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Priya's Thursday, Two Ways

8 lessons · 26 prompts

A day in the life of an Actor: what changes with these prompts.

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Priya, a stage and commercial actor in a mid-size city.

Priya has a commercial callback at 4 p.m. and a theater rehearsal at 7. At 8 a.m., she opens ChatGPT on her laptop with the sides for the callback. She asks it to break the scene into beats and list three questions she could ask the director. She saves the questions in her notes app.

During lunch, she uses Claude to make a line drill for the theater scene. She pastes in her character's lines and asks for a quiz that hides every other line. She runs it twice, then walks around her apartment saying the lines out loud.

Before the callback, she uses Gemini to check her self-tape setup. She asks for a simple checklist for lighting, sound, and framing. She records two takes in her living room, watches them once, and picks the one where her eyes stay on the reader.

After the callback, she uses ChatGPT to write a short update for her website and a polite thank-you note to the casting office. She also asks it to sort her audition deadlines into a calendar. With the hour she saves, she goes for a walk before rehearsal and arrives warm, not rushed.

Before

  • Sides arrive late and lines blur.
  • Self-tapes feel rushed and uneven.
  • Notes and deadlines pile up fast.
  • Auditions feel like a scramble.

After this course

  • Lines stick sooner with short drills.
  • Self-tapes feel calm and clear.
  • Deadlines live in one tidy list.
  • Auditions feel focused, not frantic.

What you'll learn

  • Script And Scene Analysis: Break down a scene, pull out character clues, and summarize a script before rehearsal or an audition.
  • Line Memorization: Generate drills, memory aids, and quizzes that make learning lines faster and more reliable.
  • Audition Preparation: Analyze sides, plan cold reads, and structure self-tapes so your auditions feel focused and professional.
  • Character Development: Build backstory, map emotional beats, and explore subtext so your choices stay rich and consistent.
  • Rehearsal And Scene Work: Use AI as a rehearsal partner to run lines, get feedback, and try different readings.
  • Director And Cast Collaboration: Translate director notes, prepare for callbacks, and plan questions that improve collaboration.
  • Self-Tape And Audition Tech: Optimize your self-tape setup, choose the best take, and write a slate that makes a strong first impression.
  • Promotion And Career Admin: Promote your work, write professional bios, and organize submissions and deadlines.

How this course works

  1. 8 lessonsOne task of your job each, from script and scene analysis to promotion and career admin.
  2. Ready-to-paste promptsCopy, fill in the parts in {{brackets}}, paste into ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini.
  3. Tick and completeTick the prompts you tried and mark each lesson complete.
  4. Get certifiedFinish and keep the prompts as your own library.