020: Rebecca Damon – SAG-AFTRA and What Your Union Can Do For You

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Listen to the episode: A New York-based actor and voiceover performer, Rebecca Damon was first elected SAG-AFTRA executive vice president, the union’s second highest office, in 2016. She was re-elected to a two-year term in 2017. Rebecca was also appointed in 2017 by the board to serve as president of the New York Local. She…

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019: Larry Arancio – Celebrity Acting Coach on Craft

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Listen to the episode: Larry has appeared in over forty plays in New York, Chicago, Pittsburgh, and Los Angeles, including: The Usher’s Ball, Drawer Boy, Awake and Sing, School for Scandal, Otherwise Engaged, Ivanov, The Nerd, The Normal Heart, The House of Blue Leaves, Good, and Table Manners. Film and TV roles include: Extreme Measures, Saving Shiloh, recurring roles on Total…

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018: West Hyler – Broadway Director on NYMF, Circus & Auditions

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Listen to the episode: West Hyler’s recent productions include Cirque Du Soleil Paramour (Broadway), iLuminate (the World Tour), Air Play (at New Victory Theater & the World Tour), Big Apple Circus (at Lincoln Center & the Nat’l Tour), Panda! (at Beijing State Theater & Palazzo Hotel and Casino), Avenue Q (at State Theater of Bulgaria), Chandelier (on Celebrity Cruise Lines) and Georama (at St Louis Rep & New York Musical Festival),…

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016: Rick Younger – From Comedy to Broadway

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Listen to the episode: Rick Younger is an actor, comedian, and singer originally from Baltimore, MD. Television appearances include “AXS TV’S, Gotham Comedy Live†and “It’s Showtime at the Apollo.†Rick also toured nationally with the Broadway musical RENT. You’ve undoubtedly seen him in numerous national television commercials, the Woody Allen Amazon Series, “Crisis in Six Scenes 

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015: Monolodge – Honing Your Work With Ishan Edwards & Drego Moore

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Listen to the episode: Ishan Edwards and Drego Moore are two of the most collaborative and giving people in the industry. Together they launched MONOLODGE in 2011 and haven’t looked back. MONOLODGE is a live theatre experience, showcasing actors performing monologues in a nightclub lounge for an audience of actors and professionals in New York…

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014: Bill Timoney – Stories of Inspiration from a Broadway Veteran

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Listen to the episode: Bill Timoney is a seasoned actor who’s truly done it all. Currently appearing in “Network†on Broadway, Bill describes his career as “eclectic†with work ranging from acting on Broadway to regional theaters, movies, TV shows and commercials. He is known for his work on All My Children, 12 Monkeys and Mission to Mars. A…

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013: Alisa Murray – Monologue Advice From The Source

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Listen to the episode: Today’s guest is one of our most prolific MonologuesToGo writers. Alisa Murray is an actress and writer based in Los Angeles and originally from Philadelphia, “The City of Brotherly Loveâ€. Alisa trained in New York City and performed in the Off-Broadway shows: 10 Ways On a Gun & Nola, and the NAACP Award…

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012: Klea Blackhurst – Award-Winning Ethel Merman Tribute & Acting in the Trenches

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Listen to the episode: Today’s guest is my friend and neighbor, Klea Blackhurst. Klea is known for her award-winning tribute to Ethel Merman, Everything The Traffic Will Allow.  She recently starred Off-Broadway opposite Hayley Mills in Party Face. She played the title role in the world premiere production of Hazel at Drury Lane in Chicago, a classic second banana in The Nutty…

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011: Michael Wilson – Broadway Director’s Dish on Auditions

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Listen to the episode: Today’s guest is truly one of the nicest and most remarkable people I am honored to call my friend. Michael Wilson is the award-winning stage and film director who guided Cicely Tyson in her Tony winning performance in The Trip to Bountiful. Other Broadway work includes Gore Vidal’s The Best Man (starring Candice Bergen,…

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