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Can You Still Make A Living As An Actor?

Can you still make a living as an actor? Self-tapes shifted much of the cost of auditioning onto actors. Streaming changed the residual model. Seasons got shorter. Roles got smaller. And movie star...

How Do You Measure Success As An Actor?

What does "success" actually mean to you — and are you sure you'd recognize it if you had it? This week, Benjamin Howes and Patrick Richwood get real about the messy, moving target that is "making ...

When Acting And Life Compete For The Calendar

What happens when acting and life both need you at the same time? Actors spend a lot of time worrying about life derailing our careers. We get sick on the day of an audition. A family emergency hap...

Radical Ownership Of Your Creative Life

What happens when actors stop waiting for the industry to give them permission to be creative? Actors spend so much of their careers waiting: waiting for the audition, the callback, the offer, the ...

Performing In 100º Heat

Ever wondered what it's actually like to make a living as an actor? This episode starts with a Field Report on the early closing announcement of Cats: The Jellicle Ball on Broadway, and what it say...

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