Podcasts about how to get into acting

Send us a textJoin Latina actress and model Lisseth Nava as she shares her inspiring journey in the entertainment industry.In this exclusive interview, Lisseth opens up about her passion for acting, her experience in movies and television, and what drives her as an artist. Discover her personal insights, challenges, and tips for aspiring actors who want to break into the world of film and modeling. This in-depth conversation offers a glimpse into Lisseth's career and what it takes to succeed as a Latina actress in the industry. Watch now for acting advice, inspiration, and an inside look at Lisseth Nava's story.#LissethNava #LatinaActress #ActingTips #Modeling #EntertainmentIndustry #ActingJourney #LatinaInspiration #FilmActing #ActingAdvice #ModelLifeLisseth Social media:IG: https://www.instagram.com/lisseth_nava_FB: https://www.facebook.com/lisseth.n.flores?mibextid=LQQJ4dIMDd: https://pro.imdb.com/name/nm13141132?s=38c99103-dda9-8f78-dcc1-8e1476847574&site_preference=normalBooking agency: https://www.iconstudios.us/lisseth-navaSo MetaInspiring stories of resilience: overcoming struggles, finding purpose, transforming livesListen on: Apple Podcasts SpotifySupport the showSocial Media:Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheGlobalLatinFactorPodcastTwitter: https://twitter.com/thegloballatin1Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thegloballatinfactorpodcastTiktok: ...

Please SUPPORT my SHOW, SUBSCRIBE to the NEWSLETTER, ENTER in the GIVEAWAYS https://www.chonacas.com/contact/ Kahl has a well-rounded theatrical skillset honed through her work as a professional actress, stage manager, producer, and educator in both the NYC and regional theatrical markets. Actors Connection in New York City named her president in the summer of 2018. Outside of performance-related work, Kahl gained experience in creative placemaking through working for Richard Bryant on the curation of the Rahway Arts District and the construction of the Hamilton Stage for the Performing Arts. She also consulted on the development of a teen center and youth advisory committee for a large New Jersey municipality using creative engagement methods and hands-on community outreach. In recent years, Kahl has built theatrical and creative arts programming for more than 15 schools and community organizations. In 2017, her company, Enspirited Projects, was nominated as one of the top three innovative companies for work in arts education and self-esteem along the Jersey Shore. Alongside her theatrical endeavors, Kahl developed a patented jewelry product, launched a greeting card line, and consulted on an emerging nutraceuticals company based in Florida. She loves entrepreneurship, her animals, and her husband and lives at the Jersey Shore-- worth the price of being a member of the bridge-and-tunnel crowd. Colleen enjoys working with actors and helping them think outside their box to develop career success and happiness in their everyday lives. She is a big believer in the Law of Attraction and personal energy and always welcomes conversations on those topics. We chat about: Creative in Business  The Blockchain and NFTs for actors, musicians, and all entertainers Visualization for Success & Radical Accountability Find out more: https://twitter.com/ActorsConn https://www.actorsconnection.com/ Actors Connection | Acting Classes NYC | Online Acting School   Connect more: https://twitter.com/katiechonacas https://twitter.com/culturekidsxyz https://www.instagram.com/chonacas https://www.linkedin.com/in/katiechonacas Voiceover Reel: https://www.chonacas.com/voiceover/

