Sonya Cooke

I’d like to right a wrong that’s persisted ever since I published my book. I’ve had time to think thoroughly about how to address it, and...

If you are like me right now, you are craving some human contact. I’ve never gone this long without seeing (really seeing in real time...

Acting teachers may disagree about methodology, but they all concur about one thing without question: the quality of acting students’...

An actor-in-training, in pursuit of learning and eventually mastering her craft, will inevitably confront the learning curve multiple...

You know too much. The moment you pick up a script, you should immediately realize that you already know more than your character, who...

The Fourth Pillar, Emotional Life, is the heart of the system. Like a heart, it is the most integral and elaborate of systems, requiring...

The magical thing about human nature is that the same event can happen to two people and it will be received and responded to...

BUILDING A STRUCTURE “If you build it, he will come.” ---Field of Dreams If Contact is the foundation, then Circumstances are the walls...

My students' constant requests to read more about The Seven Pillars of Acting Technique, is now answered! Over the next several weeks, I...

"The purpose of Art is to lay bare the questions that have been hidden by answers." ---James Baldwin “I don’t know,” can be a powerful...

It's sad, but true that very often your working relationship with your scene partner is not productive, pleasant, creative, or enjoyable....

My first acting coach, Jo Spiller, who began training me when I was sixteen, taught me many incredible lessons. I owe a large part of my...

We are the music makers, And we are the dreamers of dreams, Wandering by lone sea-breakers, And sitting by desolate streams;—...

We are not all that honest. Consider your life: How often are you fully candid about how you feel? Are you aware of how you edit your...

“The truth will set you free, but first it will make you miserable.” ---James A. Garfield Being truthful is an action. Truth demands...

When you are about to perform or audition, pack light. Unburden your brain with the extraneous self-directions we often give ourselves in...

When crafting a role, take The Path of Most Resistance. Yes. The more imposing the obstacle, the more provocative the circumstance, the...