{"id":39633,"date":"2025-01-21T11:32:06","date_gmt":"2025-01-21T11:32:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/acting\/actors-and-reading-groups\/"},"modified":"2025-01-21T11:32:06","modified_gmt":"2025-01-21T11:32:06","slug":"actors-and-reading-groups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=39633","title":{"rendered":"Actors and Reading Groups"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div data-breakout=\"normal\">\n<p class=\"a4yOF NlrTp WzoeH SeNKp\" dir=\"auto\" id=\"viewer-foo\"><span class=\"lMv7L\"><span>Lately, I\u2019ve heard some <\/span><strong style=\"font-weight:700\"><span>young actors asking about the value of being in a play reading group,<\/span><\/strong><span> so I think it\u2019s worth talking about for a few minutes. Over the years I\u2019ve been affiliated with a half dozen or so theater companies and all of them had reading groups as well as writing workshops. I consider the many hours spent working with them invaluable, both for what I learned and the friendships those groups fostered. Of course, there are pros and cons to everything, so let\u2019s take a look at all to be fair.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-breakout=\"normal\">\n<div class=\"iwMEp\" id=\"viewer-2cs8v\">\n<div class=\"_1PhFQ\" style=\"width:min(100%, 257px)\">\n<figure class=\"XObdu\">\n<div role=\"button\" data-hook=\"imageViewer\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"vhG7C\" aria-haspopup=\"https:\/\/www.actnowstudionyc.com\/post\/true\">\n<div style=\"--dim-height:734;--dim-width:462\" id=\"2cs8v\" class=\"L2P8r Ku1Gj yS7zq\"><wow-image id=\"2a87af_7e053cafef9744f6973a01f67b572fcd~mv2.png\" class=\"undefined lIVgj\" data-image-info=\"{&quot;containerId&quot;:&quot;2cs8v&quot;,&quot;displayMode&quot;:&quot;fill&quot;,&quot;isLQIP&quot;:true,&quot;isSEOBot&quot;:false,&quot;lqipTransition&quot;:&quot;blur&quot;,&quot;imageData&quot;:{&quot;width&quot;:462,&quot;height&quot;:734,&quot;uri&quot;:&quot;2a87af_7e053cafef9744f6973a01f67b572fcd~mv2.png&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;displayMode&quot;:&quot;fill&quot;}}\" data-motion-part=\"BG_IMG\" data-bg-effect-name=\"\" data-has-ssr-src=\"https:\/\/www.actnowstudionyc.com\/post\/true\" data-animate-blur=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.wixstatic.com\/media\/2a87af_7e053cafef9744f6973a01f67b572fcd~mv2.png\/v1\/fill\/w_116,h_184,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto\/2a87af_7e053cafef9744f6973a01f67b572fcd~mv2.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:cover;object-position:50% 50%;max-width:100%\" data-pin-url=\"https:\/\/www.actnowstudionyc.com\/post\/actors-and-reading-groups\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/static.wixstatic.com\/media\/2a87af_7e053cafef9744f6973a01f67b572fcd~mv2.png\/v1\/fill\/w_554,h_881,al_c,lg_1,q_90\/2a87af_7e053cafef9744f6973a01f67b572fcd~mv2.png\" draggable=\"false\"\/><\/wow-image><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-breakout=\"normal\">\n<p class=\"a4yOF NlrTp WzoeH SeNKp\" dir=\"auto\" id=\"viewer-5d0s8\"><span class=\"lMv7L\"><span>First off, being a member of a reading group pretty much guarantees that <\/span><strong style=\"font-weight:700\"><span>your acting chops will never get rusty,<\/span><\/strong><span> as you\u2019ll always be putting yourself out and trying new things. Experienced actors with a lot of credits are usually on the move from one office to another and even one job to another, but they sometimes fall into the trap of playing similar characters. That might be good for the bank account but it\u2019s not necessarily great for the creative juices, so <\/span><em style=\"font-style:italic\"><span>being part of a regular reading group is key for keeping those veteran actors on their toes and out of their comfort zones.