Chris Thatcher Acting Studio

09/06/2026

Chris Thatcher Acting Studio provides coaching, classes and workshops for adult actors in Los Angeles and Boulder Colorado.

08/18/2026

Inter Alia opens on Broadway this fall, but you can see Rosamund Pike's stellar performance at home for $9.99, no subscription required, with the National Theatre at Home app.

Jessica Parks is a judge, a mother, a wife, a friend. Her career exists inter alia (among other things). How will one unthinkable event pull into question all aspects of her life? Following their global phenomenon Prima Facie, Suzie Miller and Justin Martin reunite with this searing examination of m...

06/02/2026

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With procedures like filler and Botox becoming commonplace, audiences are lamenting the smoothed-out, uncanny faces now rampant in major pictures

05/22/2026

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The background players (Jimmy Fallon, Mikey Day) in a basketball scene prove disruptive to the film's stars (Pete Davidson, Kenan Thompson) and director (Ale...

08/08/2025

“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.”
― Winston S. Churchill

07/05/2025

The Armor That Once Protected You Is Now Blocking Your Artistic Freedom As An Actor.

06/27/2025

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Before Denzel Washington was an Oscar winner, a director, or a household name, he was a young actor working his way through stage roles and small screen parts.

One day early in his career, Denzel met Sidney Poitier. The man who had broken every barrier for Black actors sat with him and offered advice. He didn’t talk about fame or scripts. He said, “If they see you for free all the time, they’ll never pay you.”

That line stayed with Denzel. Years later, he quoted it again and again, calling Poitier a north star—an example of excellence, restraint, and grace.

In essence: Don’t be everywhere. Be undeniable when you show up

06/24/2025