Sean C Dwyer's Lounge Discussions

Teaser looks great. Love shared! Let us know once it goes live.

Thanks, Tomasz. You bet I will!

Serious issues important to talk about... I read a Batman comic about similar issues once, immediately heart wrenching, yah it will be interesting to see where you take it.

Keep it up, man! No sense in giving it up now; anything at all that you do takes perseverance and is difficult, so that's no reason to drop this! And you already on your way! :)

Thanks Sean!

Sean - you've found your home in the Stage 32 community, that's for sure :) I can appreciate your need to pursue your creative side when the other part of you life is in law...and, this is the perfect community that will support you to do that. Love that you're already contributing to threads... we wish you incredible success networking here :)

You make an interesting observation concerning the best methods of conducting an audition by stating "...I think that some directors and producers have no idea how to conduct these events.". Many successful casting directors have originally trained and worked as actors thus having an empathy and understanding of the psychological effect the audition process has on an actor. This places us in a better position than a director or producer who has never had to go through this process. We can discern that a bad audition does not always equate to a bad actor. This is just one reason why producers should not be tempted to self-cast their productions.

That is very true. I teach an audition technique that all actors should know. With training they can go in and blow the room away but it is a technique that has to be learned. Some wonderful actors cannot audition. Call in my students and they will do you proud, They work a lot in LA. DerynWarren.com

My worst experience ever was having one of the people on the other side of the table say (loudly) "This person is obviously unsuitable for the roles we have available!" BEFORE I had a chance to even give my name. My best experience was having the director and the principal cast member sit down and discuss the project with me and explain what they wanted in detail. (Oh, and I did get the role.)

Years ago when I was directing theater (and doing my own auditions) I had an African American actor beg to audition for the part of a middle aged German. He was so stunning that the writer/producer re-wrote the part for him.

If an actor doesn't look physically how the director/producer/ casting agent imagined them for the part (and clearly they should be using some discernment in selecting actors to attend the audition in the first place), then however good the actor is as an actor it is difficult sometimes to get further. Tough on the actor but unavoidable. Let's face it photos can be misleading. The turn down certainly shouldn't be as rude as you encountered Silke! However if someone has been called in for audition it seems silly to me for the director and others not to get a sense of them as actors, since they may be used another time for another part- as happens.