Born Ready! by Cairn A. Moore

Actor, director, and award-winning playwright Cairn A. Moore has been teaching first-year performance students at the University of Winnipeg for more than twenty-five years. She is the former Associate Education Director of Prairie Theatre Exchange School, and the founder and proud owner of Actors Studio with Cairn Moore.Born Ready! is packed with powerful, practical tools for actors. Discover cutting-edge techniques to help you access emotion without jeopardizing your mental health. Understand more about essential theatre "dos and don't" and safe rehearsal practices. Master a foolproof recipe for scene analysis. Even more importantly, learn how to defeat the anxiety that can hold you back from realizing your full potential. Distilled from many years of working with post-secondary and adult students, Born Ready! is essential reading for actors.Join Cairn A. Moore for the launch of her new book Born Ready! An Actor’s Handbook (J. Gordon Shillingford) featuring a panel discussion with Cairn and two of her former students, Natasha Fisher and Sophie Helmer, moderated by Andrew Davidson.-This episode was recorded on October 21, 2025-Interviewer - Andrew Davidson (Owner of ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Gargoyle Theatre⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠)Interviewees - Cairn A. MooreRecorded, Edited, and Produced by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Rebecca Driedger⁠