Steve Perkins

Research Questions

What is the life of an actor like?
How has your experience and skills in the theatre world helped you excel in other areas of your life, do you see any of the techniques and trainings applicable to daily life skills and helpful to other areas of interest?
I am interested in the artistic journey that actors have endured on their way to the stage and into a successful career, their hardships, their highlights, their advice, and their motivations.
How is a sense of balance maintained throughout the rigorous schedule of performance dates and rehearsal times?
How do you find the appropriate amount of time to have a basic life outside the theatre, let alone commit yourself to other passions that you have in your life?
In terms of education, I am interested in how you approached finding the right programs and schools to apply to if you did indeed attend any such programs.
Could you provide a description of what it is like to do a performance of a show for such a long period of time, such as with a 6-12 week run?
Due to the nature of the performances in our field, what is it like to have the majority of your evenings tied up with a show for such extended periods of time?
What can you say now that you wish you had known back when you first started?

New York City: Contacts, Interviews, and Information Sessions

HB Studio- auditing a class costs $10
The New School for Drama- discussion with Director of Admissions morning of Monday, March 3rd
Bryce Ryness- Monday, March 3rd 1:00pm at Starbucks at Rockafeller Center

    Ensemble cast member in Legally Blonde, as well as understudy for Emmit, actor's equity

Rapscallion Theatre Collective at Looking Glass Theatre Company (Lauren Reinhard)- Tuesday, March 4th 11:00am

    Smaller, low-scale theatre where group of friends created and became producers of their own company

    UMW Alum, film and acting professionally in NYC, actor's equity

    acting professionally in NYC, actor's equity

Jamie Askew- Thursday, March 6th 12:00pm with lunch interview at Pearl's Chinese restaurant

    acting professionally in NYC, actor's equity

    Ensemble member in Les Miserables and understudy for Javier, just cast in Shrek: The Musical, actor's equity

Greg Horton (The Importance of Being Earnest at Theatre Ten Ten) - Thursday, March 6th 4:30pm at 63rd and Broadway at Lincoln Center

    acting professionally in NYC, actor's equity

Natalie Joy Johnson (UMW Alum)- Tour of Palace Theatre where Legally Blonde: The Musical performs Tuesday, March 4th 10:00pm and Q & A between Gregg and Natalie Friday, March 7th 4:00pm

    UMW alum, acting professionally on Broadway- principle character of Enid Hoops in Legally Blonde, actor's equity

    acting professionally in NYC

DC area: Contacts, Interviews, and Information Sessions

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