Jeff Thomakos
The Archetype of Thinking
Think of this in the same way as an artist pencils out a basic shape at the beginning of a portrait. It is a rough guide...
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Jeff Thomakos
- Jun 21, 2020
- 7 min
The Three-Fold Body: Thinking, Feeling, & Willing
Are you a Thinking, Feeling, or Willing person? Do you know how to tell the difference?
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Jeff Thomakos
- May 27, 2020
- 7 min
Character: The Actor's Imaginary Body
Chekhov believed that the characters we actors create have living souls; that they had thoughts, feelings, and desires all their own...
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Jeff Thomakos
- May 21, 2020
- 9 min
Crossing the Threshold: Imagination & Concentration for the Actor
Crossing the threshold into the world of the character is a kind of ritualized activity that preps the mind, body, and imagination...
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Jeff Thomakos
- May 8, 2020
- 6 min
Raising the Stakes: Counters & Obstacles
The Super Objective is the character’s dream for the future, the counter-super-objective is the character’s nightmare for the future.
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Jeff Thomakos
- Apr 22, 2020
- 7 min
The Super-Needy Super-Objective
Just as tactics are meant to support the objective, objectives support the actor’s Super-Objective.
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Jeff Thomakos
- Apr 15, 2020
- 11 min
Directors: An Actor's Survival Guide
There are five categories of director: The Great, The Good, The Bad, The Utterly Awful and The Medioce.
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Jeff Thomakos
- Apr 13, 2020
- 8 min
Objective: So Misunderstood.
...as long as films and theatre aspire to the style of realism, we actors are going to be using objective in our work.
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Jeff Thomakos
- Apr 11, 2020
- 5 min
Top 5 Must-Read Books about Theatre to Read During Quarantine.
These are books that I either teach from or have influenced my general philosophy about the craft of acting and show business generally.
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Jeff Thomakos
- Apr 6, 2020
- 7 min
Top Must Read Plays to Read During Quarantine
You’ll find these plays might move you in ways that they may not have if we all weren’t stuck in our homes...
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Jeff Thomakos
- Apr 2, 2020
- 7 min
The 3 Laws All Actors Must Follow
oday, we’re talking about the very important laws of Composition, what they are, why they’re important, and how you can use these to create
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Jeff Thomakos
- Mar 20, 2020
- 5 min
Falling to Pieces: Contraction for the Actor
Hi, Jeff here from M2C2. Previously, I talked about the beginning of Psychological Gesture in the Chekhov Technique and how you can use...
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Jeff Thomakos
- Mar 14, 2020
- 7 min
5 Do’s and Don’ts for Finding an Audition Monologue
It’s audition season again and you need a new monologue for general auditions. This can be one of the most difficult and trying parts of...
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Jeff Thomakos
- Mar 5, 2020
- 6 min
Expansion: Your First Step Into Psychological Gesture
Hi, Jeff here from M2C2 and today we are going to talk about another one of the foundational elements of the Michael Chekhov Technique...
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Jeff Thomakos
- Feb 21, 2020
- 8 min
Top 5 Mental Mistakes Actors Make When Auditioning
Hi everyone. Jeff here from M2C2 to talk about the top five mental mistakes actors make when auditioning. Whether it’s for a particular...
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Jeff Thomakos
- Nov 22, 2019
- 1 min
Michigan Actor's: DON'T LEAVE!!!
I give up some of my dignity in this one as I beg Michigan actors to stop leaving our state and help build up our community. It's a crazy...
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Jeff Thomakos
- Nov 20, 2019
- 1 min
An Interview with Dinah Tutein
A talk with local actress and writer, Dinah Tutein. Today we talk about being an actor in Detroit Metro, acting as a person of color, and...
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Jeff Thomakos
- Nov 13, 2019
- 1 min
New Video
I've been forgetting to post these videos on here. But here's my latest interview with PJ Jacokes of Go Comedy Improv Theatre. Also be...
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Jeff Thomakos
- Oct 7, 2019
- 1 min
Common Story Archetypes
Today I am exploring Common Story Archetypes for The Comedy of Errors. Check out the whole thing on youtube at https://youtu.be/dxnFoYC3UBc.
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Jeff Thomakos
- Oct 6, 2019
- 1 min
The Compositional Gesture
See me work on a Compositional Gesture for Comedy of Errors.https://youtu.be/8P0f-CvJFr0
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