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Agents vs. Managers: What’s the Difference, and Which One Do I Need??
Entering the world of professional acting can feel a little like stepping through the proverbial looking glass: suddenly, you’ve been thrust into a fast-paced, highly competitive arena with its own...
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How to Choose a Winning Monologue: Part I
“Oh Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo? Deny thy father and refuse thy na—“ THUNK. What? Oh, that? That was nothing- just the sound of the casting director’s head hitting the table as he dozed off...
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How to Choose a Winning Monologue: Part II
In part one of this series, we offered you advice on things to avoid when choosing an audition monologue. This time, we will be focusing on proactive measures you can take to make sure the monologue...
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Headshots: 4 Tips for Choosing a Great Photographer
There are things in life on which you can cut corners and take the cheap and easy route . . . and if you’re an actor, your headshots should not be one of them. This doesn’t mean that you have to shoot...
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Ways to Work on Your Craft Daily: Part I
As actors, the inescapable truth is that we’re likely to spend only a small percentage of our time actually performing a role onstage or in front of a camera. The rest of the time? We’re auditioning,...
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Ways to Work on Your Craft Daily: Part II
In Part I of this article, we examined several ways in which actors can work on honing their craft every day: practicing cold reads, learning new dialects, and and studying biographies of actors. This...
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6 Memorization Hacks for the Actor
Perhaps one of the most tedious tasks for actors–universally across the globe, and since the moment when the very first actor endeavored to take a scripted work and translate it into a performance...
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Tips for a Successful Musical Theatre Audition: Part I
Whether you’re a fledgling actor just starting out at the beginning of your career, or a seasoned pro with decades of experience under your belt, it’s natural for auditions to carry with them a certain...
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Tips for a Successful Musical Theatre Audition: Part II
In Part I of this topic, we covered some ideas about how to maximize your chances of success in a musical theatre audition. Today, we’re going to pick up where we left off and share even more tips....
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8 Quick Tips for Self-Tape Success
In these days of awesome technology, some casting directors are now opting to have actors send in taped auditions in addition to–or sometimes, in place of–traditional, in-person auditions. This method...
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Audition Dos (and Don’ts): Part I
Do arrive early. This can be quite the challenge in a city like LA (highways! gridlocks! construction! more highways!), but always do absolutely everything in your power to arrive to your audition...
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Audition Dos (and Don’ts): Part II
Missed Part I? Check it out here. Now, on to Part II– Do be mindful of your fellow actors waiting. It’s great to be friendly, and a genuine smile at those around you will certainly do no harm. But...
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5 Steps to Selecting the Perfect Headshot
Ah, the eternal subject of the headshot . . . as an actor, your headshot is arguably the most important tool in your arsenal: It is your calling card. It is often the thing that catches the casting...
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Your Acting Career: Tips for Staying (Mostly) Sane When You’re in This for...
1. Understand that your career is a marathon, not a sprint Your Career Is A Marathon Too many actors move out to Los Angeles or New York City with the idea that they’ll give themselves 6 months, or 1...
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Your Acting Career: Tips for Staying (Mostly) Sane When You’re in This for...
(continued – Part 1) Find things from which to draw your self-worth 4. Have a “life” outside this life Yes, I understand how blasphemous this sounds – especially to younger actors. (I spent junior high...
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Two Ways to Save Money in Your Acting Career
pursuing a career as a professional actor is expensive Here are a couple of money management tips to take special note of as we approach Episodic Season. If there’s one thing I’d bet almost every...
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How to Harness the Power of Social Media for Your Acting Career
Never has the up-and-coming actor had so much personal power and control! Everyone is familiar with the concept of marketing yourself in acting or any other pursuit through your Facebook page or...
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Breaking Out of a Creative Rut
while it may be ferociously frustrating, a rut needn’t be interminable Creative people love to create. We find joy in producing, in inventing, in devising and composing and imagining. We live for the...
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Cast It Talent #FBF: Audition Do’s (and Dont’s)
Do arrive early. This can be quite the challenge in a city like LA (highways! gridlocks! construction! more highways!), but always do absolutely everything in your power to arrive to your audition...
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From the Cast It Talent Vault: How to Harness the Power of Social Media for...
Survival Gig Central In the technological age we live in, it is essential that actors be strategic about what they put online. Everyone is familiar with the concept of marketing yourself in acting or...
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