That One Audition with Alyshia Ochse

Unrealistic expectations hurt and shame your creativity. Evaluate what is helping you and what is ultimately holding you back. Show Notes: HOST: @alyshiaochse SHOW: @thatoneaudition WEBSITE:  alyshiaochse.com

Today's guest takes us on a fascinating journey that begins in a gas station and culminates in an extraordinary career of striking, viscerally effecting images. Randall Slavin began his creative career as an actor, but eventually found that he truly came alive when he was takes photos of his actor friends. He's since developed a body of work that features nearly every iconic face of Hollywood. Fro...

Everything we perceive, interpret, and ultimately feel in life is filtered through our five senses, and stored in our subconscious with sense memory. Our imaginations are fueled by life experiences. Building our emotional muscles to their full potential is just as important as developing our physical and vocal muscles. This is the key to both our physical and emotional life as actors. Without sens...

Today's guest entered his on-camera career after being eliminated from the first round of a reality TV show. Little did he know how one small connection from this otherwise absurd and hilarious experience would open the door to a creative career that would force him to examine his humanity and the world around him. Travis Van Winkle made it to LA with a few hundred bucks in his pocket and the beli...

Matt Newton, NY acting coach, gives insight on how he helps protect actors and uses his keen eye and kind heart to bring forth the true essence of your authentic artistry.

 For today's episode I'm sitting down with actor Peter Facinelli. Before he was cast as the head of a certain vampire family in one of the highest grossing film franchises of all time, Peter wanted to be lawyer. But after realizing that a life practicing law wasn't at all like what he'd seen on TV, he discovered his love for acting—which as he shares, served his desire for attention, but also to d...

Is it possible to give the same grace to an artist who takes a decade to learn as it does to a lawyer or doctor as they learn?

When you listen to today's academy award winning guest, you'll likely wonder how she manages to balance executive producing award-winning films, appearing as a series regular and recurring role on multiple TV shows, and raising a one-year-old. The answer, as Jaime Ray Newman shares today, is surprisingly simple. With the help of her creative community and collaborator-husband Guy Nativ, she's mana...

Tips for making a great self-tape! Here are some suggestions for my favorite taping places: Los Angeles: TheCastingLink.com Amato@thecastinglink.com New York City: www.mnactingstudio.com Info@mnactingstudio.com Atlanta: www.thenovahouse.com Tim Taping -  (310) 420-9645 New Orleans: James DuMont -  jamesdumont@sbcglobal.net

Today we're sitting down with actor Chris Chalk as he shares how he's made a career working on Broadway, on TV, and in Film—with some of the industry's most notable names and memorable projects—like Denzel Washington in FENCES on Broadway, in 12 Years a Slave, on Fox's Gotham, The Newsroom, and the Netflix mini-series When they See Us. From auditioning across from Denzel, to curating a team of sup...

Giving another layer to your work. How does your character's view on their parents show up in the work?

Today's guest made her screen debut at the age of 13—after attending an open call, she was selected out of 800 young girls to play across from John Voight in DESERT BLOOM. Since then, Annabeth Gish has continued to build a career with roles across from some of Hollywood's most iconic names. She shares what it's like sharing the screen with icons like Julia Roberts, Anthony Hopkins, Joan Allen, and...

What are you missing about the human condition? Using life around you to observe human behavior and make character judgements. Observation lends itself to cultivating the most dramatic human experience for your art.

Today we're taking a journey into the minds of one of the most prolific American playwrights of contemporary theater. If you've ever read any of his plays, had the privilege to work on any of his scripts, or sit in the audience of one of his shows, then you know the power of Neil Labute and his extraordinary body of work.  His imaginative use of language, his complicated and deeply human character...

Understanding what you need right now to be of the best service of your artistry.  When do you allow yourself to be in FLOW and when STRUCTURE must be in place to let creativity happen.

Jason Momoa was the FIRST one to audition for GAME OF THRONES and the LAST one cast a year later. His cousins impact on his life helped him make a strong choice that ultimately landed him the role. But it took him a few years and a couple of classes to trust his instinctive strong choices and learn how to "audition". BAYWATCH discovered him in his native home of Hawaii among a 1300 person cattle c...

It's all about the specifics in the script, but what is that DETAIL that can really activate your humanness in a scene?

Live from NYC with Claire Coffee. From her first big job in LA on The West Wing, to her series regular role on NBC's hit show Grimm, Claire has seen first-hand what it takes to take a career from recurring co-star to one of the leads of a major series. She shares how living as an actor in New York is different than in LA, how important improv was to expanding her work and community, and how she's...

Beau Garrett is an American actress and model born in Los Angeles, CA and grew up in Topanga Canyon where she rode horses and was a competitive equestrian. She began her career appearing in GUESS advertisements in the late 1990s after being discovered by an Elite modeling agent at age fourteen. She first appeared on TV in the hit show Entourage in 2004 and made her feature film debut in the horror...

Guy Nattiv is an Academy Award® winning filmmaker from Israel. His first American short film, SKIN, won the 2019 Academy Award® for Best Live Action Short, along with many festivals around the world United States, Best Live Action Short FilmFrance, 2019, Clermont-Ferrand, Audience AwardUnited States, 2018, HollyShorts FF, Best Short Film Grand PrizeFrance, 2019, ECU European Independent FF, Specia...

When do you ask for feedback on your audition? What does the feedback mean? What is your intention for getting feedback?

Today's guest's journey is a roller coaster ride full of defining moments, times when everything seemed to be working against him, but ultimately lead him to where he is today. From multiple heart attacks by the time he was 21 years old to getting cut from some of recent year's most recognizable films, Eme Ikwuakor has continued to press on and shares how he took the deep dive into an artistic car...

Do you sometimes struggle with deciding whether you should accept an audition or a job? Here are 5 questions to ask yourself that will help you make the decision! You must answer a resounding YES to at least 3 to take the job/audition, if it's a job/audition you're unsure about.

Sarah Baker is an actress and comedian born in the  Washington, D.C.  area. After graduating from  James Madison University  with a double major in Theater and English, she moved to  Atlanta , Georgia where she joined the  Whole World Improv Theatre  as a performer, and later as a teacher. She also later became a member of the Sunday Company with the acclaimed Groundlings Theatre in Los Angeles. ...

Getting to the truth of your WHY. Do you know why you are called to be an artist? Know why you're going into this, know why you're doing it, because the industry doesn't need you.