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 …
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 …
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, …
Improv Classes
This past week I started up at UCB Improv school in Los Angeles on Sunset for Improv classes. Although I am an actor who has quite a bit of experience in improvisation (several years of classes, shows, etc…) everyone is required to start out at the “beginner” level and may or may not be moved …
“Method Acting,” or Just a Method of Acting?
A new script I am writing involves a girl in juvenile hall. This brought to mind the question of if I should actually go see a center or if my base knowledge and own creativity on the subject could suffice. In the end, I decided that it would benefit me the most if I actually …
Comfort First, Audition Second.
If you have ever felt nervous before an audition, this post is for you. If you think that feeling this nervousness affects your audition in a negative way, you are probably correct. Unless you are auditioning for someone with high anxiety levels and a sweat gland problem, your nerves probably aren’t in your favor. If …
Looking For An Agent
When you’re starting out looking for an agent, or trying to get a new one, you don’t want to just jump into bed with the first agent that says yes. You may think that the best move in your career is to just have AN agent- ANY agent. But think again. Would you want an …
Backstage, Background, Auditions back to back
I found a web series (through Backstage which is sort of ironic I thought) about a group of background actors living in New York, aspiring to be the principal actors of the film. Its funny in a way that is relatable, sadly, to many of us other actors. Not to say that the struggle is …