Acting: How to Live in a Character's Circumstances

Renowned NY acting teacher & coach, Suzanne Shepherd, shows you how to live in a character's given circumstances.
In this video, Suzanne uses A Streetcar Named Desire's Blanche Dubois as an example of how to discover what your character has gone through before they enter the stage. She shows you how by walking in Blanche's footsteps you can have a real experience in imaginary circumstances.
This is the first step in inhabiting a character's life and being real on stage and screen.
Character's don't come from the wings or from a dressing room. They come from their own specific circumstances. As an actor, you need to know what has happened to your character the moment before you enter the stage or set, so that you can act truthfully in imaginary circumstances. In this video, you will learn how to use your imagination to accomplish this.
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[@Rach_ella_bella]

The imaginary world... learning from this specificity!

[@NoteFromSELF]

As Suzanne painted Blanche's circumstances, I saw her feeling what Blanche was feeling.

[@gennaroferra7149]

Gday Suzanne! Your words make me want to get back in to acting. Tanti baci, Gennaro

[@Timthethespian89]

This is so specific and wonderful! Thank you!

[@DimbleDuck]

Wonderful Advice!

[@lakshmanparthiban1339]

Thanks for this

[@capowable]

OMG. We studied SND in high school. I really wish she was my teacher🙁

[@lesbiannightshift5225]

Great script interpretation.

[@thankyoujodi]

Goddamn, love me some Alan Alda

[@laurenceschwartz8606]

Su,. you told me that Blanche is need!
Wall to wall need.

[@jamesgumb4245]

Where's Carmella?