So, last month, I moderated a talk for the Center Theatre Group’s Student Body program during the LA Stage Alliance LA Stage Day and had the great pleasure of sharing the dais with Ari Stidham….
Posts tagged your brand
What’s Your Business Model?
I know I’ve been writing a lot lately about businesses. Non-acting businesses. Business models outside of the entertainment industry. And I’ve been doing so because — after all these years of trying to come at…
Refinements to Interviewing Your Bookings
So, last week’s column on Interviewing Your Bookings was one that generated a lot of gratitude (you’re welcome) and a lot of follow-up questions (here come the answers). Rather than pulling any of the specific…
Interview Your Bookings
I hinted at this exercise in the very first edition of Self-Management for Actors ten years ago. I call this exercise homework for my SMFA Brand Blitz. And I talked about this exercise on March…
Critiques! Again!
Woo! As I promised back when I closed off the year-end critiques last month, I am diving back into the inbox to select a few actor tools to review every now and then. Thank you,…
Should I Use a Stage Name?
Hello Bonnie! First of all thanks to you and to the actors who submitted their work for the end of the year critiques series! Since I can’t be out there experiencing the industry myself, I’m…
The Last of the Year-End Critiques
Welp, this will be the last round of critiques for 2012, y’all. HUGE thanks to all who hopped on the opportunity and even HUGER thanks for letting your goodies out there as teaching moments for…
More Year-End Critiques
Yes, we’re back for more of your beautiful critiques. Thank you, fine folks, for jumping on the opportunity to have your goods assessed. I’m loving your feedback on what we’ve already done, and my inbox…
Jacqueline Steiger: Brandprov
When Jacqueline Steiger sent me her spectacular POV contribution on the use of character history for a role-playing game character to inspire an understanding of your actor brand, I beamed like a proud momma. See,…