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Teacher Feature: Jimmy Carrane
Jack Schultz
Community Guide #1: Local Indie Film
Jack Schultz
Let’s Do A Play Recap
Jack Schultz
For The Love Of Ensemble
Tatiana Pavela
3 Steps To Be More Creative
Jack Schultz
The Talent Myth
Jack Schultz
Estefanía: Student Story
Jack Schultz
Instructor Spotlight: Celeste M. Cooper
Jack Schultz
5 Steps To Self-Produce
Jack Schultz
3 Fall Chicago Theater Recommendations
Green Shirt Team
A Lesson From Junior Bake Off
Jack Schultz
3 Things I Do Before A Performance
Jack Schultz
Why Actors Should Take Improv Classes
Jack Schultz
Why I Started Let’s Read A Play
Jack Disselhorst
Wedding Day Reminder From Sanford Meisner
Jack Schultz
Does Meisner Help With On-Camera?
Jack Schultz
10 Minute Fest Recap
Jack Schultz
Repetition: The Foundation Of Our Work
Green Shirt Team
Getting Rejected Is Helpful
Jack Schultz
Ask A Professional: Freeing The Natural Voice
Green Shirt Team
Ask a Professional: How to Prepare for Headshots
Green Shirt Team
5 Reasons To Write Your Audition Monologue
Leah Roth Barsanti
Upcoming Live Outside & Virtual Shows!
Green Shirt Team
How “Minari” Affirmed Hanah Chang’s Story
Simon Tran
Strengthen Your Imagination with the Sleep Exercise
Green Shirt Team
3 Things Only Online Acting Classes Could Teach
Green Shirt Team
What Makes a “Good” Performance?
Jack Schultz
5 Reasons I Love Writing 10-Minute Plays
Andrew
What’s Extremely Meaningful To You?
Jack Schultz
Acting is Therapeutic But Not Therapy
Jack Schultz
Why Acting Classes Should Be For Everyone
Jack Schultz
The Story Behind Our Storytelling Program
Jack Schultz
How Alexander Technique Can Expand Your Universe as an Actor
Jack Schultz
5 Things Yoga Taught Me About Acting
Jack Schultz
COVID-19 and the Power of Meaning
Jack Schultz
Presence is the Gateway to Authenticity
Jack Schultz
Step 1: Taking The First Step
Jack SchultzWhy You Should Celebrate Your Sensitivity
Andrew
4 Ways Storytelling Made Me a Better Actor
Jack Schultz
Beginnings and Endings
Jack Schultz
Announcing Big Changes at Green Shirt Studio This Fall
Andrew
How to Have a Good Show, Even With a Small Audience
Jimmy Carrane5 Contemporary Playwrights You Should Know
Lauren Carrane
4 Breathing Techniques to Clear Your Head Before a Show or Class
Lauren Carrane5 Famous Actors Who Studied Meisner Technique
Lauren CarraneHow to be More Mindful in Your Performance
Jimmy Carrane
New Class Helps You Create Your Own One-Person Show
Lauren CarraneBest Places to Find Monologues
Lauren CarraneBeing Happy Where You’re At
Lauren CarraneHow to Take Care of Yourself During the Run of a Show
Lauren Carrane
Only a Third of People Will Like You
Jimmy Carrane
4 Ways to Get Cast More in 2019
Lauren CarraneYou Don’t Have Bad Posture
Jeremy CohnConnecting with Shakespeare
Lauren Carrane
Q&A with Casting Agent Jane Brody
Lauren CarraneGreen Shirt alums collaborate on short horror film
Lauren Carrane
9 Chicago Plays to See This Fall
Lauren Carrane
What a Toddler Taught Me About Rejection
Jimmy Carrane
Bringing the Love for ‘Tres Bandidos’
Lauren Carrane3 Things I Learned Playing Falstaff
AndrewTeacher Profile: Claire Allegra Taylor
Lauren Carrane
3 Tips for Getting the Most Out of the Alexander Technique
Lauren Carrane
5 Pieces of Advice for Beginning Actors
Lauren CarraneHow Not to Sabotage Your Auditions
Jimmy Carrane
5 Great Day Jobs for Actors
Lauren Carrane
Finding Your Authentic Voice on Stage
Jimmy Carrane
Where you can see outdoor theater this summer
Lauren Carrane4 Things to Know About Doing a One-Person Show
Lauren Carrane
7 Behind-the-Scenes Tips for Shooting a TV Show or Film
Jimmy Carrane
How to Act with a Scene Partner You Don’t Like
Lauren Carrane5 Tips for Season General Auditions
Andrew
On-Camera Acting vs. Stage Acting: What’s the Difference?
Lauren CarraneAm I Too Old to Become an Actor?
Andrew6 Self-Care Tips for Actors
Lauren Carrane
Should I Be Present in Everything I Do?
Jeremy CohnHistory of the Meisner Technique
Lauren Carrane5 Ways Actors Get in Their Own Way During Auditions
Sommer
Sommer Austin Directs New Version of ‘Hellcab’
Lauren Carrane
Teacher Profile: Azar Kazemi
Lauren CarraneThe Actor’s Paradox
AndrewIs an MFA Acting Program Right For You?
