When people ask you what you want this holiday season, why not ask for something that will encourage you in your journey as an actor? Family members often want to help you in your artistic pursuits, but if they’re not in the industry they just don’t know how. Read More
It’s that time of year again. But with all the joyfulness and cheer comes the stress of how to handle our family’s ceaseless questions when visiting home for the holidays. You know the kind that somehow make you feel unworthy in an instant.Read More
The holidays are here and LA actors are scrambling to find gifts for their representation before everyone leaves on vacation. But what can you give to your agent for the holidays?Read More
We all know an actor who can’t stop complaining about the entertainment business… Even when they are working on set! Casting Director Marci Phillips shares her insight on “How To Deal With the Industry Being Unfair” with Backstage to help us keep a healthy perspective in show biz!
http://www.backstage.com/advice-for-actors/backstage-experts/how-deal-industry-being-unfair/
Are you considering signing up for an industry workshop or seminar at one of the many studios here in LA? You know those “classes” you always see advertised where you pay money to meet and audition for an agent or casting director. When the term “workshop” or “seminar” come up, actors have a variety of responses ranging from enthusiastic to bitter.Read More
LA actors, whether on set or even just at your survival job, The Huffington Post’s “What The Happiest People Do At Work” will enlighten you to spend your time and brain power more productively and positively!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/31/things-happy-people-do-at-work_n_4157563.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000009
A career rut. I’ve been there too. Maybe the progress you felt earlier this year has come to a screeching halt. Maybe the most work you’ve had this season was a stint as a (gulp) background player. Maybe you are dreading calling your mother and answering the inevitable, “What have you been up to?” question. Check out our post “Help To Save Yourself From A Career Rut! (Part Two) for some insight into what might be holding you back from taking your acting career to the next level! Time to ask yourself…Read More
Ever feel blocked? Almost all of us have at one point or another. Steven Pressfield, author of the amazing book War of Art, calls us all to slay the dragon of Resistance living inside of us! Then nothing can stop us from doing the work we love!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/27/steven-pressfield_n_3956861.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000003
In theater’s earliest forms, it was about a shared cultural experience. Nowadays the Elizabethans may long gone, but television fills that gap for us. Read HowlRound’s breaking new piece “8 Ways Television is Influencing Theater” and get ready to be amazed at how much crossover exists between the mediums today.
http://howlround.com/8-ways-television-is-influencing-theater
Many LA actors come to us for help when they’re in a career rut! Often times they’re puzzled wondering why in the world they’re feeling so stuck. After many years in the business, we usually have our suspicions as to why that might be the case.Read More
