This is not a piece about how Talent Meet Rep, LLC — a company doing business in Los Angeles, New York, and virtually in several other markets ostensibly for actors all over the world —…
Browsing Category Self-Management for Actors
No Role? No Opinion.
Ah… I love it when a pattern emerges. At this weekend’s amazing SMFA Retreat in Los Angeles, it was clear that a lot of actors have been told a lot of things about what they…
Are Reps Starting to Play Small?
I have a concern about agents and managers. It comes from a disturbing trend I keep hearing about. Agents and managers are providing their clients with a list of CD workshops the actors must hit,…
If I Do My Job Well, You Don’t Need Me As Much
I’ve recently been thinking a lot about resonance. When something resonates with us, it creates positive emotions. It’s right. We feel it in our gut. We just KNOW. We’ve done enough research to calculate the…
A CD Workshop Caution for My NY SMFA Ninjas
This post is a caution to my beloved New York-based Self-Management for Actors Ninjas and their friends. And a call-to-action for the leaders among workshop facility owners there. As y’all know, the casting director workshop…
One Line Fever
Back when I was an actor… …a million years ago… a casting director in a workshop I hit used the phrase “one line fever.” I was curious. Seeing as I was new to the LA…
Why Knowing Your Brand Is So Important
On Monday, we auditioned 75 actors of the hundreds who submitted to be a part of our 2016 Cricket Feet Showcase. On Tuesday, we welcomed our CAST (check ’em out here). We cast exactly backwards…
Fancy Folks Ain’t All That Fancy
I had noticed a pattern. I was sending emails and texts to my closest friends and I was saying things that I don’t normally say. Stuff about how hard things have been. Stuff about the…
Actors and Social Media: The New STOPPER
It’s no secret that a few casting directors have gone on record stating that an actor’s social media following can influence casting decisions. While opportunistic marketing gurus have found a way to use those few…
Get in Gear: So, Tonight on Twitter…
So, tonight on Twitter, I decided to drop in on a few early-to-the-party Get in Gear for the New Year participants to check out those juicy "about me" blurbs at Twitter to see who's ninja…