To Do This Week in LA
Plays to see: – 30 Going on 13 (at Second City LA) – Dorothy’s Adventures in Oz (Santa Monica Playhouse) – Groundlings: All Night Dinner – All Male Cinderella (Santa Monica Theatre) Restaurants to Eat at: – Takami Sushi – The Rooftop at the Standard – Cross Roads Vegan Restaurant – Brite Spot Cafes to …
Getting the Finished Product
Something that is important in the world of creating great art which is so often expected that it is rarely explained is the fact that when you make things, you HAVE to get completed products, otherwise what you worked on is virtually useless. This can be a difficult pill to swallow, but looked at from …
How to Stay Spiritually Creative
This seems like a weird title, but just hear me out, this may save your spiritual creativity and you may want to thank me for it later, but for now, just hear me out. Sometimes, with all of the negativity and rejection that goes on in the life of an actor, you can start to …
Kahlil Joseph: Double Conscience
This weekend I was very lucky to be able to go see Kahlil Joseph: Double Conscience. This was a truly exciting experience because I love art, and I love Kendrick Lamar (whose album is featured on this video, throughout the entirety of it). It basically tells the story of African Americans living in California and …
Being on Time
Something that a suprising amount of actors these days forget about with regard to their auditions is the importance of being on time. As an actor, part of your job is making sure that you arrive to the workplace at the time you are requested to and to present the best work that you can. …
Narration
I don’t know what exactly has been in the air these past few months but it seems like every actor I know, including myself, has been interested in delving into the world of voiceover acting. I am not sure why this seems to be happening but it appears as though voice over acting is the …
UCB Improv
This week in my improv class we finally started character work. This was extremely exciting to me because we have yet to work on things that I think will really serve us in our performances for improvisation. The teacher, in fact, has just said for the first time since we started the classes that we …
Picking Your Role Model
When emerging into the industry, it is not an unwise decision to find an actor whose career you admire and would like to be similar to, then, model your career after theirs. When you do this, you create an image for yourself that people are already familiar with and can identify with. A, most likely …
The Best Twitters to Stalk While You Wait
-Coffeedad -Ezra Koenig -Waka Flocka Flame -TheTweetOfGod -ThoughtsKendall These should keep you thoroughly entertained while you await your name to be called in your next audition. If you have any other twitter accounts that you like to browse while you wait, let us know in the comments section! I also enjoy browsing the blogs …
Networking
Recently, I have been pondering the importance of networking as an actor. I have wanted to know why it is important for a long time as meeting new people, personally, is not something that I love to do. I have wondered why I need to go out and meet people that I could work with, …