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The Prepared Performer PodcastTPP015: VIDEOS THAT SHINE WITH SARAH MICHELLE BROWN
Sarah Michelle Brown
Writer, Director, Virtual Video Director
Sarah Michelle Brown’s passion is for telling stories that reach out and give audiences a powerful experience. She is an award-winning artist who writes and directs for the stage, in music videos, documentaries and narrative films. Since studying at the Neighborhood Playhouse School of Theater in New York City, Sarah has primarily worked as an indie artist. Most recently, Sarah has turned her 15+ years experience in front of and behind the camera, into a method of training entrepreneurs how to make videos that shine.
2016-06-0344 minThe Prepared Performer PodcastTPPP 014: TRUSTING THAT YOU ARE ENOUGH W/ TATIANA ALVAREZ
Trusting that you are enough is one of the hardest things an actor can do. Young actress, Tatiana Alvarez recently took a big leap, trusted herself when she was really tempted to try and do the same thing everyone else was doing, and it totally paid off.
In this episode learn how to make your best impact in an audition by...
digging in and really discovering what YOU do best
celebrating the specifics that cause you to truly shine
dropping the need to compare yourself to other auditioners
showing them what you can do, i...2016-04-2914 min
The Prepared Performer PodcastTPPP013: KNOWING WHAT YOU ARE WORTH AND GETTING IT WITH MARLA DIANN
Marla Diann, an entrepreneur, visionary, and philanthropist for over two decades, brings her 20+ years of entertainment publicity, storytelling, and branding expertise with her love of human potential and entrepreneurship to her eight-year-old mentoring company.
She is passionate about mentoring creative entrepreneurs in a holistic approach to developing an integrated, trusted, and congruent personal brand as she coaches them how to build a leveraged business based on a healthy money relationship.
Together, she and her ambitious clients navigate a clear path to higher, more consistent revenues without compromising their health, we...2016-04-1748 minThe Prepared Performer PodcastTPPP 012: BROADWAY KINKY BOOST CAST MEMBER ELLYN MARIE MARSHEllen's credits include:
Broadway: "Cry Baby," "Enron," "Priscilla Queen of the Desert," and "Kinky Boots," as well as lots of fun projects along the way: Regional theater all of the country, theme parks, cruise ships. Most recent tick off the bucket list: voicing a troll for the sleeper hit "Frozen".
Voice and acting students have started on Broadway and national tours of "Annie," "Lion King," "Matilda," "Fun Home," "Les Miserables," "Mary Poppins," "How the Grinch Stole Christmas," "The King and I," "Kinky Boots," and "Beauty and the Beast."
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The Prepared Performer PodcastTPPP011: BUSINESS ADVICE FOR BEGINNERS W/ SHELLY CADYShelly is a Speaker, Coach, and
the Best Selling Author of “Heartbeat to Happiness: Eight Principles of Living
a Happy Life.” Shelly is passionate about helping others so that they can live their
true passionate lives and indeed obtain whatever their heart desires. You can
learn more about Shelly at: http://www.shellycady.com
2016-03-1830 minThe Prepared Performer PodcastTPPP010: ACTORS EQUITY ASSOCIATION - TO JOIN OR NOT TO JOIN (PART 2) W/ MONTAJA SIMMONS
Montaja Simmons is a proud native of
Pittsburgh, PA; she obtained a Bachelors of Fine Arts in Musical Theater
from Youngstown State University.
In the second semester of her
senior year in college, she became an office union member receiving her
Actors Equity Association Card.
Now back in her home town of
Pittsburgh, Pa she continues to pursue her acting career, while trying
her hand at film work, commercials, voice over work and even Disney
Princess Impersonating. You can catch Montaja in her most recent
Commercial work with Giant Eagle's grocery store.
M...2016-03-1115 minThe Prepared Performer PodcastTPPP009: FINANCIAL ADVICE FOR PERFORMERS AND ENTREPRENUERS W/SHAUNA GRINGAS
Hey Prepared Performers! Shauna is an awesome financial expert! Pay attention to learn how to become a paid performer!
Shauna Gingras, PMP® CMC®
With a background in Business and Technology Shauna has worked with companies ranging from Startups to Fortune 500, creating process and delivery strategies to increase revenue and market engagement.
Developing the strategy and leading execution with teams co-located in Canada, the US and EU to implement best in class solutions Shauna has been fortunate to contribute to the teams that brought bleeding and leading edge solutions to...2016-02-2617 minThe Prepared Performer PodcastTPPP008: HOW TO WORK AS A VOICE OVER ACTOR W/SEAN HANKINSONSean Hankinson, the voice of Ken on Barbie's Dream House, and superstar friend the Prepared Performer joins us and share's all his secrets to booking work as a voice over actor!
