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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 #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 #7: Peter Van Norden (Regional Theatre, The Accused, The Stand) on Finding Vulnerability and Work Making Work

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Published January 30, 2018 | Last Updated October 31, 2019 Leave your thoughts »

Peter Van Norden - American Tales

Be supportive, be kind, be the person who is there for people, who is there to help, who is there to make it a pleasurable and joyful experience. — Peter Van Norden   I’m thrilled to welcome Peter to the show: an actor with over 45 years in the business, on both stage and screen. One of […]



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Ep #4: 3x Tony Nominee Harry Groener (Oklahoma, Cats, Crazy for You) on Versatility and Learning Lines Quickly

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Published January 9, 2018 | Last Updated October 31, 2019 Leave your thoughts »

Harry Groener

If in your first week you can begin to experience what it’s like in your fourth week, how far along would you be, by the time you actually get to your fourth week, in terms of what you’ve discovered?— Harry Groener   I’m thrilled to welcome Harry Groener to the show: he’s a 3x Tony […]



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Ep #2: Armin Shimerman (Star Trek DS9, BTVS, Shakespeare Actor/Director/Teacher) on Gratitude and Trusting Fate

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Published December 19, 2017 | Last Updated October 31, 2019 Leave your thoughts »

Armin Shimerman

Take the small opportunities as well because you never know what project you encounter now may branch out to be a much larger, beneficial, and profitable project later. —Armin Shimerman   Armin (@ShimermanArmin) is perhaps best known to audiences for playing Quark on the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine series. I consider myself quite fortunate […]



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Ep #1: Robert Pine (CHiPs, Frozen, 200+ TV/Film credits) on Raw Enthusiasm and Knowing Yourself

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Published December 19, 2017 | Last Updated January 6, 2019 Leave your thoughts »

When the hand of fate hits your number—and it will, most people with a modicum of talent are going to get that break—you need to be ready to make something of it, because it might not come back for a long time. —Robert Pine   Robert is a wonderful actor to help us kick things […]



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