Making the leap from soaps to primetime and features
In my “Actorpreneur” workshop yesterday in Avery Hall at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln I used the analogy of steps on a ladder is parallel to an actors career.
A recent
article in the May 7th Daily Variety, “Soap operas: Actors’ training ground” by Paula Hendrickson articulates the subject.
Paula write, “soap operas double as boot camp for actors. Any notion of
a stigma is a thing of the past, and savvy talent scouts already scour soaps
for future stars.”
She continues, “Already bridging daytime and primetime are Caitlin Van Zandt,
doing double duty as Ashlee on “Guiding Light” and Allegra Sacramoni, Johnny
Sack’s daughter, on “The Sopranos” (though she is no relation to “Sopranos” actors
Steve or Maureen Van Zandt) and “Dancing With the Stars” co-champ Kelly Monaco
of “General
Hospital,” who nabbed a role on the U.S. adaptation of Brit series “Footballers
Wives.”
Read the entire article here.

Ranking the popular college theater productions of 2006, Princeton Review
Hate to break the news, while you are spending $25,000 - $40,000 a year pursuing a college degree on that beautiful college campus in that magnificent college town, your competition is earning their degree of hard knocks, auditioning, training and working in TV, Film, Theatre and commercials in New York and Los Angeles. Earning actual Film, TV, Theatre credits on the resume, as opposed to college credits to get you out of school. Will an agent care that you have a theatre degree from XYZ college? I am confidant that they will not.
