Throughout the duration of your acting career, you’re going to do a lot of auditions (hopefully!) and take a lot of meetings. As actors it’s part of what we do. Meetings might be with agents and managers, and as your career progresses, directors and producers. And unless you are wellRead More →
Here are the top 7 steps to start auditioning for acting roles and booking paying jobs
1. Learn How To Act
2. Get Your First Headshot and Resume
3. Sign Up for Online Casting Sites
4. Start Submitting for Non-Paying Acting Roles
5. Get Some Acting Credits and Build Your Resume
6. Take an Audition Technique Classes
7. Put Together an Acting Reel or Demo FootageRead More →
With so many acting hopefuls arriving in New York and LA everyday, with big dreams of fame, fortune and celebrity lifestyles…. or at least of finding acting work or modeling or voiceover gigs, the competition can be pretty stiff! On the major casting sites, such as Actors Access or Casting Networks,Read More →
One line auditions can be some of the trickiest you ever do. Yet for new actors, they are probably the auditions that you’re going to get most often in the beginning of your career. They’re tricky because you obviously don’t need to spend a lot of time in prep forRead More →
Find out the 7 essential things all new actors need to know, do and have in place before submitting to online acting auditions and casting sites. Avoid the common big mistakes and get more auditions.Read More →
Join me for wonderful, informative and heartwarming interview with NYC Casting Director, the amazing Brette Goldstein, CSA. Brette gives us the inside scoop on a new platform casting directors are using for virtual auditions. You don’t want to miss this! A little bit about Brette… Brette has cast five televisionRead More →
For some actors, memorization is naturally easy. For others, it is a point of panic every single time. No matter where you fall on that scale, memorizing lines is, and will always be, an essential component of single audition you do and every project you work on throughout your career, so you might just as well get good at it.Read More →
You guys are in for a treat! I was able to catch up with veteran Casting Director, Katie Griffin, who generously shared her insights on a wide range of topics including do’s and don’t for audition, headshots and resumes, and even voiceovers. You might know Katie from the #hellomynameis challengeRead More →
“How do I get an agent?” is by far the number one question I’m asked by new actors. A lot of actors, even those who have been in the business a few years, think of agents as these magical mystical creatures that are somehow going to find you work andRead More →
For the foreseeable future, in-person auditions are a thing of the past. While self-tapes have been around for more that a decade, (yes, really… and they literally use to be on tape!), overnight they have become the industry norm. What’s new is virtual auditions. These are auditions held live, butRead More →
