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Halloween in Salem is like no other thing you will ever experience. On this episode of Actor Things, Joel  and a mystery co-host explore the fabled Witch City on Samhain night. But what they find in Salem doesn’t necessarily have anything to do with the chaotic events of 1692. What was meant to be a trip to a spooky Halloween destination instead becomes a journey of self-discovery, enlightenment and a struggle against the truest version of Self.   You can find out more about Learning Paganism here: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/learningpaganism?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss For Joel’s trip reviews of the places they visited in Salem, head here: https://www.tripadvisor.com/members/JoelH671?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Donate to the Show

Earth. The rumbling, shifting soil beneath our feet. The foundation of everything including, as it turns out, your acting. On this Episode of Actor Things, Joel dives into a conversation about life beyond Meisner and the development of a new and personal acting technique.

Actor Things is changing. The world is changing. It’s time to drop the bullshit. It’s time to go there. It’s time for a rebirth. Let’s talk about acting.   Click the image to listen on iTunes Cover image courtesy of: https://pixabay.com/en/airplane-lost-crash-time-jungle-1685223/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss

Today, Joel talks with Writer/Director Toryn Seabrooks about her work and her influences. The pair chat about what it takes to find and follow your instincts and what kinds of challenges creative people in the entertainment industry face today. Toryn chats about what exactly she looks for in an actor and the answer is something you can’t learn in any school. Toryn Seabrooks is a writer and director, currently studying at NYU. Other credits include as a production designer and actor. She is currently in development on a feature film while still finishing up her degree in New York.     Support the Show: Be sure to check out today’s featured Audible Audiobook at the Audible page on actorthings.com. Please, please, PLEASE subscribe and leave your  thoughts on iTunes or Stitcher. That helps us out a ton. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/actorthings/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Twitter: https://twitter.com/ActorThings?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Actor Things Site: http://ActorThings.com/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Call the show: 530 SEEMING     or    (530) 733-6464

Today, Actor Things gets back to its roots by bringing on a New York City actor, writer, director, activist, and more. In this conversation, Joel and the guest chat about movies, shitty Jared Leto acting, writing, white privilege, Black Lives Matter, and much more. The result is a deep, connected conversation between two creatives who consider themselves to be equal parts collaborators, admirers, and brothers in an increasingly incomprehensible world.   About Today’s Guest Bruce Jones is a New York City based actor & writer. His acting credits include National Tour (Hair), Off Broadway, Off-Off Broadway, regional, film, and voice-over work. As a writer Bruce has also co-written What We Look Like (www.seewhatwelooklike.com?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss) a new play in development, which has had readings and workshops commissioned by The New School for Drama, and Brown University. He’s also a contributing writer for CYA (Create Your Art) a new media content collective, where he’s written/produced/acted in sketches. Currently: He’s developing the script for an independent film which he’ll be starring and collaborating on with “Actor Things” own Jo

What does it mean to define your reality? As actors, we functionally do this every time we perform. But can that process transfer to your life off the stage? Today’s guest has some fascinating questions and a lot of intriguing answers, each of which constructs and reinforces a central truth: you are responsible.   About Today’s Guest Belanie Dishong, Founder and CEO of Live at Choice, is an expert in experiential training techniques that empower her clients to create breakthroughs that lead to transformational and sustainable life changes. For more than two decades, Belanie has led thousands of people seeking a better life through workshops and courses that showed them how to connect their mind with their heart’s desires. She teaches others how to break free of the limitations that keep ideas, desires and dreams from becoming reality. The Live at Choice programs extend beyond the hearing realm to embrace the Deaf Community, uniting both cultures through shared experience. Belanie and her team of Live at Choice Platinum Coaches help others achieve extraordinary things. When people become empowered at their core, limitations vanish, dreams are realized and possibilities are limitless.   Support the Show: Be sure to check out today’s featured Audible Audiobook at the Audible page on actorthings.com. Please, please, PLEASE subscribe and leave your  thoughts on iTunes 

