I have mentioned this before on my blog, but I am going to talk about it again. Because I’m damn excited, so you can deal with it. Last night we had our first tech rehearsal for Plan 9, the live theatre production. Wednesday, as in tomorrow yikes, is our preview show for special donors. Then, …
Tag Archive: Acting
Oct 11 2009
100 Favorite Female Characters OnScreen
This was actually really hard. I could shoot you off 100 dudes in no time, but I had to do a lot of IMDb surfing to find these. So, who am I missing? 1. Abbey Bartlett, Stockard Channing (The West Wing) 2. Ainsley Hayes, Emily Procter (West Wing) 3. Anna, Jodie Foster (Anna and the …
Sep 20 2009
Advice: How not to Audition; 18 things Actors shouldn’t do
I acted as Casting Director for the Thesis Films my last year of grad school and experienced the scariest audition ever. I would like to share the story, as a warning to other actors. Do not behave like this. Ever. We called this actress, MKS, like 2 weeks before we landed in LA. She’d sent …

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