The Right Agent For You August 8, 2008

Every performer would love to be represented by an agent who is dedicated, powerful, and willing to invest limitless time on the client’s behalf.  This may not always be an attainable goal, particularly when you are new in the Business.  Certainly no reputable agent will really want to sign a client whose work he or [...]

Breakdown Services, LTD August 7, 2008

Gary A. Marsh began his career as an actor after emigrating from England in 1963.  A few years after his graduation from UCLA in 1971, he created Breakdown Services, Ltd., headquartered in California, as a service for talent agents and managers that synopsizes scripts for the purpose of casting.  Offices are now located in Los [...]

On The Stage August 5, 2008

We are assuming that our readers have some familiarity with theatrical production-the relatively long  rehearsal period and the hoped for long run of perfomance.  In the medium the challenge is to keep the performance fresh, to retain the illusion of the first time. You may be doing the show for the hundredth time, but the audience [...]

The Tools Of The Trade July 30, 2008

if you were working in any other business, youd hand out little calling cards with your company logo, your name, your title, and direct telephone number. In theBusiness, your calling card is an 8×10 black-and-white photo. Actors introduce themselves with a photo: they refresh contacts memories with a photo. That picture is you to all [...]

Reading Sides July 30, 2008

Many actors will read the same material the same way-it becomes bland and one-note. It’s the ones who have an imaginative way of lifting the words off the page that you remember. When Sarah Michelle Gellar auditioned for the ro.le of Kendall on All My Children, she made a great choice that no one else [...]

Identity June 9, 2008

if we are now in agreement and have taken sides with the actor who presents rather than represents: If we understandthe neccesity for developing an organic inner technique aswell as our outer instrument: if we are convinced that a deep sence of ethics, a developmetn of our best character elements is essential for us to [...]

Casting Directors May 30, 2008

The talent director is a talent buyer, and your major link to the people who are in a position to hire you. It has been said that the best casting directors are those who have done some acting, for they are uniquely aware of the problems that actors have and what goes into the creation [...]

“schmooze” Factor May 29, 2008

Swapping career advice, choosing the next monoloque or audition scene, running lines, criticizing another actor’s performance, batting the breeze about what to do, where to go, who to see next-are all necessary for Maintaining a healthy, positive attitude. Managing the time and the cost of “hanging out” can be tricky. it all depends on what [...]

My Agent May 29, 2008

Speaking of the devil my agent called me & i have to go in & read for an NBC eposodic on Thursday so wish me luck! O.k. so i have talked about my ups & downs but it dont stop there, i do got to say that i am blessed im probably not a famous [...]

Getting back to classes May 29, 2008

After being terrified of acting classes back in 1999, i enrolled again into classes in 2001 shortly after booked an off broadway play, & shortly after that started booking independent films, three years went by in 2004 I made callback list for Robert Townsened Same year was refered by a classmate to the Kolstein Talent [...]