I would like to join a theatre company and I know there are many out there. Do you have a couple you strongly recommend? Ooh, this is a good one! I’m a huge fan of…
Posts Published by Bonnie Gillespie
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The ABCs of the CHSPE
Several times in my young casting career, I’ve been hired to cast children in SAG indie feature films. I have found that it is frequently up to me to educate producers and indie filmmakers on…
Odds of Booking a Role Via Taped Audition
Since I’m an out-of-state actor, I would like to know the odds of actually getting a callback or booking a role by sending in an audition tape. It sounds like most people book roles by…
Shall We Sundance?
It’s that time again: Sundance. But not just Sundance, of course. There’s also Slamdance, Slamdunk, No Dance, Lapdance, TromaDance, X-Dance, Freedom Cinema Festival, and the Park City Film & Music Fest. If you’ve got an…
Monitoring the Culture: Committed
Wow. This show sucks. Keith keeps telling me to give it a minute, but I’m pretty sure I’m on SUCK, as far as the love-of-the-show meter is concerned. Yeah. It’s pegged at SUCK. Tom Poston,…
Networking for Young Actors
Regarding your suggested resolutions, what about child actors? I’ve got all the love and support I need from my parents, but this situation can be overwhelming. I can’t volunteer for casting directors. I can’t go…
Taped Auditions
So, you live out-of-market (somewhere other than where casting is taking place) and you’ve received that glorious call: “We want you to audition for a role. Put yourself on tape and get it to us…
Monitoring the Culture: Eats, Shoots & Leaves
I know everyone read Lynne Truss’ book Eats, Shoots & Leaves in 2004 and I finally finished reading the book that I started in June this past week. I had dusted off Strunk and White’s…
Monitoring the Culture: What? No Wheat?
This is a lighthearted book about Celiac Disease, wheat allergies, and gluten sensitivities of all kind. Having recently begun a gluten-free diet, I am reading quite a few books on the subject. Most of them…