What do values have to do with acting?

Can relying on your values lead to booking a national commercial? Can your values lead to an Academy Award?  Click here to read Dallas Travers’ advice on values and acting. Respected as one of the entertainment industry’s leading experts, Dallas Travers’ book, The Tao of Show Business, has won over five awards including first prizes at […]

InTreatment with Roz Coleman starts up on Tuesday!

For the next four Tuesdays Roz Coleman will be leading her daytime on-camera class, “inTreatment.” For those of you not familiar with Roz, check out these blog postings from the Actors Connection blog to get a feel for who she is and who she has worked with. Click here to read about Roz sharing what […]

How do you meet a casting director at HBO?

One way to do it, for certain, it so sign up for Actors Connection’s On Camera Intensive with with New York casting director Christine Kromer. Currently, Kromer is working on the HBO series Treme (recently picked up for a 2nd season) for HBO, the Comedy Central pilot Black Jack and just wrapped casting the first […]

How to get fantastic headshots!

If you’re acting in new York City, you need great headshots. Dallas Travers offers five tips for headshot success.  Click here to read Dallas Travers’ advice. Respected as one of the entertainment industry’s leading experts, Dallas Travers’ book, The Tao of Show Business, has won over five awards including first prizes at The Hollywood Book […]

Is anybody there? Does anybody care?

Happy 4th of July! Click here to read a list of upcoming seminars and classes that will be held on or begin next Tuesday.

Ari Gold and the phone.

Ari Gold from HBO’s Entourage spends most of his time on the phone. How can you use the phone to help your acting career? Click here to read Dallas Travers’ advice about mastering the phone. Respected as one of the entertainment industry’s leading experts, Dallas Travers’ book, The Tao of Show Business, has won over […]

Jayne Atkinson & Michel Gill on “Monologue Choice”

What about monologue choice? Actors Jayne Atkinson & Michel Gill offer their advice to actors. Prepare your monologue by taking one of our monologue acting classes in New York. See what’s coming up by using the tabs at the top of this page.

Four Secrets to Setting Smart Goals

How important is goal setting when trying to perform in NYC? Click here to read Dallas Travers’ advice about setting smart goals. Respected as one of the entertainment industry’s leading experts, Dallas Travers’ book, The Tao of Show Business, has won over five awards including first prizes at The Hollywood Book Festival and the London […]

Tony Awards: any surprises?

Nothing too surprising this year except for the entertaining opening and closing numbers. The Book of Mormon won Best Musical. Warhorse won Best Play. Click here for a complete list of 2011 Tony Award winners.  Click here to watch the acceptance speeches.    

Jayne Atkinson & Michel Gill on “The Audition Room”

What should an actor expect in “The Audition Room?” Actors Jayne Atkinson and Michel Gill offer their New York casting advice in this video! http://youtu.be/kEk5GThKcEc