<\/span><\/em><span> It\u2019s even <\/span><strong style=\"font-weight:700\"><span>more important for the newbies who are looking for all the experience they can get, <\/span><\/strong><span>whether that\u2019s in their casting zone or out of it.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-breakout=\"normal\">\n<p class=\"a4yOF NlrTp WzoeH SeNKp\" dir=\"auto\" id=\"viewer-b9tk6\"><span class=\"lMv7L\"><span>Being a newbie actor is a little like being a kid at the Y with a Flying Fish card. Sure, you\u2019ve been in the pool, at least on the kiddie side of it, \u2019cause your membership card says so but no one really knows if you can swim until you dive into the deep end.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-breakout=\"normal\">\n<p class=\"a4yOF NlrTp WzoeH SeNKp\" dir=\"auto\" id=\"viewer-lp3h\"><span class=\"lMv7L\"><span>Or get pushed. The wonderful actor <\/span><strong style=\"font-weight:700\"><span>Spalding Grey<\/span><\/strong><span> used to talk about <\/span><strong style=\"font-weight:700\"><span>his fear of drowning <\/span><\/strong><span>and how it was very similar to <\/span><em style=\"font-style:italic\"><span>his fear of acting<\/span><\/em><strong style=\"font-weight:700\"><span>,<\/span><\/strong><span> though the point for me is that <\/span><u style=\"text-decoration:underline\"><span>newbie actors never know what they\u2019re capable of until they get into the deep water<\/span><\/u><span>. In front of a live audience or a movie set, those kinds of stakes can be really intimidating, even a trifle dangerous, but in a reading group, there\u2019s always a life preserver around somewhere.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-breakout=\"normal\">\n<p class=\"a4yOF NlrTp WzoeH SeNKp\" dir=\"auto\" id=\"viewer-beths\"><span class=\"lMv7L\"><span>It\u2019s also good to be reminded that <\/span><strong style=\"font-weight:700\"><span>play scripts are not finished products<\/span><\/strong><span>, they are merely poetic <\/span><u style=\"text-decoration:underline\"><span>blueprints for something larger<\/span><\/u><span> that breathes, hums, walks, talks, skips, runs and occasionally sings. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-breakout=\"normal\">\n<p class=\"a4yOF NlrTp WzoeH SeNKp\" dir=\"auto\" id=\"viewer-bm93b\"><span class=\"lMv7L\"><span>Plays are like treasure maps, they\u2019re full of clues and sometimes they can be a little misleading, so you really need to take the time to figure them out and discover what the writer hopefully intended. This happens in a real production, of course, but the main problem with being in production are production problems and they have a nasty habit of getting in the way of the creative process. <\/span><strong style=\"font-weight:700\"><span>When you\u2019re working on a script in a reading group, you don\u2019t have those kinds of obligations or constraints<\/span><\/strong><span>, there are just the actors and the script. You don\u2019t have to worry about the demands of the director, the anxiety of the producer, <\/span><strong style=\"font-weight:700\"><span>there are no agents<\/span><\/strong><span> out there watching and certainly <\/span><strong style=\"font-weight:700\"><span>no critics<\/span><\/strong><span>. All you have to do is try things out and see what happens.