Backstage Experts

8 Tips For Self-Taping Your Auditions

When my clients cannot get to my studio to tape and coach their auditions, they use this alternative. Here are some tips for how to submit the best self-taped audition.

How To Understand What An Agent Tells You

We've all been there. That frightening meeting with an agent. And it goes well. You think. And you tell all your friends that you have a new agent. You look forward to being sent out for auditions. But, you never hear from them. You send a postcard a month ...

4 Tips To Nail Your Next Interview or Open Call

Agents and managers are always on the lookout for new talent. Whether we have a specific project in mind or are just looking to fill an age group, we are always hungry to meet undiscovered actors.

What Actors Can Learn About Comedy From Sigmund Freud

Actors are always in search of a simple key to playing comedy. The best I have come across is from that laugh machine, Sigmund Freud.

When Is the Best Time for a Child Actor To Get Braces?

There may be no perfect time to begin orthodontic treatment, but here are a few helpful tips as you begin your investigation.

3 Things Actors Should Know About Race on Stage

Here are three things that everyone should know about theater and race.

How To Catch a Casting Director’s Eye

So we got the first step—be interesting, be fascinating. But what is an "interesting look"? What makes a headshot fascinating across the board?

What’s Love Got to Do With Your Success?

Most actors know what it’s like to experience a roller coaster of highs and lows in their acting career, and depending on what kind of feedback you get from the industry, one moment you might feel on top of the world, and the next like you don’t deserve ...

4 Top Mistakes Actors Make in Agent Cover Letters

Here are four of the top mistakes actors make in cover letters sent to agents.

Why You Need To Show the Casting Director What They Don’t Know

What you need to be doing is showing the people in the room what you have to add to words on the page, not just that you can spit back the words with some inflection or random emotions.