Casting Directors: Here’s How I Would Hope to Be Introduced in the Room
Casting Directors: Here’s How I Would Hope to Be Introduced in the Room Stepping into an audition room can feel intimidating. First impressions matter — and how an actor is introduced can set the tone for the entire audition. Award-winning actress Gin Hammond shares how she would love to be introduced to casting directors. With […]
As a voice performer, what was the biggest surprise?
I get asked often, as a voice performer, what was the biggest surprise for me? When I started doing voiceover, it was because I’m good at accents and dialects. The first voiceover gig that I had required a Kenyan dialect. It was for a world vision piece. And I’d just been doing a solo show […]
Is there racism in live theater?
Is there racism in live theater? I think every performer has their own opinion, but most people will admit, yes there’s at least some if not more. As a performer, it depends. There’s so many different gradations of racism and, some of it, you just flow with it. You don’t have any control over it, […]
For a theater lovers, a happy story about life in the theater
For a theater lovers, here’s a happy story about life in the theater. One of my favorite moments in theater is when Théâtre de Complicité, a French troupe, were doing a show called Mnemonic in New York City. This is when I was living there. It was such an amazing example of simple storytelling that […]
How performing in theater and being a parent help each other out
One of the biggest things I ever got out of acting was it helped me step out from behind the mask. When I started [acting] around junior high, I was so shy and I loved acting because I was able to hide behind it. But then I really started to care about that art form […]