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Ten Little Rules for a Rockstar Theater Audition

Teresa Reilly — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 15:00:53 +0000

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Every actor should find the opportunity sometime to sit on the other side of the casting table, and that’s just what I did this past week. Whether it’s for the web series you wrote and produced, the film you’re helping to cast, the showcase [...]

Don’t Get an Agent!

Teresa Reilly — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 15:00:29 +0000

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Has anyone ever told you that before? Well, let me be the first! Actors worry all the time, but in particular about two especially itchy topics: the 10 lbs. the camera adds and how to get a kickass, killer, awesome agent. Well, relax folks. I’m saying it to [...]

Workshops Work if You Work It

Teresa Reilly — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 15:01:06 +0000

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When I find myself in a rut in my acting career (and don’t we all have an intimate knowledge of some killer ruts in this business?) I turn to a trusted confidence booster: the casting workshop. I know the topic has been discussed on the Right [...]

A Star is Born in the Background – How to get Extra Work

Teresa Reilly — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 15:01:40 +0000

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Who wouldn’t want to win an Oscar? Or star in a box-office smash? Or argue with having their name in lights on the marquis? Not many of us! You know what you never see on that marquis though? The [...]

Working the World Wide Web

Teresa Reilly — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:01:21 +0000

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I’ve already mentioned a few times on the Right Cast about the web series I collaborated with a few other actors to create, write, and produce, as well as star in. It’s been a ton of work, a ton of fun, and I’ve learned a ridiculous amount [...]

Pep Talk for the Anonymous Actor Blues

Teresa Reilly — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:01:24 +0000

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Here’s what happens. (And it happens all the time.) An actor, one who is dedicated and diligent just like you, spends his day submitting his picture to every single job he can possibly find on five casting networks, twenty-three listservs, Craigslist, and his Aunt Hildy’s [...]

Manage Me!

Teresa Reilly — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:21:47 +0000

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Acting, whether you realize it or not, is a team sport. Your team, as I’ve mentioned before in previous posts, contains a bevy of players, from your agent to your headshot photographer to your lawyer; furthermore, they all truly just want you to succeed. And no one wants you to [...]

Smart Actors Don’t Get Scammed

Teresa Reilly — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:01:41 +0000

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Have you ever had one of those days when you feel like everyone is just out to get you? Unfortunately, some days it’s the truth. It’s no secret there are those who try to take advantage of the people around them with scams, schemes, pitches, and ploys. [...]

Hunting for the Right Rent Job

Teresa Reilly — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:01:52 +0000

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Every single book about becoming a working actor gives the same piece of advice in the very first chapter: get a job. Nope, not an acting job, a rent job. Employment that pays your bills, buys you lunch, gases up your car and doles it out [...]

The Prepared Actor’s Artistic Retreat

Teresa Reilly — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 15:01:16 +0000

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Summer’s over, school is just now beginning again, and so September always reminds me it’s time for my Artistic Retreat. For the past four years, I’ve sent myself on an Artistic Retreat after every Labor Day to refocus my energies for the coming year. Lucky for you, [...]