Have you ever thought about acting, maybe performing in a theatre and getting yourself in character? If you do, I have on the studio today the actor and playwright Alex Broun who has worked extensively with Short+Sweet, and he has brought along some of the actors and actresses that he has coached.  Listen to the full podcast and get inspired. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jane is a graduate of the University of Michigan where she earned her BFA in Musical Theatre before relocating to New York City. She is signed to CGF Talent and has been consistently working as an actor, primarily doing new work. Prior to the pandemic, she made her Broadway debut in the Alanis Morissette musical “Jagged Little Pill”, after appearing in the World Premiere at American Repertory Theater. She's also appeared in and contributed music for “Original Sound” (Cherry Lane, Drama Desk Nominee for Best Music in a Play), The Other Josh Cohen (Off-Broadway), The Ballad of Little Jo (Two River Theatre, Original Cast Recording), and The Theory of Relativity (Goodspeed Opera House). During the pandemic she also appeared as a Guest Star on Law and Order: SVU, in the episode “The Only Way Out is Through”.Follow Jane Bruce on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Apple Music, and Spotify. You can find Jane Bruce's website HERE. Jane Bruce's new album, "My Bed" is out now and can be streamed everywhere! Here is a Spotify link to the album. The Ballad of Little Jo (Original Cast Recording) featuring Jane Bruce.This episode was  sponsored by Agora Art & Ceramic Studio. Check out their handcrafted ceramics, jewelry, and paintings at agorastudio.art and use the code 'party15' to receive 15% off your purchase (valid until August 1, 2022). You can find Andrea's music on Spotify, Apple, Amazon, YouTube, and anywhere else that music can be streamed or downloaded!Follow Andrea on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and TikTok. Andrea's official website can be found at AndreavonKampen.com. Finally, if you would like to receive updates about new music, tour dates, podcast episodes, and more you can sign up for Andrea's mailing list HERE.

Is your mental health impacting your creativity or self-expression? Or have you experienced the struggles of being a working mom? In this episode, Kim Somers Egelsee and Eden Sustin are joined by Alexis Carra Girbes to talk about these topics and more! Alexis is an actor, dancer, choreographer, and co-founder of the Broadway Arts Community. She stars in the brand new Disney movie "Christmas Again" alongside Scarlett Estevez, Daniel Sunjata, and Priscilla Lopez! She talks about the importance and uniqueness of this movie, how she got into acting and dance, being a working mom, how mental health impacts creativity, and flowing through the process of self-expression in the arts.

Hollywood Casting Director - Felix Martinsson of DK casting office share secrets and tips of the casting process. He's and actor and casting director and is definitely thinking outside the box. Understanding the process and knowing the job casting is doing will help you be a bit more calmer in your auditioning process. His instagram is: FelixMartinsson

With 50 students on network tv shows - Booking Coach, Amy Lyndon talks to host Darrius about the secrets to getting casted. Also, she explains the audition techniques for each genre of tv and film. This is every actors dream 101 course and even experienced actors could learn a few tricks. Amy focuses on booking auditions !!!

Trena Bolden Fields updates our listening audience on what is new with Paid Actor and our upcoming Anniversary Celebration!

Trena Bolden Fields interviews Lisa Loia Bourne, the founder of  www.bescenetalent.com. Lisa has 20 years of casting experience and is highly regarded in the industry. She has worked as a Casting Executive at Warner Bros. Television Department and her credits include CSI, CSI Miami, Alcatraz (pilot), Person of Interest (pilot).  Lisa is currently casting for Fox Digital Studios. She has the connections and ability to bring industry to this website. Maria-Itzel Siegrist will also join us. Maria-Itzel co-founded Be Scene Talent and holds an MFA from Rutgers University. Robert Wilson is also a co-founder, database programmer and developer.

Trena interviews the talented Michael Allen on the twists and turns of his career. Michael Allen is currently appearing all across the USA in The National Theater of Great Britain's production of War Horse in 2013 he can be seen in  a PBS project entitled Admiral Rickover, starring Tim Blake Nelson. He also recently ended a stint in San Diego at The Old Globe Theater performing  in  Amadeus andThe Tempest (directed by Adrian Noble) and Much Ado About Nothing (directed by Ron Daniels).  His credits also include:  King Lear, Taming of the Shrew, and The Madness of King George at The Old Globe Shakespeare Festival (San Diego Critics Circle Craig Noel Award nomination). He has been in several Off Broadway productions, most recently Margaret (Red Bull Theater), and including Moby Dick Rehearsed, The Tempest, The Two Gentlemen of Verona and Love, Shakespeare (The Acting Company) and the title role in Don Carlos (Prospect Theater Company). His recent credits include The Foreigner (Festival Stage of Winston-Salem), Hamlet (The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey), A Tale of Two Cities (People’s Light & Theatre Company), King Lear and Much Ado About Nothing (North Carolina Shakespeare Festival), Doubt (Hippodrome State Theatre), The Tempest(Folger Theatre) and Of Mice and Men and The Grapes of Wrath (Arkansas Repertory Theatre). His film and television credits include “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” and voice work on Cold Mountain.

