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Now available on iHeartRadio!

Published April 20, 2018 | Last Updated July 24, 2018 Leave your thoughts »

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.  



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RadioPublic paying podcasters (like WAJ) when you listen!

Published April 10, 2018 | Last Updated April 9, 2018 Leave your thoughts »

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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 […]



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3000+ Downloads in the First 100 Days!

Published April 2, 2018 | Last Updated August 3, 2018 Leave your thoughts »

3000 Downloads

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 […]



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Text Work: Mini-Shakespeare Master Class with Dakin Matthews

Published March 27, 2018 | Last Updated September 11, 2018 2 Comments - add more!

Dakin Matthews Master Class at USC

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 […]



Filed Under: Podcast, Text Work Tagged With: audition, classics, confidence, emotion, friar lawrence, juliet, preparation, romeo, shakespeare, soliloquy, theatre, vial

Ep #12: Dakin Matthews (Shakespeare scholar/actor/teacher, Broadway plays/musicals) on Acting the Classics and Your Artistic Family

Published March 13, 2018 | Last Updated July 31, 2019 Leave your thoughts »

Dakin Matthews - True Grit

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 […]



Filed Under: Episodes, Podcast Tagged With: antaeus, auditions, bay area, career, classics, confidence, conservatory, film, goals, hollywood, new york, persistence, preparation, priest, regional theatre, relationships, seminary, shakespeare, shaw, television, theatre

Ep #11: Ben Whitehair (Z Nation, Tweetup, NextGen Performers) on Building Relationships and Intelligent Rule-Breaking

explicit language So don't be surprised!

Published March 6, 2018 | Last Updated January 9, 2019 Leave your thoughts »

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 […]



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Ep #10: Gigi Bermingham (Solo Show, Master Class, SoCal Theatre) on Being a Misfit and Living Her Dream

Published February 27, 2018 | Last Updated February 9, 2021 Leave your thoughts »

Gigi Bermingham as Maria Callas

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 […]



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Ep #9: Clyde Kusatsu [Part 2] (Nat’l VP LA SAG-AFTRA, 300 film/tv credits) on Recovery, Preparation, and Serving the Project

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Published February 20, 2018 | Last Updated January 9, 2019 Leave your thoughts »

Clyde Kusatsu in Star Trek

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 […]



Filed Under: Episodes, Podcast Tagged With: asian, attitude, auditions, casting, directing, discipline, explicit, film, hollywood, japanese, persistence, politics, preparation, pride, recovery, research, sag-aftra, self-tape, service, sober, story, television, theatre, therapy, voiceover

The podcast has reached 1000+ downloads!

Published February 16, 2018 | Last Updated August 3, 2018 Leave your thoughts »

Podcast 1000+ downloads

  We hit 1000+ downloads this past week—thank you all for listening and for the support! In case you’re curious, the current top few episodes are: Ep# 1: Robert Pine on Raw Enthusiasm and Knowing Yourself Ep #2: Armin Shimerman on Gratitude and Trusting Fate Ep #7: Peter Van Norden on Finding Vulnerability and Work […]



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Ep #8: Clyde Kusatsu [Part 1] (Nat’l VP LA SAG-AFTRA, 300 film/tv credits) on Discipline and Being 10x Better

explicit language So don't be surprised!

Published February 13, 2018 | Last Updated January 9, 2019 Leave your thoughts »

Clyde Kusatsu

Find your own story, find what works for you, and be comfortable and accepting of what you bring to the table. — Clyde Kusatsu   I’m thrilled to welcome Clyde to the show: an actor who is currently celebrating 45 years in front of the camera, and he’s still booking roles! I first connected with Clyde back […]



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