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Coming up on Season 5!

Published March 1, 2022 | Last Updated March 1, 2022 Leave your thoughts »

We’ve got five more amazing interviews headed your way over the coming months; you’ll hear: coming to America stories the realities and hardships of working in New York and LA and what it’s like with parents who were in the biz. Professional actors speak about feeling adrift, lack of confidence, and full blown-panic attacks. These […]

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Cast and Scenes for October workshop, plus bonuses from the dramaturg!

Published October 8, 2020 | Last Updated October 10, 2020 Leave your thoughts »

We have a fantastic workshop this month! There are TWO scenes happening, from TROILUS AND CRESSIDA and KING LEAR. Such great work being done by all involved, the first week got off with a bang! There’s still time to join as an ATTENDEE until Monday, October 12th (just in time for week #2)—don’t miss your […]

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Coming up on Season 3!

Published October 1, 2019 | Last Updated December 11, 2019 Leave your thoughts »

Season 3 Trailer

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 […]

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January was our BIGGEST month!

Published February 8, 2019 | Last Updated March 2, 2019 Leave your thoughts »

Biggest Month

Thanks to all of you for listening!⁣ And of course, to all our guests for being the (main) reason y’all tune in, especially Ray Porter and Paden Fallis for being part of the January slate!⁣        

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NEW: Become a Premium Member and the Monthly Schedule

Published October 2, 2018 | Last Updated May 18, 2019 Leave your thoughts »

Patreon Video

You’ll get exclusive access to additional episodes, bonus content, discounts, and items that are available NOWHERE else.

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Coming up on Season 2!

Published September 25, 2018 | Last Updated October 2, 2018 Leave your thoughts »

Season 2 Trailer

New episodes are just around the corner! We’re back for season 2 and we’ve got another round of great interviews with working actors, including Tony winners, award-winning audiobook narrators, actors that are also playwrights, and a number of other wonderful guests and surprises. Any guesses on which actors you hear?   Total Running Time: 2:38 […]

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Season One Listener Survey Results

Published July 17, 2018 | Last Updated October 2, 2018 Leave your thoughts »

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 […]

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What’s next for The WAJ? You decide! [UPDATE: Survey closed]

Published June 21, 2018 | Last Updated May 18, 2019 Leave your thoughts »

Share your thoughts, get a gift!

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, […]

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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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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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Ep #29: Alberto Isaac (East West Players, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, actor/director/playwright) on the Work of Acting, Handling Rejection, and Not Hiding

Ep #28: James Newcomb (Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Denver Center Theatre, Shakespeare & Company) on Being Authentic, Career Hang Times, and Readiness

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