The Competitive Edge

by Casting Director, Terry Berland When viewing your commercial auditions as a Casting Director, I need to get who you are very quickly. After all, the entire story probably only takes around 23 to 40 seconds, not counting the voice over. I have to feel you connected...

Inside The Industry Seminar

Synopsis by Tracy Weisert Whenever I host a guest speaker whom I have not met before for our monthly Casting Networks’ members’ free Inside the Industry Seminar, I am always a bit nervous. The instant I met our August guest speaker, casting director Anissa Williams,...

Theatre Review – The Moth Story SLAM

I’m ever in search of a great live theatrical experience. I’m a fundamental believer that good theatre starts (and possibly ends) with good storytelling. So how is it possible that I have never experienced a Moth StorySLAM? I weep for the time I have lost, I assure...

Movie Review

ParaNorman ParaNorman, the newest film from the animators that brought usCoraline, tells the story of 11-year-old Norman, a bit of a social outcast, to say the least. He watches nothing but zombie movies, he has posters of monsters and ghouls papering the walls of his...