Author / Sarah J Eagen

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  • Fear is Your Friend

    My alma mater, Knox College, has had a slew of incredible commencement speakers over the years: Barak Obama, Stephen Colbert, Bill Clinton, and Madeleine Albright, to name a few. In 2013 none…

  • Sarah is PUBLISHED in the 4th edition of Self-Management for Actors

    With Bonnie Gillespie’s latest edition of her book, Self Management for Actors coming out in print, I am happy to announce that a good chunk of an article I wrote for her…

  • Be Happy. You’re Where You Wanted To Be

    I was recently reminded of this quote from Steven Pressfield’s The War of Art, when discussing how some actors tend to get caught in the trap of living in the frustration of…

  • 2013 In Review

    Time is a funny thing. I often find myself wishing things took less time, that progress was made faster, that circumstances would change simply by my effort and by sincerely willing it…

  • Choose to Act as Your Best Self

    In my bedroom I have a mirror I have had since college. You know, the $10 full-length mirror you have to nail into the wall or back of a door. It isn’t…

  • Any Day On Set is a Good Day

    I recently had a two-day shoot on one of my favorite TV shows. I was thrilled to be on set, watching other actors rehearse their scenes, experiencing the way that episode’s director…

  • Art Begins in the Struggle for Equilibrium

    I had a realization a few weeks ago that I was ‘in it’. I was in the struggle, and it was dirty and uncomfortable. I had stayed very busy for the first…

  • Make New Experiences A Staple Of Life

    “It is easy to coast through life rather than to continually find the will to reach out into the world. To reach out is a risk. There is little grace in a…

  • Keep on Preparing

    Being an actor often feels like living a life of several Catch-22s. You can’t get representation until you’ve worked; you can’t get work unless you have representation. Really good jobs are few…

  • We Are Powerful Beyond Measure

    “Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask…