Thanks to everyone that participated in the survey for Season One! Here are some of the results! How much did you enjoy the first season of The Working Actor’s Journey podcast? Response: Fantastic (4 or 5): 100% Pretty Good (3): 0% Meh (1 or 2): 0% Average: 4.6 Nathan: Thrilled to see that so […]
What’s next for The WAJ? You decide! [UPDATE: Survey closed]
Happy Solstice! Where are we headed in season two? It’s time to add your voice to the conversation by letting me know what you thought of season one! The first 20 people to respond will receive a code for a free item on Audible, no trial required: redeem it for a book, a premium podcast, […]
Now available on iHeartRadio!
We’ve got another location where you can listen in: The podcast is now available on iHeartRadio! As they say: Millions of Songs. Thousands of Stations. One Free App. iHeartRadio is that easy.
RadioPublic paying podcasters (like WAJ) when you listen!
The podcast is now being supported (meaning PAID) when listeners hear the show using RadioPublic! At no extra cost to you, and with a link that works almost anywhere (plus they have their own app), you can check out the show and support the work behind it. It’s free, easy-to-use, and helps listeners like you […]
3000+ Downloads in the First 100 Days!
What a season! I’m very proud of what we captured in these episodes, and really thrilled at the response. To help with context, I like to think of the download numbers in these terms: if 3000 people came to an event to hear all these actors speak, that would be a wild success! How often […]
Text Work: Mini-Shakespeare Master Class with Dakin Matthews
A great speech is like an aria: it has a musical structure, and it is normally clearly marked where the emotional climaxes are, if you know how to read the rhetoric. — Dakin Matthews We have a BONUS episode today with a mini-Shakespeare master class with Dakin! This “class” is taken from the full conversation with […]
Ep #12: Dakin Matthews (Shakespeare scholar/actor/teacher, Broadway plays/musicals) on Acting the Classics and Your Artistic Family
Actors are challenged to bring their instrument to the highest level of availability—their voice, their movement, their psyche, their understanding, their emotional life—so that if they are doing a great play that deals with great issues and great emotions, they can fill that greatness with their instrument. — Dakin Matthews I’m thrilled to welcome Dakin […]
Ep #11: Ben Whitehair (Z Nation, Tweetup, NextGen Performers) on Building Relationships and Intelligent Rule-Breaking
So don't be surprised!
When I stopped measuring my progress and success by what I booked, and measured it by the quantity and quality of relationships I was making, everything changed. — Ben Whitehair I’m thrilled to welcome Ben to the show! As you’ve already guessed, he is a younger actor and has been pursuing acting professionally for about 10 […]
Ep #10: Gigi Bermingham (Solo Show, Master Class, SoCal Theatre) on Being a Misfit and Living Her Dream
Maintain and foster your relationships: make an effort to stay in touch with people who might connect you with work. — Gigi Bermingham I’m thrilled to welcome Gigi to the show! She’s an actress and singer whom I first saw onstage in a LA production of Tartuffe and I’ve since been fortunate to work with […]
Ep #9: Clyde Kusatsu [Part 2] (Nat’l VP LA SAG-AFTRA, 300 film/tv credits) on Recovery, Preparation, and Serving the Project
So don't be surprised!
Be willing to do the work, be willing to get the work, be willing to adapt to the new-new that’s coming along, and stay out of “don’t you know who I am and what I’ve done?”—be in that state of humility yet preparedness. — Clyde Kusatsu I’m thrilled to welcome Clyde (back) to the show […]
