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Coffee & Content: Why Your Pitch Needs to Be Human
Don't Let the Momentum of November Write Club Die: How to Stay Active Into 2026 & Beyond!
State of the Industry 2026 Now On-Demand: RB & Geoff Break Down What’s Next for Writers!
A Practical Guide for Actors: Tips & Advice Every Performer Should Know
Insider Intel: Packaging your Project- The Chicken or the Egg Dilemma
What Stage 32's Community Is Really About (Beyond Scripts, Sets, and Showreels)
How Stage 32 Script Services Make You A Better Writer
Stage 32 + DramaBox Join Forces to Launch World's First Vertical Drama Incubator
November Write Club Week 4: The Art of the Pitch- What Managers & Execs Actually Want to Hear
Coffee & Content: The Genius of Weapons and How to Know When Your Script Is Ready
How To Stay on Top of Casting Directors, Agents & Producers with Google Alerts
Trying to monitor multiple things at once is challenging in your acting career: Casting directors, agents, casting calls, release dates, project greenlights, series renewals & cancellations, the list goes on and on. Even if you are an avid reader of the industry trades- Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, etc- you can miss some things that might be of interest. There have been many times when I saw a submission notice, or an opportunity, only to have missed a deadline, or know that hu…
The Types of Actors You Notice in Social Media Groups
How do you interact on a Social Media Group? It is not an easy task these days. Whether it’s Facebook, Clubhouse, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, Zoom- it has become easier to connect with other like-minded people across races, genders, time zones, and nations. The Covid-19 pandemic grew this way of communication even more. You may not know how or what to contribute to the conversation. Every actor or creative professional's reason for joining a social media group is different: ne…
How to Work as a Mascot Actor
Thanksgiving just ended, the next morning, you and your family head into their local mall or downtown commercial center for Black Friday shopping, and you have the kids in tow. All of a sudden, you see a recognizable commercial or cartoon character trying to entice you to come into their store. They’re waving, they’re jumping up and down, or maybe they’re handing out samples. Around the corner, you encounter a long line to see Santa Claus because every kid wants to get …
Acting in Political Advertisements
The last 3 to 6 months, whether you’ve been watching television, scrolling through social media on the internet, or receiving junk mail - you’ve noticed the spike in political commercials touting issues and candidates. From primaries happening almost every Tuesday through early voting and the general election, we are now in the Midterm election cycle. On the national scale, you are voting for your congressperson - your senator or the house of representatives. On the state lev…
The Life of a Scare Actor
Fall season is upon us, Labor Day has come and gone, and pumpkin-spiced everything is on menus across the country. Do you know what else is in season? Haunted Houses and Fright Fests! It might be September, but these events are already starting to pop up everywhere. This has been a tried and true side gig for many actors for years. It is an opportunity to blow off some steam, stretch your muscles, and be in relative anonymity. However, if you’ve never been a scare actor, how do yo…
5 Tips On How You Can Get Stand-In Work As An Actor
Stand-Ins are an unsung part of a production crew. If you’ve ever been on set, they are usually seen and not heard, but they are an integral part of assisting the camera department (and other crew such as grips, electric, props, etc.) in prepping, blocking, and lighting a scene. They are also there to give actors a break between takes so they can change costumes, go to makeup, rehearse, or just rest. For an actor, stand-in roles are one of the best ways to learn about on-camera w…
The Art of the Emmy Submission
Recently, the nominations for the 74th primetime Emmy Awards were announced. Shows like Squid Game, Stranger Things, Succession, Ted Lasso, and Abbott Elementary led the nominees. But how does one get nominated for an Emmy? Who votes on it? Who submits me for it? In the era of streaming and prestige television, there are literally hundreds of performances each season vying for 5-8 slots for the best of the year. Like any awards season campaign, chances for getting nominated for somethi…
How To Stay on Top of Casting Directors, Agents & Producers with Google Alerts
Trying to monitor multiple things at once is challenging in your acting career: Casting directors, agents, casting calls, release dates, project greenlights, series renewals & cancellations, the list goes on and on. Even if you are an avid reader of the industry trades- Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, etc- you can miss some things that might be of interest. There have been many times when I saw a submission notice, or an opportunity, only to have missed a deadline, or know that hu…
The Types of Actors You Notice in Social Media Groups
How Do You Interact on a Social Media group? It is not an easy task these days. Whether it’s Facebook, Clubhouse, Twitter Threads, Zoom- it has become easier to connect with other like minded people across races, genders, time zones, and nations. The Covid-19 pandemic has grown this way of communication even more. You may not know how or what to contribute to the conversation. Everyone’s reason for joining a social media group is different: networking, community, finding i…
5 Ways Research Your Way to the Top with IMDb Pro - Part 2
Months ago, I wrote a piece for the Stage 32 blog called “5 Ways to Use IMDb to Research Your Way to the Top”. That is still the foundation of getting the most out of IMDb. However, since then, IMDb has added more resources to its Pro element or things we didn’t cover before. 1. TRAILERS If you are one of those people that get to the movie theater early to catch the latest trailers, and it's one of your favorite things about the movie going experience- I’m rig…
Top 12 Cities to Launch Your Career in Acting
When one is starting out on the journey in acting, the conventional wisdom for decades has been to choose between New York or Los Angeles. East Coast or West Coast. Broadway or Hollywood. In the last 20 years, other cities have competed for films as a production hub: Vancouver, Toronto, New Orleans, Chicago. In the last 5 years alone, Atlanta has become the busiest production center in the country. There are pros and cons of living in each one of these locations; and one might feel forc…
5 Ways Research Your Way to the Top with IMDb Pro
IMDb- Internet Movie Database, is the top search engine for Hollywood. The first place we go to validate someone’s credentials and experience is IMDb. Whether you are an actor, director, writer, producer, grip, makeup artist, cinematographer, or editor- more than likely you have a profile on the site with your resume. However, the main website only goes so far, and so deep. The membership component of IMDb Pro gives you access to more proprietary information that is not known to t…
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