, and to date has counted 352 shows.
December's shows:
MTC/Jacob Marley's Christmas Carol (F actors played mostly male characters; non-union f actor counted belowAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18289959211990795258noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3541718171552243711.post-90766802377751807072013-12-07T10:08:00.000-08:002013-12-07T10:08:18.707-08:00Counting Actors, November 2013Due to booking some last minute industrial work that threw my schedule out of whack, the post for November is a little bit later than usual.
There are 7 shows from the November 2013 round of Counting Actors. This brings the total count to 344 shows since June 2011. To see past posts in the project, and get info about how to contribute, please go here.
November's shows:
Center Rep/Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18289959211990795258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3541718171552243711.post-88178666384889549182013-11-02T16:13:00.000-07:002013-11-02T16:13:16.038-07:00Counting Actors, October 2013October's count has 10 shows, making the total count for this project 337 shows since June 2011. To get the whole history of the project, links to past posts in this series, and learn how you can contribute, please go here.
Still working on adding visuals/infographics to this project. If anyone has suggestions on how to put that together in a simple way, please email me at Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18289959211990795258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3541718171552243711.post-23099488994311146992013-10-04T14:00:00.000-07:002013-10-05T10:43:07.940-07:00Counting Actors, September 2013September's count includes 15 shows, bringing the total shows counted by this project to 327 since it began in June 2011. If this is your first encounter with the project, go here for an explanation of what's getting counted, links to previous posts in the series, and how to submit your own statistics.
I've been working on how to get visual representation/infographics into each monthly Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18289959211990795258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3541718171552243711.post-73901572209578126452013-09-22T11:16:00.001-07:002013-09-22T11:18:28.832-07:00Counting Actors, Shows 201-300, Contracts with WeeksFinal post in this series for now will look at those shows that were done using AEA contracts that offer health insurance weeks.
To see the info on shows 101-200 in this category, click here. To see the info on shows 1-100 for this category, go here. There's a definition of health weeks and why they're important in this post.
To read every single post in this series, go here.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18289959211990795258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3541718171552243711.post-74421918325810764072013-09-20T12:00:00.000-07:002013-09-20T12:00:03.092-07:00Counting Actors, shows 201-300, Contracts without weeksTo compare this data to shows 101-200, go here. To compare this to shows 1-100 and to learn what 'without weeks' means, go here.
To read every post there is in the '100 shows' group, go here. You'll see all the posts that look at the Counting Actors project by groups of 100.
This is post 3 of 4 in a series of posts that break down the shows by type of contract used. The two Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18289959211990795258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3541718171552243711.post-17795371749094870592013-09-19T12:00:00.000-07:002013-09-19T12:00:01.331-07:00Counting Actors, shows 201-300 BAPP onlyFor a post that looks at this same data from shows 101-200, click here. For shows 1-100, click here. That post also includes a definition of the BAPP.
To read every single post in this series, about all 300 shows, click here.
Yesterday's post looked at non-union shows, and the next two posts will look at shows without health weeks, and shows with health weeks, respectively.
There Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18289959211990795258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3541718171552243711.post-40692407578417001492013-09-18T13:00:00.000-07:002013-09-18T13:00:00.985-07:00Counting Actors: shows 201-300, non-union onlyThis post, and the next 3 posts, will look at the show data sorted by the type of union contract or code that they use. Today is non-union shows, tomorrow will be shows that use the BAPP, then Friday will have shows on Equity contracts without health weeks, and Saturday will have shows on Equity contracts with health weeks.
If all of this is new and confusing for you, then take a look at Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18289959211990795258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3541718171552243711.post-12691877556675972352013-09-17T12:30:00.000-07:002013-09-17T12:30:01.043-07:00Counting Actors: Writers, gender, & time for shows 201-300To compare this data with shows 1-100 go here. With shows 101-200, go here. To read every post in the hundreds series, go here.
In this post, I'm looking at what some might call the Shakespeare factor. When I share the general data with folks, sometimes I hear 'well, the reason that the playwright numbers are so skewed is because of classic plays - those are all by male writersAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18289959211990795258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3541718171552243711.post-57327817210652338362013-09-16T12:30:00.000-07:002013-09-16T12:30:01.804-07:00Counting Actors: General Stats for shows 201-300To compare this data to shows 1-100, go here. To compare this data to shows 101-200, go here.
To back track through ALL of the show data examined in groups of 100, go here.
Shows 201-300 (aka the 3rd hundred) had:
67 male directors, 46 female directors (co-directing situations as well as including music directors for musicals in this group means that the total is greater than 100 Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18289959211990795258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3541718171552243711.post-42556461479573460522013-09-06T10:00:00.000-07:002013-09-06T10:00:05.081-07:00More links, Shakespeare editionI've recently learned (thanks Elana!) that Alexander Schmidt's Shakespeare Lexicon is online. This is the two volume set of all the words of Shakespeare, defined, and with citations for where the words appear. I'm still learning how to navigate it, but oh the possibilities...
And, Rebecca Ennals, AD of the SF Shakespeare Festival, is now blogging! I was particularly excited to read Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18289959211990795258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3541718171552243711.post-72185773930801188962013-09-05T10:00:00.000-07:002013-09-05T10:00:06.535-07:00Lots of links!First of all, there's the article from the NYTimes about what it's like to audition for Saturday Night Live, in front of Lorne Michaels. It's in that multiple voice interview style and has voices from throughout the series (Chevy Chase through Dana Carvey, then Molly Shannon, Jimmy Fallon and even current cast folks). There are links to extended interviews with a few folks, and withinAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18289959211990795258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3541718171552243711.post-22386364967449510982013-09-03T19:03:00.000-07:002013-09-03T19:03:43.873-07:00Counting Actors August 2013Here are the 12 shows for August. The Counting Actors project is now at 310 shows, so as promised last month, I'll be doing some posts looking at data from shows 201-300 throughout September (similar to what I've done with the first 200 shows).