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-breakout=\"normal\">\n<div class=\"iwMEp\" id=\"viewer-fihh9\">\n<div class=\"zcIeh\" style=\"width:min(100%, 388px)\">\n<figure class=\"XObdu\">\n<div role=\"button\" data-hook=\"imageViewer\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"vhG7C\" aria-haspopup=\"https:\/\/www.actnowstudionyc.com\/post\/true\">\n<div style=\"--dim-height:472;--dim-width:674\" id=\"fihh9\" class=\"L2P8r Ku1Gj yS7zq\"><wow-image id=\"2a87af_7f6efa6ba94548deaecbb902429d7384~mv2.png\" class=\"undefined lIVgj\" data-image-info=\"{&quot;containerId&quot;:&quot;fihh9&quot;,&quot;displayMode&quot;:&quot;fill&quot;,&quot;isLQIP&quot;:true,&quot;isSEOBot&quot;:false,&quot;lqipTransition&quot;:&quot;blur&quot;,&quot;imageData&quot;:{&quot;width&quot;:674,&quot;height&quot;:472,&quot;uri&quot;:&quot;2a87af_7f6efa6ba94548deaecbb902429d7384~mv2.png&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;displayMode&quot;:&quot;fill&quot;}}\" data-motion-part=\"BG_IMG\" data-bg-effect-name=\"\" data-has-ssr-src=\"https:\/\/www.actnowstudionyc.com\/post\/true\" data-animate-blur=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.wixstatic.com\/media\/2a87af_7f6efa6ba94548deaecbb902429d7384~mv2.png\/v1\/fill\/w_67,h_47,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto\/2a87af_7f6efa6ba94548deaecbb902429d7384~mv2.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:cover;object-position:50% 50%;max-width:100%\" data-pin-url=\"https:\/\/www.actnowstudionyc.com\/post\/actors-and-reading-groups\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/static.wixstatic.com\/media\/2a87af_7f6efa6ba94548deaecbb902429d7384~mv2.png\/v1\/fill\/w_809,h_566,al_c,lg_1,q_90\/2a87af_7f6efa6ba94548deaecbb902429d7384~mv2.png\" draggable=\"false\"\/><\/wow-image><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-breakout=\"normal\">\n<p class=\"a4yOF NlrTp WzoeH SeNKp\" dir=\"auto\" id=\"viewer-50fo7\"><span class=\"lMv7L\"><span>One of the other great things about being in a reading group is <\/span><strong style=\"font-weight:700\"><span>it really grows your command of dramatic material<\/span><\/strong><span>. I talk about this in acting class all the time, the need for young actors to read and <\/span><em style=\"font-style:italic\"><span>I mean really read.<\/span><\/em><span> Of course, everybody nods their head or some such indication of agreement but I can always tell the actors who take this to heart from the ones who don\u2019t. For the fact of the matter is that <\/span><strong style=\"font-weight:700\"><span>actors approach reading differently from everyone else in the world.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-breakout=\"normal\">\n<p class=\"a4yOF NlrTp WzoeH SeNKp\" dir=\"auto\" id=\"viewer-ea13m\"><span class=\"lMv7L\"><span>How is that? Well, for the simple reason that most people read passively, for entertainment or information but once they\u2019ve gotten through whatever they\u2019re reading, they\u2019re on to something else. This is not the case for <\/span><strong style=\"font-weight:700\"><span>actors because we are constantly working with the language, picking things apart, reassembling and even questioning the information in our work.<\/span><\/strong><span> The actors in my class that really read, they all develop a lust for language that the lazy ones never do.<\/span><strong style=\"font-weight:700\"><em style=\"font-style:italic\"><span> When actors expand their minds with language, it does something to their mouths, they end up with a greater facility with dialogue.<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-breakout=\"normal\">\n<p class=\"a4yOF NlrTp WzoeH SeNKp\" dir=\"auto\" id=\"viewer-4l1ch\"><span class=\"lMv7L\"><span>In addition to that, being in a reading group means <\/span><strong style=\"font-weight:700\"><span>you get to spend time in the company of actors, <\/span><\/strong><span>without the competitive element of casting. Now I\u2019m not in the habit of saying this to my non-actor friends but the truth is that we are the \u201cSalt of the Earth\u201d and no social group is more fun to be around than us. Writers tend to be depressed, musicians are flakey, painters are moody but actors know how to have a good time and when you put us in a room together, we tear it up. What\u2019s not to enjoy?