Actors using Back Stage will spend countless hours looking at casting notices. Sometimes, though, all the actor has to do is upload a strong résumé, and the director will find him.
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Johnny Ferretti...Got the Part
Know your "type" and submit only when appropriate are basic rules every actor should follow, yet many do not. Fortunately for Johnny Ferretti, he has made these rules the foundation of his pursuit of acting.
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The play "Dreams Deferred" debuted last December at the Grand Theatre at the Producers Club on West 44th Street in New York.
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Sheila Karls wore pigtails and a little dress to the audition, thinking she would be seen for one of the kid roles, but director D.J. Gray heard the warmth in Karls' voice and cast her as the spelling bee's moderator.
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Originally a musical theater performer, Jesse Bernath successfully transitioned into plays when he auditioned for 'Liars' after seeing a casting notice in Back Stage.
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Some folks save their true passions for after retirement. Ria Erlich always knew deep inside that acting was her calling, but she kept putting it off in favor of a "real" job.
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"I feel I'm destined to get these kinds of roles and play some kind of animalistic, futuristic entity here to save the planet or something. Either that or Mowgli from 'Jungle Book.'"
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Walter B. Smith...Got the Part
Since getting his first professional review in Back Stage as a young man, "appropriately handsome with a fresh scrubbed–naiveté," Walter B. Smith has shuffled through casting notices in the publication.
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Most high school seniors focus on getting a date for the prom and gearing up for college. Joanne Nosuchinsky made sure her priorities included landing the part of Thalia Brown inMiss Connections, a casting notice for which ran in Back Stage East in June.
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Is punctuality the key to booking the job? Well, that—along with being prepared and having diverse interests—certainly helped Lisa Keppel.