If you want to learn more about the project, read posts from previous months, and learn how to submit statistics yourself, please take a look at Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18289959211990795258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3541718171552243711.post-7796154460748793232013-08-14T19:00:00.000-07:002013-08-14T19:00:00.854-07:00Three novels I read this summer that you should read tooA common thread in all three of these books is that while significant portions of each book take place in the US, none of the protagonists are US born, so each of these books examines American culture from an outsider perspective. Each book stands on its own, but taken together, they add up to a fascinating look at the similarities and differences in the challenges that face contemporary Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18289959211990795258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3541718171552243711.post-33295795983773350032013-08-12T19:00:00.000-07:002013-08-12T19:00:03.051-07:00Shout Out to Kneepads!In the past few months, I've used my kneepads a ton!
My awesome soft kneepads
1) for the Big Driver shoot
2) when I played a dog for the UWAC 36 Hour Playfestival/SF Safehouse Benefit
3) leant them to a summer camp student
4) during the Foolsfury sponsored Mary Overlie workshop
This doesn't include all of the times that I threw my kneepads into my bag 'just in case' for auditions, Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18289959211990795258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3541718171552243711.post-73052384735511113452013-08-04T17:30:00.000-07:002013-08-04T17:30:01.241-07:00On Practicing what you PreachRecent teaching work has gotten me thinking about how I talk about and model gender parity while wearing my teaching artist hat.
This is still evolving, but here are a few thoughts:
1) if a girl brings in a monologue for a male character, a boy brings in a monologue for a female character - no judgement. If they've read and understand the circumstances of the monologue and the play it's Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18289959211990795258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3541718171552243711.post-48793073082420476912013-08-01T14:00:00.000-07:002013-08-01T14:00:00.621-07:00Counting Actors July 2013A whopping 17 shows for July, bringing the project to 299 shows, which means that at some point in the coming month I'll be at 300 shows, and do some more in depth analysis of shows 201-300 and compare that to the previous 200 shows. Stay tuned.
If you want to know more about the project, see previous posts in the series, and learn how you can contribute, go here.
17 shows counted:
MarinAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18289959211990795258noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3541718171552243711.post-9844630140745791842013-07-07T11:21:00.004-07:002013-07-07T14:09:00.538-07:00Counting Actors June 2013The project counts 9 shows for the month of June, now up to a total of 281 shows since June 2011 and is now 2 years old! For more info on the project, including what you can do to contribute a set of stats, please check the Counting Actors Page on this blog.
My apologies for a late post - the goal is to get this info out between the first and fifth of the month, but with the BART strike, Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18289959211990795258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3541718171552243711.post-82313026398524227722013-06-05T16:00:00.000-07:002013-06-05T16:00:04.499-07:00Actor Etiquette Soapbox or A Short RantDear actor friends, aspiring actors, anyone who wears the actor hat who may read this post - having been on the asking people to do stuff side lately and watching friends move into the producing/asking people to do stuff side, I feel I have to stand up and say this:
If you are asked via email or phone message to do something acting related - anything from an audition to a reading to a role Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18289959211990795258noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3541718171552243711.post-65762120558288492362013-06-02T13:47:00.004-07:002013-06-02T13:47:49.249-07:00Counting Actors May 2013A huge thank you to DivaFest and everyone who came out for last weekend's Symposium event! Though nothing specific is on the books, I'm sure that more events like this one will be forthcoming, and I'll share them when I have more info.
In a slightly different vein, the Union Women Actors Coalition (UWAC) is presenting a 36 Hour Playfest/Benefit on June 24th, 8pm curtain. UWAC was Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18289959211990795258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3541718171552243711.post-83003773603376592842013-05-26T18:00:00.000-07:002013-05-26T18:00:04.491-07:00Books I'm Reading
Give and Take by Adam Grant is subtitled 'A revolutionary approach to success' - I became interested in the book after reading about Grant in the NY Times. Grant is a professor at The Wharton School and has done extensive research on people's relationship, networking, negotiation and leadership styles, and found that in our interactions with others, people tend to operate as either giversAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18289959211990795258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3541718171552243711.post-80601681656880340592013-05-13T18:02:00.001-07:002013-05-13T18:02:26.615-07:00Story vs. FactI've tried to write a post on this concept and how it holds actors back several times over the past year, but once again, Bonnie Gillespie hits the nail on the head in a way better way than I ever could.
Go read ya'll.
And then set aside some time to wade through the archives - she's one of the best resources out there for an on-camera actor.
And Bay Area folks - have you taken a look at AppleAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18289959211990795258noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3541718171552243711.post-50173020587625830622013-05-08T16:00:00.000-07:002013-05-08T16:00:03.987-07:00Thinking about auditions again
So there's this Japanese business/industry idea called kaizen - it's the principle of continuous small improvements, constant tweaking of routines for greater efficiency, maximum productivity, etc. The brilliant documentary Jiro Dreams of Sushi is all about kaizen through and through (but a warning for the vegetarian faint of heart - lots of fish carcasses)
I've got my own kaizen going Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18289959211990795258noreply@blogger.com0