A proud member of AEA and SAG-AFTRA, Sean has been working professionally as an actor for 20 years. During that span Sean has worked on feature film, primetime and daytime tv, off-broadway and regional theatres, commercials, voiceover, modeling, industrials, etc. Most notably, Sean is currently the voice of America’s favorite boyfriend “Ken” for Netflix/Nickelodeon hit show, "Barbie: Life in the Dreamhouse". Sean is featured in Casting Director Bonnie Gi...2016-02-1932 minThe Prepared Performer PodcastTPPP007: HOW TO MAKE MONEY AS AN ACTOR - STEFANIE O'CONNELLMillennial Money Expert and Actor, Stefanie O'Connell shares how you can leverage your creative talents to make more money.
Stefanie O'Connell is a financial expert, Gen Y advocate, speaker and author of The Broke and Beautiful Life. She's also an equity actress whose past work includes How the Grinch Stole Christmas at Madison Square Garden and the international tour of the musical Cinderella starring Lea Salonga.
A broke actress with big dreams, Stefanie stumbled upon personal finance out of necessity, using money as a tool to empower herself and build a life on her terms.
Stefanie has be...2015-12-0700 minThe Prepared Performer PodcastTPPP0006: JEN BROOKS - THE GREEN ACTOR - A NEW APROACH TO HEADSHOTS AND RESUMESYou guys... have you ever ended up with a STACK of old resumes that you don't know what to do with!? Ever wondered why we use such giant photos?
Jen Brooks, from The Green Actor has your solution! Watch!
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https://www.facebook.com/TheGreenActor
https://twitter.com/greenactors
And - for more on Jen Brooks and her ability to belt a high Q - go here! http://www.thejenbrooks.com/
AND - I GOT A NEW MIC YA'LL! The quality in these videos will be improving soon!
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www.ThePreparedPerformer.com...2015-11-1313 minThe Prepared Performer PodcastTPPP005: Actors Equity Association To Join or Not to Join - Part 1 - Molly Tynes (Pippin on Broadway)Molly Tynes (Pippin on Bway and LOADS of regional work) joins us for a talk all about the pros and cons of joining the Actors Equity Association.
2015-10-3032 minThe Prepared Performer PodcastTPPP004: CERTIFIED EMPOWERMENT COACH NIKOL PETERMAN, BREAK THE STARVING ARTIST MOLD
Today we have brilliant performer and Certified Empowerment Coach, Nikol Peterman. In this episode Nikol shares so much goodness! Including...
What to do in the face of constant rejection
How a good audition equals a full bank account
How to stop competition and comparison from sabotaging your performance
How to Rock every performance and audition.
Nikol has been kind enough to offer us a FREE VIDEO SERIES! So amazing of her!
FREE GIFT Creative Vision Into Action (Bold and make hyperlink)
Get Unstuck in your Performance and Career!
More about Nikol Peterman -
Nikol Peterman, CPC...2015-10-1131 minThe Prepared Performer PodcastTPPP 003: NYC VOCAL COACH AND ACCOMPANIST, ANDREW BYRNE - THE PERFECT AUDITION SONGMore about Andrew here - www.AndrewMByrne.comFind new material with his awesome Rep Lists - http://www.andrewmbyrne.com/repertoire-lists/Learn from THE BEST in his masterclass in SoCal on October 24th - www.ThePreparedPerformer.com/masterclass
Here's his top tips for the Perfect Audition Song.
P. is for Playable:
Is this song too musically hard for a pianist who has never seen it before?Are there excessive tempo/meter/key changes?Is the copy I’m using legible?Are the chords or the bottom piano staffs cut off/not visible on the copy I’m using...2015-10-0221 minThe Prepared Performer PodcastTPPP 002: AGENT ANTHONY BOYER TELLS US WHAT A PERFORMER SHOULD DO ONCE THEY ACTUALLY BOOK A JOBAnthony Boyer, agent with Stage 9/DDO, is back! So often, as performers, we spend so much time trying to book work that we don't know how to properly manage our career after we actually get that job! Anthony has great advice in this podcast, jump in!2015-09-1746 minThe Prepared Performer PodcastTPPP 001: AGENT ANTHONY BOYER GIVES HIS BEST TIPS FOR BOOKING WORK AS A PERFORMERAnthony Boyer, Agent from Stage 9/DDO is here to kick off our Podcast for Prepared Performers! Join us to get his best advice for booking work as a performer. Whether you want to work in Theater or on Camera, this is for you!2015-09-1759 minThe Prepared Performer PodcastTPPP 000: Intro Episode with Vocal and Performance Coach Molly Mahoney - Rocking Your Performance CareerMolly Mahoney is a vocal, performance, and business coach who loves helping her students to succeed and build performance careers! Her website, www.ThePreparedPerformer.com is chocked full of advice for performers. She's now bringing in special guests, professionals from on the stage, behind the scenes and beyond to make sure you really have all the info need to be a truly Prepared Performer. In this episode she'll give you some of her best tips for rocking your next audition and let you know what to expect on future episodes.
And be sure to download her 5 Ways to Boost Y...2015-09-1714 min