Makin’ It Happen: A Career in the Performing Arts

Listen to sixteen year old actor, AJ Landy share the intimate details of his first booking on NBC's Law & Order. We discuss how he got connected, how he was signed to professional representation, and began auditioning for film and television opportunities at the highest level of the industry.   His story gives you a bird's eye view of what it was like to go to his first wardrobe fitting, his f...

Professional actor, singer, dancer, and musical theater performer extraordinaire, Jake Urban shares his journey and details about how he recently gained professional representation and was given huge audition opportunities that put him in three consecutive musical theater shows back to back. This detailed account of his experiences will most definitely help those navigating the space between Unive...

Listen as international inspiration speaker, Fabio Marques talks perspective, mindset, and more discussing the tools and guidelines to be your best confident self in every situation.  Learn how to sense and read a room, whether that be for interviews, auditions, or in rehearsals.  How you can be the artist they seek to hire over and over again. Learn how you can believe and make a difference in yo...

Casey Garvin , professional dancer, actor and singer shares his journey from being a child actor to navigating the business through adult hood.  Listen to his journey from loving the art of performance as a young boy, navigating the professional performance space as a child and teen, to landing six Broadway Shows including  Some Like It Hot  at the Shubert Theatre, NYC. Find out how you can follow...

Listen as Wayne Petro, the Associate Director of Enrollment for the School of Performing Arts at Pace University in New York City, shares his journey and offers clear and honest insight and guidance for college bound seniors preparing for the audition process. If you enjoy this podcast, subscribe and download and consider sharing with friends who can benefit from the stories and information my gue...

Listen to Susan's experience with her son Jeremy and how together they navigated preparation, travel, auditions, bookings, and the business side of the industry. Learn what it is like for a young child actor at the beginning of the journey. Find out how you can follow the steps Susan and I took to build Jeremy's career by visiting; Makin' It Happen; A Career in the Performing Arts   Subscribing; Y...

Learn how Diana DiMarzio went from growing up in a small Pennsylvania town to sharing the stage with many legends of The Great White Way.  Her lifelong experience and detailed description of her journey to Broadway and beyond will give you insight and tips on navigating a career in the arts. For more information on how to create and navigate a career in the arts for yourself or for your child or t...

Kevin Csolak , professional stage, TV, and film actor, dancer, singer shares his journey from being a child actor to navigating the business through adult hood.   Listen to his sincere and honest story of how he navigated all of it and landed in three Broadway Shows, dancing for Justin Timberlake in the Super Bowl, in Steven Spielberg's West Side Story (Diesel), on TNT's Animal Kingdom (S6-Andrew)...

Hannah Bonnett, professional actress, singer and dancer shares her journey to booking the lead role of Elle Woods in the 2022-23 National Tour of Legally Blonde .  Listen to her honest and heartwarming story.   Included are her 'tips and tricks' on how she did it.   Find out how you can follow the steps Hannah and I took to build his career by visiting; Makin' It Happen; A Career in the Performing...