Trena Bolden Fields talks with Colin McPhillamy about acting, where an actor should life, how he has used energy in his career and his new book "An Actor Walks Into China".  About Colin Colin McPhillamy was born in London to Australian parents and now lives in New York. He trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama. His first job as a professional actor was at the remote, but well known, Little Theatre on the Isle of Mull where he performed a solo version of Henry V playing some 40,000 parts including both the French and English armies. He wrote an account of this experience and it was broadcast on BBC Radio, receiving great press and a large mailbag from the public. He continued writing plays and short stories during the 1990s and published a volume of this work in 1999 as The Tree House and other Stories (second edition 2010). McPhillamy's second book, An Actor Walk into China, tells of his experiences playing Kent in King Lear in Beijing, and of the Shakespeare scene in China, he also describes producing a season of Chinese theater in London and some of the cultural confusion that went on.

Trena Bolden Fields gives her audience six key steps to building their acting career and how to take that next step to have the career you want. This audio is for those who are just starting out and for those who want to hear a great suggestion on what next.  

Trena interviews Brad Lemack about his book and how actors can begin to build their acting career. Brad Lemack is the author of two books for actors, The Business of Acting: Learn the Skills You Need to Know to Build the Career You Want and The New Business of Acting: How to Build a Career in a Changing Landscape. He is also the owner of Lemack & Company Talent Management/Public Relations, producer and host of the Web TV series Inside the Business of Acting, writes The Business of Acting Blog and has been a contributing columnist for Back Stage. Brad earned his undergraduate degree at Emerson College in communications; he earned a Master’s degree in Theatre Arts and Dance, with a concentration in performance for social change, at California State University, Lo

Trena Bolden Fields discusses tips for a focused audition as a way to continue to build your acting career.

Trena follows up with her thoughts on last week's conversation with Kathryn Bild.

Trena Bolden Fields interviews Child Actor Darius Kaleb and his manager mother, Denise Harris on how to build, manage and sustain a child's acting career.   Darius Kaleb is an accomplished singer, actor, model, orator and drummer. His group, The Brothers Harris, for which he is the drummer, is requested all over the world. Darius Kaleb’s credits include: Thriller Live/ World Tour Japan, A Lions Tale. Print Work – Baby Gap, Hecht’s, Strawbridges, PSA’s, commercials, Carnegie Hall, touring (international) and performing. Darius Kaleb would like to thank God for his gifts, his parents and brothers, for all their support. Visit www.dariusharris.weebly.com, www.facebook.com/dkonstage to learn more about Darius’ work.

Trena Bolden Fields interviews actor award winning actor Christopher (Chiz) Chisholm about his energy and career as an actor.   Christopher Chisholm is an award winning actor who graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of Miami with a BFA in Theatre. Mr. Chisholm’s scores of Theatre Credits range from Broadway to Hollywood including regional and repertory theatres across the country and around the globe. Christopher was also a host for E! Entertainment Television where he covered Hollywood News and Events, conducted hundreds of celebrity interviews and hosted E!’s television coverage of the Academy Awards, Emmy Awards, Grammy Awards and The Golden Globes.   Christopher is thrilled to be doing the 30th Anniversary Production of Greater Tuna at The Pelican Playhouse in Miami this fall.

