by Cast It Admin | Jun 5, 2015 | Commercial Actors Should Never..., US
by Casting Director, Laurie Records Commercial actors should never blow it after being called in as a request. It will happen to you. Sooner or later, you’ll be called in as a “request” to attend an audition, or as a first call to callback… not from your agent...
by Cast It Admin | Jun 5, 2015 | Theatre Review, US
The House of Yes There are dark comedies… and there are pitch-black comedies. Oh, Los Angeles, you have the chance to celebrate the 25th anniversary of The House of Yes now showing at the Zephyr Theatre through June 14th. Wendy MacLeod, a New Dramatist alumna and...
by Cast It Admin | Jun 5, 2015 | The Conscious Actor, US
Throw Away Your Scripts! by Bonnie Katz, MA Are you living your life based on someone else’s script, or are you living your life with NO script? It’s hard to follow your passion when you pay more attention to what you should be doing rather than what you want to be...
by Cast It Admin | Jun 5, 2015 | Act Smart! Good Tools for a Great Career, US
by Colleen Wainwright | The Communicatrix Summertime, and the readin’ is easy(ish) In the same way that the best books about acting are often about kayaking, the books that best illuminate the truth of the human condition are often not sweeping and historical,...
by Cast It Admin | Jun 5, 2015 | The Competitive Edge, US
by Casting Director, Terry Berland Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead gives career changing advice: “Play For Value, Don’t Rush” On a recent NPR interview, Drummer Bill Kreutzmann conveys that the biggest lesson he learned as a musician from Jerry Garcia is “Play for...
by Cast It Admin | Jun 5, 2015 | Questions & Actors, US
By Karen Ann Pavlick Acting has become a lifestyle not a job! Let me just say there is nothing 9-5 about acting! It is not a job you must love; it’s a lifestyle you must love to live. I was sitting across from my tax man, watching as he flipped through my stack of...