by Cast It Admin | Nov 1, 2016 | Uncategorized
The incredibly talented and knowledgeable casting director Vicki Goggin joined us for our October seminar to share some of her wisdom with us. Let’s see what she had to say. 1. There are a lot of myths out there. Don’t believe them....
by Cast It Admin | Oct 31, 2016 | Questions & Actors, Uncategorized, US
QUESTION: How do you not self-sabotage your own auditions? I always feel like I do a better performance en route to the audition than I did at the audition, self-critiquing my performance all the way home! ACTORS: This may be one of the hardest challenges to overcome,...
by Cast It Admin | Oct 27, 2016 | Act Smart! Good Tools for a Great Career, Uncategorized, US
The zen teachings advise us to cultivate “beginner’s mind”, because it is the open, flexible, teachable state that is humility’s gift to growth. It’s also a dandy way to keep you in the moment, which is something every performer wants to...
by Cast It Admin | Oct 3, 2016 | Act Smart! Good Tools for a Great Career, Uncategorized, US
When it comes to advancing a career, dependability rules. All things being equal—talent, for example, and suitability for the role at hand—when people know they can count on you, it goes a long way toward removing the “no,” to borrow a line from our...
by Cast It Admin | Oct 3, 2016 | Uncategorized
Sully While everyone remembers the headlines hailing Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger as the heroic pilot behind the Miracle on the Hudson, Clint Eastwood’s new film Sully, based on the book Highest Duty, written by Sullenberger and Jeffrey Zaslow, takes a closer look at...
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...
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