Bad Acting Teachers

by Sky Gilbert

A young actor in search of good training visits three teachers who advertise private lessons. Seeing each of the teachers separately, he is progressively assaulted, insulted, and molested. A meditation on the sadism that so often accompanies power.

96 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 2007

Reviews

[Frank · Rating 4 out of 5]

Sky Gilbert drew on stories from his students and colleagues to create this wicked satire of what sometimes basses for actor training, sending a young, gay actor trying to get back to a sense of truth in his work to three of the worst teachers imaginable. The play is good, nasty fun, with such a strong common sense that it doesn't matter if some of the references are distinctly Canadian. A student of mine did a great job once with Finn's monologue about Gordon Pinsent.