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The Guides

Straight answers to the questions actors ask.

Each guide opens with the answer, then goes as deep as the question deserves. Written by a working actor, kept current.

Begin here

How to run lines without a partner.

You can run lines without a partner by holding both sides of the conversation: speak the other character's line out loud, then answer it as yourself, reacting to what you actually heard. Work through the scene in a short timed session, from one straight read for sense to one full run with no stopping. Once the scene is on its feet, hand the other side to a recording or a scene-partner app so you are rehearsing against a cue instead of your own memory.

Learning your lines

  1. How Actors Memorize Lines01
  2. How to Run Lines Without a Partner02
  3. Memorize a Monologue03
  4. Memorize Lines Fast04
  5. How Long It Takes to Memorize Lines05
  6. Memorize Shakespeare06
  7. The First Letter Method07
  8. Spaced Repetition for Actors08

Under pressure

  1. An Audition in 24 Hours09
  2. When You Forget Your Line10

Self-tape and the casting sites

  1. Eco Cast Self Tapes11
  2. Actors Access Self Tapes12
  3. Casting Networks Submissions13
  4. Actors Access vs Casting Networks14
  5. Self Tape Requirements15
  6. The Overnight Self Tape16
  7. Self Tape Reader Etiquette17

Readers, human and otherwise

  1. Human Reader vs an App18
  2. Self Tape Without a Reader19
  3. Where to Find a Self Tape Reader20

The app

  1. An App That Reads Lines With You21
  2. An App to Run Lines With22
  3. An App to Memorize Lines23
  4. Games That Make Lines Stick24
  5. Scan Your Sides Into the App25
  6. Daily Warmups for Actors26

(more to come)

The Memorlined Guides · Written by a working actor.

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