What's Up With Verticals? | The Business | SAG-AFTRA Foundation
A casting director, an agent, a director and two actors on vertical micro dramas: what they are, how they cast, 15 to...
Audition Videos for Actors
64 videosWhat casting directors are actually watching for, how to prepare a side under time pressure, and the small habits in the room that cost actors the job before they have said a word.
How ‘Heated Rivalry’ Found Connor & Hudson | Chemistry Reads + Season 2 Casting
The Heated Rivalry casting directors explain how they found Connor and Hudson, what a chemistry read is really testing,...
"Heated Rivalry" Casting Directors Jenny Lewis & Sara Kay
Jenny Lewis and Sara Kay of Lewis Kay Casting on chemistry reads over Zoom, self-tape myths, what a real choice looks...
Watch Me Self-Tape For A New Amazon Series (& Steal My Setup!)
Ross Grant of Act On This tapes for a new Amazon series on camera: reading the brief, Kelly Valentine Hendry's golden...
How Skyler Zurn Cast Inde Navarrette in ‘Obsession’ + Finding Breakout Talent
Obsession casting director Skyler Zurn on how Inde Navarrette won Nikki, why the audition felt like a bomb, what kills...
2026 Shorts Showcase: Creators & Cast Panel | New York, Night 2
Actors, a composer and a producer from the New York Night 2 shorts showcase on crowdfunding live, the SAG micro-budget...
Why the Actors Who Enjoy the Process Are the Ones Who Book the Most
Why the waiting is the career rather than the toll on the way to it, three traps that turn a good year into a...
What voice clips do actors need?
Casting directors on what they actually want to hear in a voice clip, and why the demo reel is not the thing that gets...
David Dastmalchian
David Dastmalchian on getting clean, what casting director John Papsidera told him before The Dark Knight, and...
How to prepare for your first audition
A coach at Speiser/Sturges Acting Studio walks through preparing sides for a first audition, from the cold read to...
Want A Role In A £1.4 Million British Feature Film? (The Director Told Me This)
At a screening in MediaCityUK, Oscar-winning filmmaker Chris Overton explains how his 1.4 million pound feature Dust is...
Cast and Creators for ‘Tiny Fugitives’ | Conversations at the SAG-AFTRA Foundation
The young cast and writer-directors of Tiny Fugitives on first jobs, open calls, chemistry reads built on games, and...
Leveling Up: First Lead Role | Conversations | SAG-AFTRA Foundation
Three actors on the auditions that became their first leads, the months of silence in between, and what changes when...
Want MORE TV Auditions? Ask Us Anything! ? LIVE Actor Q&A
A live Q&A on self tape kit, which tapes to turn down, where first TV roles come from, labeling your Spotlight clips...
How Karim Diane Books Hollywood Roles | Acting Coach Brad Heller
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy actor Karim Diane on how he started booking once he stopped imitating other leading men...
Backstage With: ‘Love Story’ EPs Brad Simpson + Nina Jacobson
Love Story's EPs on casting unknowns, why in-person chemistry reads still win, and what they actually watch for in an...
Actors! Hollyoaks audition tips ☝️
A Hollyoaks director on what wins auditions: worked-on pages, live reactions on the off-lines, and where personality...
How To Email Casting Directors (And Get More Auditions)
Four UK casting directors on what to put in the email, when to send it, and the one that got an actor booked on a show...
Acting Tips: Actors Who Memorize This, Memorize Faster!
Why some actors are off book in ten minutes: they are not storing words, they are attaching words to a lifetime of...
Acting Tips: How do I get more vulnerable?
A note nobody knows what to do with, and the specific question that turns it into something actionable.
Acting Tips: Sense Memory
The memory system you are already using without noticing, and the six questions that put a scene in your body instead...
Actor Interview wth J. Teddy Garces Part 1
A working television actor on bombing an audition and booking it anyway, why a callback is a win, and the backstory...
Actor interview with Samantha Cochran
Samantha Cochran on booking the auditions she hated, getting an agent with one headshot and an honest email, and why...
How to Film a Self Tape While Traveling | Audition Tips for Actors
How to turn in a usable audition from a hotel room, a parent's basement or a car, without letting the setup eat the...