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Casting Directors Share Self-Tape Tips
When asked if actors have upped their self-tape game over the course of the past months of lockdown, casting director Michael Testa told the Surviving Hollywood Podcast hosts, “No,” adding, “I think it’s now even more important that actors step… Read More

Maya Rudolph Wins 2 Emmys for Her Performances in ‘Big Mouth’ and ‘SNL’
What a week actress, comedian, singer Maya Ruldolph is having! The Groundlings alumni won not one, but two Emmys during the 72nd Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards. On Thursday, September 17th, during the fourth remote evening of the event, Maya… Read More

Nail Your Zoom Audition: How to Wow Them Virtually
There’s good news and there’s bad news. The good? Our industry is finally getting back to work after months of shut down. Productions of all types and sizes are up and running which means more castings are popping up every… Read More

Brie Larson Gets Real About the Horrors of Auditioning
What’s the worst part of being an actor or an actress? Being penniless and having to work a jobby-job to survive? Traveling across town in mid-day traffic to get to an audition with a thousand other actors vying for the… Read More