About this episode

Risa and Steve discuss essential practices for actors to rebuild their careers and foster a supportive creative community.

At our most recent BGB Actors Summit, Risa and Steve gathered with actors from all over the world- from Rio de Janeiro to Mumbai, from Glasgow to San Antonio, from Buffalo to all over Los Angeles. They offered the fundamental and practical steps necessary to nurture and rebuild your career, your collaboration with other creative professionals, and your art. These are essential practices that take you on the journey to success- from care for yourself and who you are as an artist through to expressing that art in and with the support of a strong creative community. And then, with that foundation and support- through training, practice, and a full creative life in conjunction with other artists- you have the tools to build an amazing reel, impactful headshots, scroll-stopping self-tapes,and relationships with representatives and the entire Industry. AND you get to be a full, happy, vibrant actor with whom everyone wants to work! We recorded the Summit so that we could share it with you here on The Acting Podcast, as Audio & Video. We are grateful that we could all come together in the midst of the LA fires that have devastated our Los Angeles communities, while, at the same…

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Hosts: Risa Bramon Garcia, Steve Braun

Topics covered

• career rebuilding
• creative community
• actor support
• artistic expression
• training and practice
• industry relationships

Keywords

• acting
• career
• community
• art
• support
• training
• self-tapes
• headshots

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Places: Rio de Janeiro, Mumbai, Glasgow, San Antonio, Buffalo, Los Angeles

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