From the Midwest to Hollywood

March 9, 2007

Hello, all! I hope you are all well, wherever you are; I also hope that someday you’ll get to go on a trip to wherever you really want to go on a trip to. My sister Sarah (Sam) recently (or currently?) broke up the monotony of an Alaskan winter with a trip to Nicaragua.

Well, since I last wrote, I have continued on similar veins, working as an extra. Besides the Office and Gilmore Girls, I have worked on: Close to Home, CSI New York, CSI Miami, Scrubs, Medium, Gilmore Girls, Brothers and Sisters, How I Met Your Mother, Shark, and probably one or two others I can’t think of right now.

Besides doing extras work, I have been applying through a couple of Web-sites (www.mandy.com and www.actorsaccess.com) to work in small films. Most of these films are unpaid, but so far I consider them to be worthwhile because they allow me to work on camera, being directed. I’m keen to gain whatever worthwhile experience I can. So far, I have auditioned for several different things, all quite small projects. Of these auditions, I have worked on a couple of scenes with film students who need to complete 3 to 5 minute scenes for their classes. They then send me a copy of the final project and the idea is I can somehow submit that to other casting directors when I apply for other projects. I have not quite arrived to that phase yet because I need more footage as well as advice from others about how to put footage together.

I thought I’d include one of my headshots so you can see what I send out with my resume to the casting directors.

If you guys have any questions about how any of this stuff has gone or how it works, please write back and ask.