Before The Break

This week on BEFORE THE BREAK, the boys sit down with actor, Kennedy Caughell. On screen, Kennedy has appeared in Law & Order: SVU, and on stage she has been in the National Tours of Wicked and American Idiot. On Broadway, she has been in the casts of Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812, and is currently in the Tony Award winning Paradise Square. We...

This week on BEFORE THE BREAK, the boys sit down with actor, Ben Rappaport. Ben has had series regular roles on Outsourced and For The People. He’s also had recurring roles on The Good Wife, Mr. Robot, Younger, and Law & Order SVU. Most recently he was on the Netflix series Inventing Anna, and on the Chicago stage opposite Sean Hayes in Goodnight Oscar   We discuss moving a lot as a child, get...

This week on BEFORE THE BREAK, the boys sit down with actor, Harvey Guillén. Harvey has had recurring roles on Reacher, Human Resources, Archer, The Magicians, and Mickey Mouse Funhouse. He's also appeared in the films Werewolves Within, and The Internship. And he is currently one of the leads on the hit FX comedy series, What We Do In The Shadows. We discuss wanting to be an actor after seei...

This week on BEFORE THE BREAK, the boys sit down with actor, Maya Stojan.  Maya has appeared in such shows as NCIS, Grey’s Anatomy, The Resident, and Magnum P.I. She's also had recurring roles on Agents of SHIELD and Castle. We discuss growing up in Switzerland and feeling a little different, her first role playing a bird, coming to the U.S. to study theatre in college, the pressure of workin...

This week on BEFORE THE BREAK, the boys sit down with actor, Yosef Kasnetzkov. Yosef has had roles on Law & Order: Organized Crime, FBI, Blacklist, Magnum P.I., The Outsider, MaCgyver, and Hawaii 5-0. We discuss growing up in Hawaii, moving to Eastern Europe to pursue professional tennis, the acting teacher who changed his life, flying to NYC from Florida for classes and auditions, the importa...

This week on BEFORE THE BREAK, the boys sit down with  actor, Ira Amyx. Ira has had recurring roles on Stranger Things, Fargo, and Empire. He's also appeared on such shows as Chicago Med, Miracle Workers, Sirens, and Shameless. We discuss growing up in Idaho and bouncing between a dozen grade schools, getting the bug in high school from his drama teacher, learning from watching the actors at...

This week on a special episode of BEFORE THE BREAK, the boys sit down with agent, Matt Redmond. Matt is the owner and a senior agent at the NYC boutique talent agency, DGRW. We discuss acting being his gateway into the industry, how he picks clients, the importance of clients knowing what they want, the instincts of an agent, why mental health is an important factor of your education, actor do’s a...

This week on BEFORE THE BREAK, the boys sit down with  actor, James Andrew O'Connor. James has had recurring roles on Hightown and Gotham. He's also appeared on such shows as FBI,  Mr. Robot, Blue Bloods, Blindspot, The Affair, The Good Wife, The Blacklist, and Nurse Jackie. We discuss growing up in the Bronx, watching movies with his father, how coaching has made him a better actor, sin...

This week on BEFORE THE BREAK, the boys sit down with  actor, Stafford Douglas. Stafford has appeared in such films as Good Kill, Gold, Hostiles, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, The Kid, and News of the World. On TV he’s been in Longmire, and Better Call Saul. And he’s had recurring roles on Manhattan, Criminal Minds, and Daybreak. We discuss growing up in the small but booming market of New Mexico, being...

This week on BEFORE THE BREAK, the boys sit down with  actor, Lucas Van Engen. Lucas has appeared on such shows as Chicago Fire, Blacklist, FBI, Turn!, Quantico, and Law & Order. He has also had recurring roles on City On A Hill, Emergence, and is currently a series regular on HBO's We Own This City. We discuss growing up in Indiana wanting to play football, being an extra in the film Rud...

This week on BEFORE THE BREAK, the boys sit down with  actor, Dave Quay. Dave has appeared on such shows as Blue Bloods, Bull, and Gotham. He has also had recurring roles on The Looming Tower, Blindspot, and House of Cards. We discuss growing up with vaudevillian heroes, getting the film bug from an early age, getting advice from a Hollywood director as a teenager, falling into theatre at college,...

This week on a special episode of  BEFORE THE BREAK, the boys sit down with photographer, Michael Kushner. His work has been featured in The New York Times, Vogue, and The Tony Awards, among others. We discuss the difference between headshots and social media pics, knowing the proper looks for you and your market, current trends, how to prepare for a headshot session, the importance of being speci...

