Backstage Experts

5 Ways To Work on Your Craft During Hurricane Sandy

Stuck inside due to Hurricane Sandy? Don't let the opportunity pass you by. Here are five ways you can hone your craft from the comfort of your home.

How Acting Affects Your Self-Esteem

It is a socially accepted way to fulfill the need for attention and approval, and I think most would agree that the sound of applause is thrilling, empowering, and sometimes addicting.

8 Reasons Why Actors Must Train

Class is hardly a luxury or an indulgence. It’s not for weak actors, or untalented ones. It’s certainly not only for actors who are untrained. How can you compete if your instrument’s out of tune?

How to Choose an Outfit for Your Audition

In order to decide what you should wear to an audition, it is important to understand the terminology casting directors use to describe the designated audition wardrobe.

Think Hollywood Is The Only Place For An Acting Career? Think Again.

You may have better success outside Los Angeles. Learn from Casting Director Lana Veenker about the advantages of a regional acting career.

How To Solve The Casting Director's Problem

Everyone is full of fear. Casting directors definitely are on a treadmill with little time, a lot of nerves and anxiety trying to please their boss: the producer, client, or network. Be the solution.

How To Handle Competition

Being competitive doesn’t help you get the part. In fact, for most actors, it’s an uncomfortable, self-sabotaging experience. What happens to your mind, emotions, and physiology in a competitive state takes you out of the moment and away from your power.

How To Spend Your Money As An Actor

Don’t allow yourself to make excuses that because of money, you can’t progress in your career. Have you ever noticed that when you truly, truly need something, you find a way to do it? Invest in YOU. You are worth it!

Don’t Get Placed in the ‘Why?’ Pile

During a casting session, pictures go in one of three piles: the “yes,” the “no,” and the “maybe” piles. However, there is another “pile” that isn’t physical, but mental, and that is the “why” pile.

10 Ways To Market Yourself to Industry Professionals

Many actors don’t even know the concept of a marketing campaign or that they should be creating one. What is it? What do you do exactly?