NEWS
Hi Everyone!
Hi everyone! My name is Sarah Smithton and I've attended three USPA camps in the past. In 06 I took Spectrum Theatre (one of the original members!) and Musical Theatre Session 1, and then in 07 I was in the Musical Theatre Conservatory, all at UCLA. I recently (well,...
How Wrong Could I Be?
I like to think that I've got a pretty open mind. If someone were to ask me about myself I'd probably say that I don't rush to judgment and that my biases are only formed after appropriate information gathering. I would point to my vast eclectic group of friends and...
“But it’s my backup school!”
The month of March and early April is when the letters for regular admission will start arriving. When does "backup" become "first choice"? When the letters are in your mailbox and the schools have made their choices. Up to this point you've made all the choices and...
Remembering a Friend…
Mickey was my friend. He smiled when I walked into the house and he loved me unconditionally. It doesn't matter that Mickey was four-footed and had a tail that swept everything off the table when he wagged it. What does matter is that I could arrive at Mickey's house...
Acting with Puppets…What is it?
I know that when one of our terrific customer service representatives calls me or steps into my office and says, "Could you take this call?" that it's going to be one of those "tough questions." So yesterday I wasn't all that surprised to have the voice at the other...
From Rodgers and Hammerstein to Gilbert and Sullivan
Composer John Eaton once said, "Of course, in opera, you involve the audience so much with action and with what's happening on stage, that the music is the center of the action." I have recently come to believe this to be quite true. The world of Opera was once...
Ok......................... We had our first preview Feb. 29th and it was so good to get an audiences' reaction. You don't really know the depth of what you have until you feel and hear the energy and experience the presence of those who have not seen it before. This...
The First Day is Always Tough!
In case you think we're just all about work at USPA, some of our staff takes time out for a nap now and then. Pictured on the left is the newest addition to our office work force. That would be London dozing in the corner. Today was his first day on the job and it...
What is “Acting Technique?”
In a nutshell, acting technique is what works for you as an actor to accomplish a believable performance. Technique is also the ability to generously interact with other actors to create a believable environment. Sound simple? Well, it is a bit of an...
Doubt Part II
First day of rehearsal for me was February 12, 2008 @12noon. I started rehearsal a week later than everyone else at the theatre's request. My one scene is with Barbara, who plays Sister Aloysius. She and I did a table read of our scene and did a very brief background...