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As the Stage 32 Director of Education I strive to bring you the best education about the industry. If you are looking to learn or enhance your skills, we have an online webinar, class or lab for you. Stage 32 offers exclusive access to over 400 top industry professionals that teach on global topics including: directing, financing and producing, securing a sales agent, acting and everything in between. Best of all, you can participate from anywhere in the world. If you haven't experience…
The August 2015 edition of the On Stage With RB webcast was a smashing success with over 3 hours jam packed with information! It's now available on-demand for you to watch for FREE! RB’s first guest Joe Bohn (1st AD) talks about how it’s vital to behave on set in order to make for a positive on-set environment. He breaks down what, in fact a 1st AD does on set and that you have 2 bosses – a director and a producer. They discuss how everyone on set has an opinion, but i…
4 years ago 100 emails were sent to RB’s industry friends asking if they would be willing to participate in what is now a global movement. 95 agreed to invite at least 5 fellow creatives. Then those creatives invited at least 5 more creatives, cut to today, where we have a network of over 400,000 creatives representing every country in the world. The beauty of Stage 32 are the global connections we’re able to utilize which is precisely the reason we’ve grown to the le…
We're thrilled to have actor Josh Daniels contribute to the Stage 32 Blog today. Josh is an actor, known for his recent co-starring role on Law & Order: SVU, his work on Investigation Discovery's My Dirty Little Secret, Biography's Celebrity Ghost Stories, and The Crime City Diaries web series, as well as other various projects. Prior to getting into acting he also spent over a decade as a professional wrestler on the national and international circuit. It was there where he learned …
Today we bring you another installment of the Film Courage series with Stage 32 Founder & CEO, Richard Botto. In this video, When Should Someone Be Fired Off A Movie Production, RB goes over why being professional and putting your best foot forward is key to being part of a team on a film, TV or theater project. When someone is a disruptive force on a project and throws the balance off, he offers 2 key pieces of advice on how to deal with the situation in this 6-minute clip.  …
Stage 32 member and costume designer Rachael Kras is an artist with an extensive background in the professional performing arts. She’s worked on productions such as Les Miserables, Miss Saigon and Sweeny Todd (among others) all stemming from her incredible training and pedigree in….(double take)…computer network operations? Huh? Don’t back track. You read that right. Rachael has been the resident Costume Designer for Wonderbound (formerly known as Ballet Nouve…
Stage 32 member Zedrick Resauro is a Filipino-American actor, born in the Philippines and currently residing in LA. In 2015 he co-starred on the Nickelodeon sitcom The Thundermans and Zedrick plays one of the lead roles in upcoming indie comedy Hickey directed by Alex Grossman. You’ve also seen him in Modern Family, Melissa & Joey and Super Shark. Today Zedrick talks about the culture shock of moving from the Philippines to America, and after falling in love with acting, how h…
Welcome to the weekend, everyone. Hope you all had a terrific week. In this edition of the Weekend Blog, diversity and sexism in Hollywood is back in the news. I have 4 articles speaking to the subject in the first spots under ENTERTAINMENT NEWS. Also in that section, why Hollywood studios are trusting untested directors; Max Landis sounds off; why Martin Scorsese is destroying guns; Quentin Tarantino waxes poetic; speakers at AMAI sound the alarm for independent film; more news from t…
It has always been my mission to give our members unparalleled access and exposure so that their work could be seen by people who can make a difference in their careers. There is creative talent on every part of this planet and everyone deserves a shot no matter where they live in the world. United, a creative community like Stage 32 cannot be stopped! When I met Elliot Grove, the founder of the amazing Raindance Film Festival, I knew he shared the same passion. I was instantly drawn to…
This summer I ran the popular "30 Minutes With..." series where I interviewed some of the executives we work with at Stage 32 Happy Writers. In each of these highly informative interviews I went over all things screenwriting, development, marketplace and the industry. Today I'm bringing you my interview with Agustine Calderon, who is a creative executive in the feature film development department at RatPac Entertainment. At RatPac, Agustine has been responsible for bringing in var…
We're excited to bring you behind the scenes today as we stream live on Periscope for the very first time! Join us in this new capacity as we stream what happens live in the Stage 32 office before, during and after our popular monthly broadcast! Today we'll be giving you backstage access to On Stage with RB with special guests Joe Bohn and James Kicklighter. No matter where you're at anywhere in the world, you can tune in see the behind-the-scenes! If you ever wonder w…
Sometimes the filmmaking process provides unexpected detours that even the most seasoned professional needs to be prepared for. When today's guest contributor, actor, writer and producer Steve Dawson, set out to film his feature Abyss of Being, he knew nothing was going to come easy. What he didn't expect was that his crowdfunding campaign would be such an uphill climb. Don't think for a second this stopped Steve from plowing forward. Not at all. What he decided to do was pivot by turn…