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Act Smart! The Actor Absolutes, Part 1
I've never taught acting, which is just one more reason why I never got to be the best actor I could have been. However, I did have the opportunity several years ago to share the best of what actors knew better than anyone else with a large group of civilians. What...
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Act Smart! Go Be A Clerk
As part of my wholehearted commitment as an artist to be 100% where I am, I took a class this year...in production accounting. If you'd told (Artist) Colleen of the Past that she was not only going to sign up for a class about accounting, production or otherwise, she...
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How To Turn A Bad Audition Partner Into A Good Audition Experience
It is a given if you have a good audition partner that you have a good audition experience and you walk out of the audition feeling like you have a good shot at the call back. Let’s define what a good audition partner is. A good audition partner has good timing and...
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Commercial Actors Should Never…
You can’t book a job you don’t audition for. Ok, maybe you can tell me a story of a direct booking from a director/production company you’ve worked with before, or even of a time you were booked from your headshot/resume/reel. It happens, sure, but not very often. You...
read moreTheatre Review: Famous
You can’t talk about Famous, an 11:11 Experience, without talking about its playwright, Michael Leoni. We have to acknowledge, he is likely the initial draw. If his name doesn’t ring a bell, his last play Elevator may jog your memory. It ran for 7 months at the Coast...
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WHAT TO DO BEFORE & AFTER AN OPEN CALL
Here are a few tips to keep in mind when actors attend an open casting call. The audition is another story all on its own. Let us focus on what to do before and after an audition. Then we’ll focus on the audition itself. Build your researching skill to help you...
read more5 Questions with Mike DeLay Owner of Real Voice LA
I really wanted the job, but when they didn’t call I realized I had an opportunity to create something of my own. Failure is inevitable. However, it is not the failure itself that shapes our lives but, how we deal with it. As actors and above all artists, rejection is...
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THE COMPARISON GAME (And How To Stop Playing It)
Recently a friend of mine started a diet. Ok, please stick with me here, I’m going someone I swear. This particular diet in simple terms is a high fat, very low carb diet. So in his bid to lose weight, my friend has given up carbs completely and switched to almost...
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Commercial Actors Should Never…
The pace of commercials can be ridiculous. From the beginning of the production company’s contact with the casting director through the end of the shoot and edit, most of the time it’s a complete whirlwind. You may feel this when you receive a same day audition,...
read moreTheatre Review: Three Days in the Country
I love theatre. You probably know or could certainly guess that I’m a proud theatre geek. But that doesn’t mean I want to see everything that is out there. I get really excited in anticipation of some shows, am neutral about others… and occasionally I drag my feet. I...
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Seminar Recap