Trena Bolden Fields interviews the talented Barbara Kingsley on her passion for acting.   Barbara Kingsley is a multi-tasking theater artist. Stage credits include over two hundred productions, at theaters across the country, including Broadway. She has appeared locally at the Guthrie, Ten Thousand Things Theater, Jungle Theater and Park Square Theatre. Barbara won a Kudos award for her performance as Dorine, in Tartuffe and has enjoyed creating a broad spectrum of characters: Hedda Gabler, Bananas, in House of Blue Leaves, Ariel in The Tempest, Alice B. Toklas in Gertrude Stein and a Companion, and most recently, Violet in  August: Osage County. She has been a member of the Dept. of Theatre & Dance adjunct faculty at the University of Minnesota, since 1998 and is a Teaching Artist in the Guthrie Theater Education dept. Writing credits include a screenplay and three stage plays. Barbara is a recipient of a 2011 – 2012 Minnesota State Arts Board/ National Endowment  for the Arts Artist Initiative Grant for her play, Under This Roof and the 2013 MRAC Next Step Grant for her play, I am Proof Of Me.

Re-recording our show from this Friday, July 26: This year, the Minnesota Department of Revenue ruled that a musician/performer was a hobbyist and could not claim tax deductions for her work. What does this mean for all artists across the country? Is the work of artists devalued because the work is about creation?

Trena Bolden Fields interviews actor Raye Birk about passion and his defining moment.  Raye Birk is a native of Flint, Michigan. His theatre training includes degrees from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois and the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. He has acted at the Guthrie Theater, including PRIDE AND PREJUDICE, PYGMALION, HIS GIRL FRIDAY, MACBETH, 1776, THE GREAT GATSBY, THIRD, A DELICATE BALANCE, FAITH HEALER,  THE WINTER’S TALE, THE SUNSHINE BOYS, LONG DAYS JOURNEY INTO NIGHT as  well as appearing as Scrooge in A CHRISTMAS CAROL for four seasons. He recently played KING LEAR  for the Park Square Theatre in St. Paul. Mr. Birk has appeared in nearly 150 television shows and his credits include recurring roles on LA LAW, THE WONDER YEARS, COACH, SILK STALKINGS, DEAR JOHN, THE POPCORN KID and now THE BLACK SCORPION; episodes of BABYLON 5, X-FILES, 3rd ROCK FROM THE SUN, TOUCHED BY AN ANGEL, ER, SEINFELD, MURPHY BROWN, STAR TREK, PICKET FENCES, ALF, and PERRY MASON to name a few, and numerous TV movies.  His feature films appearances include BURGLAR, THROW MOMMA FROM THE TRAIN, THE WAR OF THE ROSES, NAKED GUN & NAKED GUN 33 1/3, CLASS ACT and DOC HOLLYWOOD. Since moving to the Twin Cities he has done four feature films: FACTOTUM. NORTH COUNTRY, SWEETLAND and most recently, theCoen’s brothers A SERIOUS MAN.

Host, Trena Bolden Fields discusses having a passion for acting.

Today we are asking you, our listening audience, to call in with your comments about Oprah's Next Chapter-Black Women In Hollywood. We are also featuring Trena Bolden Fields' interview with award winning actress, Lillie Richardson on how to build resilience in the acting industry. Lillie Richardson is an award winning actress originally from Fort Walton Beach, Florida. She recently performed with Arizona Theatre Company in Sunshine Boys. She last performed with ATC in the award winning farce, Scapin. Ms. Richardson resides in both Tempe, AZ and Los Angeles these days working on both film and stage. Previous stage credits include her portrayal of Rose in BTT's Fences which won her a Zoni Award for best Actress, Claudia in The Bluest Eye and Undine in Fabulation. She appeared as the Angel in both parts of Angels in America, as Ms Muller in Doubt, and as Elizabeth in the hilarious comedy In the Next Room with Actors Theatre. Some of her favorite roles include Tonya in King Hedley II, Paulina in Death and the Maiden, Sylvia in The Women, Alais in  Lion in Winter;  Susie in Wit; and Karen in Speed the Plow. Her film and television credits include the role of Shauna in six episodes of the Starz original series, Crash,  Linda in This Bitter Earth,  Truth about Jane, Young Riders, Seduced and Betrayed and Warner Bros. The Fugitive.

