by Cast It Admin | May 2, 2016 | Act Smart! Good Tools for a Great Career, US
5 Steps for Finding the Work You Want as an Actor There are many books out there to help you on your way to becoming the actor of your dreams, i.e. a professional one who gets paid. Sometimes, though, you’ll find true gems for making your dreams come true from...
by Cast It Admin | Apr 6, 2016 | Act Smart! Good Tools for a Great Career, Uncategorized, US
Lessons from halfway through Over the almost-10 years I’ve been writing this column, I’ve accomplished several outward-facing creative projects: a two-person show with four actors (and music! and dance!), a massive crowdfunding project for a local...
by Cast It Admin | Mar 4, 2016 | Act Smart! Good Tools for a Great Career, US
Getting yourself in the right place to be plucked up. Recently, I was invited to a first read-through of a brand new play by a renowned Los Angeles playwright. Aside from being a rollicking good time, the afternoon was instructive on many levels, from what it takes to...
by Cast It Admin | Feb 3, 2016 | Act Smart! Good Tools for a Great Career, US
Every smart actor knows that one of the best tools for a great audition is having a lot of familiarity with the material—either knowing it cold, or having some familiarity and a technique that lets you kill it cold. But there are many other components that go into a...
by Cast It Admin | Jan 5, 2016 | Act Smart! Good Tools for a Great Career, US
Back in December, I was privileged to give a seminar for Casting Networks at the SAG Conservatory. I say “privileged” because not only is being asked to share my experience always an honor, but because the surest way to really learn something is to teach...
by Cast It Admin | Dec 1, 2015 | Act Smart! Good Tools for a Great Career, US
“We do not learn from experience, we learn from reflecting on experience.” — American philosopher, psychologist, and educational reformer John Dewey Early on in life, I bought into the old saw about those not learning history being doomed to repeat it. Unfortunately,...
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