This week on BEFORE THE BREAK, the boys sit down with  actor, Mike O'Gorman. Mike has appeared on such shows as Inside Amy Schumer, Perry Mason, AP Bio, Ugly Americans, and Vice Principals. He's also been a writer on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. We discuss growing up on Long Island, skipping college to pursue a music career, getting his start in comedy web videos, living at hi...

This week on BEFORE THE BREAK, the boys sit down with  actor, Jermaine Crawford. Jermaine has been on such shows as The Wire, Person Of Interest, The Get Down, and the upcoming We Own This City. His film credits include Roxanne Roxanne, Three Pregnant Men, and Twelve. We discuss growing up in Maryland, wanting to become an actor from Shakespeare, watching movies with his father, switching from the...

This week on a special episode of BEFORE THE BREAK, the boys sit down with Casting Director, Ally Beans. We discuss what led her to becoming a CD, do's and dont's, and we pick her brain about all things casting. That and much more! Follow Before The Break - on Instagram at @beforethebreakpod https://beforethebreak.buzzsprout.com/ Follow Ally - on Instagram at @castingbyally Follow Tommy...

This week on BEFORE THE BREAK, the boys sit down with  actor, Chris Chalk. Chris has been on such shows as Perry Mason, Gotham, When They See Us, and The Newsroom. His film credits include Red Sea Diving Resort, Detroit, 12 Years A Slave. On stage he appeared in the 2010 Broadway revival of Fences.  We discuss growing up in North Carolina, being fed limitations in school, the importance of always...

This week on BEFORE THE BREAK, the boys sit down to chat about the audition process and self-tape do's and dont's. We discuss proper self-tape etiquette, how to communicate with a casting director, how many headshots to have, when you really need a reel, the importance of submitting for projects that you're actually right for, having good old fashioned common sense, knowing the righ...

This week on BEFORE THE BREAK, the boys sit down with  actor, Nick Bailey. Nick has been on such shows as Red Oaks, The Americans, Bull, NCIS: New Orleans. On stage he's been in the 1st National Tour of Waitress: The Musical. We discuss growing up in North Carolina, getting the bug at a young age from church plays, being a bad student, playing silent characters in college, booking a soap oper...

This week on BEFORE THE BREAK, the boys sit down with  actor, Brandon Ellis. Brandon has been on such shows as The Crew, Dietland, 30 Rock, Iron Fist, and Vinyl. On stage he's been in the National Tour of The Play That Goes Wrong, and the Broadway productions of Once: The Musical, and Bandstand. We discuss switching to real estate during the pandemic, how music changed his life as a kid, lear...

This week on BEFORE THE BREAK, the boys sit down with  actor, Will Roland. Will can currently be seen in a recurring  role on the TV show Billions, and has been featured on The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, and Red Oaks. On Broadway he's appeared in Be More Chill and Dear Evan Hansen. We discuss growing up in NYC, a life changing high school trip to London, getting a music degree at NYU, having...

This week on BEFORE THE BREAK, the boys sit down with  actor, Claybourne Elder. Clay has been on such TV shows as FBI and The Carrie Diaries. On Broadway he's appeared in Bonnie & Clyde, Torch Song, and Sunday In The Park With George. He can currently be seen in the HBO Max series The Gilded Age, and in the Broadway revival of Company. We discuss growing up in Utah, being a theatre nerd,...

This week on BEFORE THE BREAK, the boys sit down with  actor, Ben Sidell for his FIRST podcast. Ben has been a series regular on the Hulu series, Complete Works.  He can also be seen in the films Queenpins, Someone Great, and Lena Dunham's upcoming film, Sharp Stick. As well as the Academy Award nominated Don't Look Up on Netflix. We discuss his COVID living situation, growing up industr...

This week on BEFORE THE BREAK, the boys sit down with  actor, J. Nycole Ralph. J. Nycole has appeared on Broadway in the hit musical, The Book of Mormon, and in the national tour of West Side Story. She's also acted in, written, and produced her own web-series Working Out The Kinks.  We discuss growing up in Ohio, having aspirations of being a dancer, moving to NYC for school, getting serious...

This week on BEFORE THE BREAK, the boys sit down with  actor, Christopher Rice-Thomson. Chris has been in such Broadway shows as The Book of Mormon and Pretty Woman, and on tour he's performed in West Side Story, and can currently be seen on tour with the company of Hamilton. We discuss growing up in Oklahoma, not getting into big college theatre departments, being put down by his college pro...

This week on BEFORE THE BREAK, the boys sit down with  actor, Kelcy Griffin. Kelcy has had recurring roles on such shows as Gotham, Power, The Deuce, and Dietland. She's also appeared on Bull, and Fosse/Verdon. And on the Broadway stage she's been in Chicago and Bullets Over Broadway. We discuss growing up in Chicago, going to a performing arts high school, moving to NYC, the hustle of g...