Trena Bolden Fields welcomes award-winning theatre artist, Randy Reyes to discuss how education played a role in where he is today.    Randy Reyes is a theater actor/director/ educator in the Twin Cities.  He got his training at the University of Utah and The Juilliard School.  Randy has performed at the Guthrie, Mixed Blood, Ten Thousand Things, and Mu Performing Arts.  He's directed for Mu, The Pillsbury House, Theatre in the Round, and Ten Thousand Things.  He's taught at NYU Grad Acting Program, U of Minnesota/Guthrie BFA Acting Program, The Guthrie Experience, Augsburg College, and Macalester.  Randy moved to the Twin Cities from NYC eight years ago and is the incoming Artistic Director of Mu Performing Arts, a 21 year old company that does theater and taiko from the heart of the Asian American experience.

Kim Hines first set foot on the professional stage as a child when she became the member of the Children's Theatre Company in Minneapolis. Kim has performed at Mixed Blood, Illusion, Penumbra  and the Guthrie. As a director, Kim has worked with Mu Performing Arts, Park Square, Theater in the Round, The Great American History Theater, Illusion Theater, Theatre Unbound, Augsburg College, Cornell University in New York, University of Northern Iowa and Kansas University. Her writtern work has been produced at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Kim holds a B.A. in Speech & Theater and Visual Art from Macalester College. Sean Byrd is an actor/director/teacher with a BFA in acting/directing from Stephen F. Austin State University and an MFA in Performance Studies from Western Illinois University.  He was a founding company member and Producing Director of Wax Fruit Theatre Company in Chicago. In the Twin Cities, Sean has acted with such threatres as 15 Head: A Theatre Lab, The Minnesota Shakespeare Project, Fifty Foot Penguin, Pig’s Eye, Sandbox and Hardcover. In 2012, he appeared in Walking Shadow Theatre Company’s production of Compleat Female Stage Beauty which won the Ivey Award for Production Excellence. He is a full-time faculty member and director in the Department of Theatre at Normandale College in Bloomington, MN. He is married to director/actor, Anne Byrd. They have one daughter, Terri and two granddaughters, Holly and Harriet.

Moms and Dads give so much to help their children succeed in life and especially this industry. Tune in this Monday to hear parents talk about their experience in helping their children build a career in acting and modeling.

Wendy Mckenzie began her career in the entertainment industry as a fashion model. At a booked video shoot, the casting director realized that she needed additional models to complete the job. Wendy offered her services to assist the casting director with coordinating a last minute casting. Realizing that she had a knack for recognizing talent, she began to freelance on numerous casting projects. Early in her career she worked with prominent casting director, Tracy Moore, to cast for “New Jersey Drive”. Wendy was part of the team that welcomed newcomer, Christopher Wallace, aka “Notorious B.I.G.” to the project. She partnered with mentor, Tracy “Twinkie” Byrd to cast memorable music videos for artists, Jennifer Lopez, Mariah Carey, Britney Spears, Lauryn Hill, Wyclef Jean, and numerous others. Branching off on her own, Wendy became a regular casting facilitator for MTV On Air Promos such as “Yo Mama”, “Sucker Free Sunday”; and product launches and ad campaigns for G-Unit Clothing, 7th on 6th Fashion week, “Fusha Designs” and numerous others. She has also worked as lead New York Casting Director for Fox Searchlight Pictures, “Notorious”, the biopic story of rapper, Christopher Wallace and provided casting services for “Secret Life of Bees” and the 2010 Academy Award Nominated, “The Blindside”.   For information on Wendy or classes for kids and adults visit www.inthewinkofaneye.biz