Backstage Experts

5 Traps To Avoid When Submitting Video Auditions

While we continue to shake out the efficiencies of the online audition process, here are five pitfalls to watch out for.

How To Maintain Perspective in Your Acting Career

When we don’t keep things in perspective and only on what isn’t working, we become defeated by rejections and challenges and lose perspective. Contextually, we’ve probably made great progress in order to get to where we now stand.

How Actors Can Leverage Good News

There are a variety of possible reactions to booking a job and how you handle it could determine how fast your career moves from that point forward, or if it moves at all.

Why Your Appearance Matters at Auditions

I truly believe that everyone has a unique beauty. That being said, there are societal standards and realities for most on camera talent that you simply can’t ignore if you want to be in serious contention for the job!

How to Think Beyond Your ‘Brand’

In my twenty-five years as a career coach and marketing instructor for performing artists, I have been working in-depth in this very specific area long before “brand” became the buzzword in the corporate, and now artistic, world.

Why and How To Keep an Audition Notebook

Here’s a very simple suggestion for how take good care of yourself after an audition: Keep a notebook just for your auditions. Have it with you at the audition, and when it’s over, find a quiet place to reflect on and examine the experience you just had.

3 Ways to Increase Your Creative Learning by 100 Percent

Acting – or any art form for that matter – requires learning. And in our creative, spiritual, evolutionary process, there are three types of learning.

Which Casting Directors Know Your Work?

Actors often ask me to help them prepare for an interview with an agent. I tell them the following: If there is interest in you, the most commonly pursued line of questioning on the agent’s part will be, “Which casting directors know your work?”

The Mystery Ingredient to Creating a Character

It is worth giving a thought or two to your character's spiritual make-up. Faith can fill in some of the holes left by the writer. That can set you free.

3 Truths About Acting Showcases

While most actors think appearing in live showcases will get them an agent or top jobs from casting directors, there's something missing in that concept. I've seen hundreds of showcases but can't remember very many memorable actors.