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Assess Your Acting Career Every Six Months with These Three Questions
Assess Your Acting Career Every Six Months with These Three Questions
It’s important to check in with ourselves on a regular basis, not only to mark progress but to re-evaluate priorities and action steps.
Patrick Oliver Jones
Aug 11
Alvin Ailey Preserves the African-American Experience Through Dance
Alvin Ailey Preserves the African-American Experience Through Dance
In the performing arts, there are few people more worthy of admiration, inspiration, and imitation than Alvin Ailey.
Patrick Oliver Jones
Jun 19
Too Lazy or Not too Lazy, That is the Question
Too Lazy or Not too Lazy, That is the Question
How does the old adage of “less is more” affect our productivity as artists?
Patrick Oliver Jones
Apr 8
Once Upon Mary Rodgers
Once Upon Mary Rodgers
Her rollicking musical comedy ended a 30-year gap in women composers on Broadway. (Women’s History Month)
Patrick Oliver Jones
Mar 16
Music Provides a Way to Connect with the Senior Community
Music Provides a Way to Connect with the Senior Community
Music moves people. It connects people in ways that no other medium can. It pulls heart strings. It acts as medicine. ~ Macklemore
Patrick Oliver Jones
Feb 13
How and Why Sign Language Interpreters Provide Access to Deaf/Hard-of-Hearing Audiences
How and Why Sign Language Interpreters Provide Access to Deaf/Hard-...
I think one of our biggest goals as sign language interpreters is opening the world not only to the deaf but to the hearing…
Patrick Oliver Jones
Feb 7
Drive & Motivation Through Setbacks and Successes — Michael Kostroff
Drive & Motivation Through Setbacks and Successes — Michael Kostroff
Each of us face hardship, and motivation isn’t always easy or even achieved.
Patrick Oliver Jones
Aug 26, 2019
Dealing with Our Own Inner Critic
Dealing with Our Own Inner Critic
The fiercest critic of all is the only one we can’t get away from.
Patrick Oliver Jones
Aug 2, 2019
Nixing the Naysayers Standing in the Way of Your Career
Nixing the Naysayers Standing in the Way of Your Career
Detractors are gonna come, they’re an intrinsic part of being in the arts. We must learn to identify them & recognize their intentions.
Patrick Oliver Jones
Jul 26, 2019
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The Prince of Broadway Wasn’t Always Theater Royalty
The Prince of Broadway Wasn’t Always Theater Royalty
With 21 Tonys, Hal Prince has a secure place for himself in Broadway history. But his success did not come overnight nor was it easy.
Patrick Oliver Jones
May 10, 2019
The Boy Scout Approach to Acting: Be Prepared
The Boy Scout Approach to Acting: Be Prepared
Having the skills and discipline in place that make deadlines less stressful and easier to handle.
Patrick Oliver Jones
May 3, 2019
I Wanna Fail Like Bill Gates Did
I Wanna Fail Like Bill Gates Did
Heeding the lessons of failure from an innovator who also found great success.
Patrick Oliver Jones
May 10, 2019
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