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-breakout=\"normal\">\n<p class=\"a4yOF NlrTp WzoeH SeNKp\" dir=\"auto\" id=\"viewer-en4uc\"><span class=\"lMv7L\"><span>Beyond all that fun, <\/span><strong style=\"font-weight:700\"><span>we always learn things from other actors<\/span><\/strong><span>, be they older and more experienced or the newbie right off the street, everyone has something to offer. We all have escapades, we all have talent, we all have creative instincts and all of that comes into play. Give us a script with strong characters and sharp dialogue to knock around and we know how to make it sing, that desire is in all of us, we\u2019re born with it.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-breakout=\"normal\">\n<div class=\"iwMEp\" id=\"viewer-fqsl\">\n<div class=\"_1PhFQ\" style=\"width:min(100%, 216px)\">\n<figure class=\"XObdu\">\n<div role=\"button\" data-hook=\"imageViewer\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"vhG7C\" aria-haspopup=\"https:\/\/www.actnowstudionyc.com\/post\/true\">\n<div style=\"--dim-height:738;--dim-width:484\" id=\"fqsl\" class=\"L2P8r Ku1Gj yS7zq\"><wow-image id=\"2a87af_cc3bbfa5c8dd47b3a890435c66eda9b2~mv2.png\" class=\"undefined lIVgj\" data-image-info=\"{&quot;containerId&quot;:&quot;fqsl&quot;,&quot;displayMode&quot;:&quot;fill&quot;,&quot;isLQIP&quot;:true,&quot;isSEOBot&quot;:false,&quot;lqipTransition&quot;:&quot;blur&quot;,&quot;imageData&quot;:{&quot;width&quot;:484,&quot;height&quot;:738,&quot;uri&quot;:&quot;2a87af_cc3bbfa5c8dd47b3a890435c66eda9b2~mv2.png&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;displayMode&quot;:&quot;fill&quot;}}\" data-motion-part=\"BG_IMG\" data-bg-effect-name=\"\" data-has-ssr-src=\"https:\/\/www.actnowstudionyc.com\/post\/true\" data-animate-blur=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.wixstatic.com\/media\/2a87af_cc3bbfa5c8dd47b3a890435c66eda9b2~mv2.png\/v1\/fill\/w_121,h_185,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto\/2a87af_cc3bbfa5c8dd47b3a890435c66eda9b2~mv2.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:cover;object-position:50% 50%;max-width:100%\" data-pin-url=\"https:\/\/www.actnowstudionyc.com\/post\/actors-and-reading-groups\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/static.wixstatic.com\/media\/2a87af_cc3bbfa5c8dd47b3a890435c66eda9b2~mv2.png\/v1\/fill\/w_581,h_886,al_c,lg_1,q_90\/2a87af_cc3bbfa5c8dd47b3a890435c66eda9b2~mv2.png\" draggable=\"false\"\/><\/wow-image><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-breakout=\"normal\">\n<p class=\"a4yOF NlrTp WzoeH SeNKp\" dir=\"auto\" id=\"viewer-4uks3\"><span class=\"lMv7L\"><span>As to the Cons of being in a play reading group, well there really aren\u2019t any that I can think of. <\/span><strong style=\"font-weight:700\"><span>Being in a group keeps you loose, it keeps your actor muscles in shape<\/span><\/strong><span> and the last time I checked, the membership dues are nonexistent. So <\/span><strong style=\"font-weight:700\"><span>if you want to be a better actor, read good scripts and read them often.<\/span><\/strong><span> While you\u2019re at it, <\/span><strong style=\"font-weight:700\"><span>join a reading group and improve your acting prowess <\/span><\/strong><span>while you have fun. If there isn\u2019t one handy to join, start one of your own and don\u2019t wait for a sign from heaven to do it. <\/span><em style=\"font-style:italic\"><span>Act-Now!<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-breakout=\"normal\">\n<p class=\"a4yOF NlrTp WzoeH SeNKp\" dir=\"auto\" id=\"viewer-febjb\"><span class=\"lMv7L\"><span>Want to know the secrets of &#8220;Animal Work&#8221; in the Method? <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lately, I\u2019ve heard some young actors asking about the value of being in a play reading group, so I think it\u2019s worth talking about for a few minutes. 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