New episodes are coming your way in just two weeks! In the next round of interviews, we chat with actors that continue to work in all different mediums: a Tony winner with plenty of on-screen work an actor/playwright who has worked around the country a Shakespeare actor who ran his own theatre and appears in […]
Members Only Audio: Dawn Didawick with more stories!
Hello everyone! Today I’m thrilled to share a bonus track of more stories from Dawn Didawick (from ep 15): you’ll hear about her life growing up, being a supportive partner for her husband Harry, and also about a very fun production of The Vagina Monologues that she did! And if you’d like to SUBSCRIBE to […]
Members Only Audio: Reed Birney on High Maintenance
Hello everyone! I have a few updates today! First, here is a new BONUS episode—this time with the wonderful guest Reed Birney (from ep 13). Second, I’m running a SPECIAL OFFER: for anyone who is a member of the $5 level by July 15th, I’ll send you a special video message. Third, I’ve updated and […]
Between the seasons…
Hello wonderful Patrons! Hopefully you’ve all had a chance to check out the episode with Arye Gross, which was also the finale for season 2. Wow—already 20 episodes (plus a few bonuses)! I want to quickly explain the upcoming plan now that we’re wrapped, and if you have thoughts, suggestions or feedback, I’m open to […]
Ep #20: Arye Gross (South Coast Rep, Regional Theatre, Minority Report, Castle, 100+ Film/TV credits) on Deep Curiosity, Inspiring Empathy, and Bringing Your Life into the Scene
There’s something that stirs in us when we watch a performance that has something authentic in it, and the best way I know to at least attempt to get to something authentic is showing up with what actually happened to me today. — Arye Gross On the show today is Arye Gross, an actor […]
Ep #19: Alan Mandell (The Actor’s Workshop, Waiting for Godot/Endgame, Shortbus) on Samuel Beckett, Theatre Artists, and Always Working
Know something about lighting design, about set design, about stage management, about writing. The actors get most of the praise—but there are all these other artists. Acting is important and you have to work hard at it, but you’re not working any harder than anyone else. — Alan Mandell On the show today is Alan […]
Text Work: Shakespeare’s Sonnet 130 with Tony Amendola
The following is the text work session taken from the full episode with Tony. In this excerpt, Tony discusses Sonnet 130 by William Shakespeare. As Tony shares, it’s almost like an “anti-love” sonnet, that it makes fun of sonnets that are too flowery, as it has a very different tone and style with its message. You’ll hear […]
Ep #18: Tony Amendola (Regional Theatre, Berkeley Rep, Stargate SG-1) on Stamping Your Own Passport and Following the Work
Being an actor in Los Angeles can be—if you’re not careful—living off the interest of your talent and experience. And every so often, you need to make a deposit, and that can be doing theatre in LA, New York, in the regions, or it can be a self-generated project, but you do need to do […]
Talking Cashflow for Creatives with Kristine Oller, Actor and Strategic Planner
You are auditioning against actors who are walking into that room knowing that even if they book the role, they might not be able to even do the job because they might have already booked something else. They are bringing in that lightness and that’s really what you’re competing against. — Kristine Oller Now today […]
Ep #17: Robert Goldsby (Columbia/ACT/UC Berkeley; Directed 150+ plays, 60+ years in theatre) on the Aliveness of Molière, Clear Transitions, and Being Blissfully Happy
Plays are intensely personal to the writers—when they write them, they’re imagining something that’s very vivid to them. You have to get into their head and try to find another vividness that’s truthful to the original. I’m all for the playwright; that’s where you go to study. — Robert Goldsby On the show today is […]