Lauren Carrane5 Famous Quotes To Inspire Actors
Andrew
The Benefits of the Accelerated Meisner Program
Lauren CarraneWhat Playing the Lottery Taught Me About Acting
Andrew6 Ways to Relax Before an Audition
Lauren CarraneWant to Improve Faster? Have Better Self Talk
Jeremy CohnMastering the Business of Acting
Lauren Carrane6 Networking Tips for Actors Who Are Introverts
AndrewMeet Our New Voiceover Instructor: Kathleen Puls Andrade
Lauren Carrane9 Tips for Choosing a Monologue
AndrewTeacher Profile: Cordie Nelson
Lauren CarraneThe Beauty of Being Bored
Andrew5 Cringe-Worthy Stories About Bombing on Stage
Lauren CarraneDon’t Fall for These Acting Scams
SommerHow to Nail an On-Camera Audition
Lauren CarraneHow to be Good
SommerTips for Being an Understudy
Lauren Carrane6 Reasons Actors Should Take Improv Classes
Jimmy CarraneWhat a Director Really Thinks During Auditions
SommerTips for Getting Cheap Theater Tickets in Chicago
Lauren Carrane5 Acting Lessons to Live By in the New Year
AndrewHow to Get the Most Out of Your Acting Class
Lauren Carrane5 Great Books for Every Actor That Aren’t About Acting
AndrewHow to Get an Agent
Lauren Carrane9 Best Places to Find Auditions in Chicago — 2016
Sommer8 Tricks for Memorizing Your Lines Faster
Lauren Carrane3 Tips for Dealing with Rejection From Auditions
Andrew9 Tips for Getting a Better Acting Headshot
Lauren CarraneThoughts from a Level One Meisner Student
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Teacher Profile: Jimmy Carrane
Lauren Carrane5 Reasons Why Every Actor Should Take Yoga
Lauren CarraneDispatches from Level 1: An Acting Student’s Journal
Lauren CarranePlaying Characters You Don’t Like
AndrewOvercoming Our Collective Grief
AndrewWhy is Desire a Dirty Word?
AndrewTeacher Profile: Ashlea Woodley
Lauren Carrane3 Things Actors Can Learn From Prince
AndrewTeacher Profile: Ann Marie White
Lauren CarraneHow the Alexander Technique Can Relieve Stress in Your Day Job
Jeremy CohnTeacher Profile: Jose Antonio Garcia
Lauren CarraneWhy Actors Need to Feel Their Feelings
AndrewTeacher Profile: Aram Monisoff
Lauren Carrane5 things to remember when you audition for grad school
AndrewTeacher Profile: Tosha Fowler
Lauren Carrane3 Simple Voice Exercises to Free Up Your Acting
AndrewWhy Actors Should Take Improv Classes (and vice versa)
AndrewTeacher Profile: Michael McKeogh
Lauren Carrane5 steps to a great audition
AndrewWhy questions are more important than answers for acting students
AndrewEmbracing Your Faults: Sometimes You Just Gotta Say **** It
Jeremy CohnWhy It’s Important for Actors to Embrace the Uncomfortable
Lauren CarraneHow to Find a Good Meisner Acting Teacher
Lauren CarraneHow Social Media Can Hurt Your Acting
SommerHow Alexander Technique Can Expand Your Universe as an Actor
Jeremy Cohn
6 Ways Acting Improves Your Life
Andrew
Legendary Casting Director Jane Brody Hosts Actor’s Career Workshop Aug. 16
Lauren CarraneThe Art of Taking Things Personally
AndrewGreen Shirt Studio Announces Free Fridays Programming and New Yoga Classes
Lauren CarraneThe Worst Thing You Can Do in an Audition
Andrew9 Best Places to Find Auditions in Chicago
SommerFormer Green Shirt Studio students perform in 24-Hour Play Festival
Lauren CarraneHow I learned to stop worrying and trust the unknown
Andrew3 things actors should be doing every day (and probably aren’t)
AndrewGreen Shirt Alums Shine at Chicago Fringe!
AndrewLast Phase of Construction Underway!
AndrewNew Green Shirt location is under construction!
AndrewGreen Shirt Studio Expanding!
AndrewGreen Shirt Studio News – 9/26/13
SommerGreen Shirt News for 8/1/13!
AndrewGreen Shirt News for 7/25/13!
AndrewGreen Shirt News for 7/11/13!
SommerGreen Shirt News for 7/4/13
SommerSome thoughts on character and being “enough”
Lisa KonopliskyGreen Shirt Teachers Become Adjunct Professors at Triton College
SommerAndrew is teaching a workshop in Wisconsin
AndrewPromo Video Shoot
AndrewThoughts from a Level 4 student
AndrewGreen Shirt’s New Site
adminExperience the Level 1 Meisner Class at Green Shirt Studio
SommerPlaces to find auditions in Chicago
SommerBig weekend!
AndrewNew Classes starting in January!
AndrewNews News News!
AndrewNew Level 1 Class Enrolling for Fall
SommerIt’s official!
SommerAnother Level 2 Class Completed!
SommerUpcoming Level 2 Scene Presentation
SommerFirst Level 2 Graduates!
SommerSaturday’s with Sandy
AndrewVideo treats…
AndrewGreen Shirt Studio at the Improviser’s Studio
SommerUpcoming
AndrewLoving the Questions Themselves…
AndrewWelcome to the Green Shirt Studio Blog!
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