Well, Actor Things has done what some podcasts never do and reached its tenth episode. As a, let’s call it “celebration,” Joel’s decided to take an episode to answer some of your questions as well as chat about the things happening in his world at the moment and how he’s navigating a sea of change. Support the Show: Be sure to check out today’s featured Audible Audiobook at the Audible page on actorthings.com. Please, please, PLEASE subscribe and leave your  thoughts on iTunes or Stitcher. That helps us out a ton. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/actorthings/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Twitter: https://twitter.com/ActorThings?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Actor Things Site: http://ActorThings.com/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Call the show: 530 SEEMING     or    (530) 733-6464 Donate to the Show

If there’s one word you hear from people in-the-know in this industry, it’s: “Authenticity.” In this business, everyone who’s anyone is going to throw it at you at least three times a week. But, when you think about it, authenticity in this era is actually a pretty rare commodity. So who do you find it and how do you work from it? Today’s guest has the answers.   About Today’s Guest Sam Christensen was educated in classical directing and Theatre Arts at University of Colorado at Boulder. The first years of nearly four decades in show business was spent in concert promotion in the Rocky Mountain States and then a move to New York City to pursue a career in theater direction. Broadway production experience led to a move to Hollywood and casting assignments for television and feature films with projects as diverse as THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW, THE CHAMP and the cult classic, THE CLASH OF THE TITANS. For eight rewarding seasons Sam filled the roles on America’s all-time favorite television comedy, M*A*S*H. With the final episode of M*A*S*H completing what he considered the best possible assignment Sam decided to move on from his casting career. But, a final commitment remained – casting the Emmy winning television mini-series, JONESTOWN, THE GUYANA TRAGEDY of which the New York Times said, “…the masterful and inspired casting is the single most outstanding artistic contribution to this historically significant and important docu-drama.” Next Sam began the development of the personal authenticity system that has come to be known as The Sam Christen

Every actor wants to know the same thing: How do I get cast? We all want to be in the room where it happens. Well, today’s guest has been in that room and he has a ton of specific and explicit thoughts about the experience. Listen on iTunes: http://apple.co/2aAd1PG?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Listen on Stitcher: http://bit.ly/2aoNBPY?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss   About Today’s Guest Paul Russell’s career as a director, novelist / author, casting director, and former actor spans 30-plus years involving Film, TV, Broadway, and your local Barnes & Noble. As a casting director he’s been involved with casting principals for major film studios including: 20th Century Fox, HBO; television networks NBC and CBS. He cast the Drama Desk winning COBB produced in New York & LA by Kevin Spacey; the original productions of String Fever (starring Cynthia Nixon); Pera Palas (Sinan Unel); Woody Guthrie’s American Song (Drama Desk noms.); plus casting for the Asolo, San Jose Rep., the Barter Theatre and over a dozen more regional theaters. As a director featured in American Theatre Magazine Russell worked with legendary playwright John Guare directing the regional premiere of Mr. Guare’s A Free Man of Color. He also directed the first, post-Broadway production of MAMMA MIA! for the Barter Theatre. Other directing credits in New York and regionally include the world premieres of Humility and Confession; The Scarlet Pimpernel, Oliver, Bat Boy, The Sunshine Boys, Footloose, Guys and Dolls, and The Rocky Horr

You know what most actors hate? Business. Today, our guest on Actor Things has a lot to say about how it’s time to put on “your big girl panties” and accept the fact that if you’re an actor, you’d better learn how to sell yourself. And, wouldn’t you know it, she can also tell you how to do just that (and has the client list to back it up). About Today’s Guest: Valorie Hubbard owns the company, Actor’s Fast Track, where she consults with working actors about their career paths. Having navigated her own career, she knows the pitfalls and successesof the path and how to avoid the one and create the other. She gives actors the tools they need to get recognized. Her first book, The Actor’s Workbook: How to Become a Working Actor, published by Allyn Amp Bacon Publishers, co-written with Lea Tolub-Brandenberg, teaches readers how to transitio