Expert: Kenneth D. Plonkey - 11/15/2011

Question
My son is a junior in high school and just completed acting in his first play. He is taking Theater Arts in school this year and loves it. His teacher just adores him. He struggled for his first 2 years of school because he was trying to take subjects to lead him to becoming a pharmacist. He realized that wasn't for him. He loves video editing and directing, but has been bit by the acting bug now. I was wondering if you could help me lead him in the right direction on pursuing a career in acting. I can send you a couple youtube links to his part in the play if that will help. We live in Ohio and he was thinking of trying to get into the arts program at Wright State. He will be taking a triple threat workshop in January and needs to have a monologue that is less than a minute long. Can you help with some pointers for that also? Let me know if you would like to see his first acting debute to help you give him some pointers. I can send the links after you reply. Thank you in advance for any help you can send our way.

Answer
Dear Valerie, Indeed I can help your son regarding acting as a career and with his monologue. Advising aspiring actors is what I do and I have advisees all over the world whom I am helping with their careers.  Go to http://tao-of-acting.org and read articles in my blog over the past three years that deal with acting as a career, monologues, and auditioning. At this web site you will also find a link to my free ebook, The Tao of Acting, which is about preparing for an acting career.  There are lots of other article on the web site as well as you will see by the site menu on the left hand side of the home page. Use the contact button to contact me again for further information about his monologue. God bless, Doc