Callback: “Auto Zone” @ Francene Selkirk Casting.

This morning I received an email from my theatrical agency for a potential offer for a role in a low-budget feature film.  The casting director, Tannis Vallely, is requesting my demo reel to show to the production team.  It’s a smaller role and just one potential day of work, but needless to say I’m completely thrilled on countless levels.

I first met Tannis at a CD workshop back in March of 2000 and she has since been nothing but amazingly kind, helpful and supportive of my career. 

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Audition: “Fresh of the Boat” @ CFB Casting.  This is another audition that came from dropping of photos.  There wasn’t a whole lot of dialogue, but it was fun.  I went for two different roles…hopefully I’ll get one of them. 

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Audition: “Audi” @ Sonnenberg Casting.  Callback or not, I had a great time in the room with my fellow actors!

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Audition: “Criminal Minds” @ Scott David Casting.  This went pretty good.  I got a redirect and I think I delivered that redirect well. 

Audition: “Auto Zone” @ Francene Selkirk Casting.  Great time in the room!

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Audition: Diet Dr. Pepper” @ Ross Lacy Casting.  This was a great, fun time in the room.

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Shooting: “Walmart” @ Caviar.  Day Two.  This spot is with Actor/Comedian Craig Robinson.  He wasn’t on set yesterday, but he’s here today.  Nice guy and fun and funny too. 

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Shooting: “Walmart” @ Caviar. Great to be on another set!  Plus, evidently there was some mix up and I was given the news that I am also working tomorrow.  Great!  I’m just glad that I don’t have a conflict for tomorrow.  

Most of the time, for me, was spent chatting with the other actors and waiting for my turn to shoot.    

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Yeah!  This morning, while attending the SAG-AFTRA Wages & Working Condition Meeting I got an email that informed me that I booked the Walmart commercial!  So excited! 

Fitting: “Walmart” @ Caviar.  This fitting didn’t last very long.  The wardrobe department had shopped for me, but not from Walmart.  The client wanted me to only wear clothing from the retailer.  In and out in 5 minutes…and I still get paid.

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Callback: “Walmart” @ ASG Casting.  Wow!  This was a great callback.  I left the room feeling really good about it.  Hopefully, I’ll get an avail call later today or tomorrow.

And yes, this evening the news came in that I’ve been placed on avail for Walmart.  Love it!

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Table Read:  “The Mysteries of Laura” @ Burbank Studios.  A friend of mine that I met while shooting a commercial years ago, has since become a writer for a network show asked if I’d consider being a part of a table of a script.

It was so much fun!  I met the creator of the show, the entire writing staff and several actors I’d never met before.  Thanks Margaret!

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Audition: “Criminal Minds” @ Scott David Casting.  Hmm…I think I “over propped” myself for this one…which also meant that “the work” was lacking.  I didn’t walk away feeling so great on this one.

Audition: “Walmart” @ ASG Casting.  Wow, I really feel like I “nailed” this one.  Simple stuff and DIDN’T push too much.

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Audition: Clash of Clans” @ Ross Lacy Casting.  This was a really simple audition, but I left feeling that I, somehow, pushed too hard in the room.  

Audition: “Veep” @ Allison Jones Casting.  This was another audition that I got from directly dropping off my photo at the casting office.  I felt like I did well in the room.  Definitely a show that I should be on.

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Audition: “Girlfriend’s Day” @ Barbara McCarthy Casting.  Wow, the ladies in this office are just beyond wonderful and sweet.  They even called me in from dropping off my photo and resume at their office last week.

I think the audition went well and I think just getting a callback on this would be great.

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Shooting: “Bubble Gum”.  This was the faith-based shoot I spoke of a few weeks.  It was very different as I hadn’t work with a student filmmaker in a long time.  The director was very much a stand up guy with a very clear mission.

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Audition: “Amazon Frog” @ Ross Lacy Casting.  Quick, fast and fun.

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Audition: “DirecTV” @ Francene Selkirk Casting.  This went great and SHOULD have callback written all over it. 

Audition: “Lowe’s” @ Ross Lacy Casting.  Fun time in the room.  I feel so, incredibly fortunate that casting directors like Ross Lacy & Francene Selkirk, etc. call me in so often. I need to make them proud and book something soon. 

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Audition: “REI” @ Ross Lacy Casting.  This was a fun spot.  I think I made a poor choice of wardrobe and that got me in my head a little, but I think one of the 3 scenarios I performed in went pretty well…that’s better than none!    

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Audition: “UPS” @ Spot Casting.  Quick-fast in and out.  I was so good in the room!

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Audition: Pepsi @ TLC/Booth Casting.  I’m never sure how things go at this particular casting office because the session director, Leland, is just so interesting.  Actually, truth be told, I’m never sure how things go regardless of who the session director is.  I felt like I was “acting” a bit too much, but I’ll let the powers that be make that decision.

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I arrived back in LA this morning after my 2 ½ week vacation and tonight I’m back on the floor waiting tables…talk about a reality check! 

Shortly after I got to work a fellow employee said that she had a customer that was looking for SAG actors for a web series and gave me his card.  A while later the gentleman approached me, introduced himself, gave me a quick rundown of what he wanted to do and asked if he could call me tomorrow.  Well alrighty then…

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Audition: “Truth Be Told” @ Jill Anthony/Gillian O’Neill Casting.  Since I’m still on vacation, this is going to be a self-tape situation.  I’m not at all an expert on the self-tape thing, but I have to get better at it and, in fact, embrace it.    

I was pretty happy with how it came out even though I was super pressed for time…and not really in the head space to audition.  Word came back later that my agency and casting liked what I put together and my choices.

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Still traveling. Right now my brother and I are enjoying a 4-hour layover in Copenhagen, Denmark.  Beautiful airport, it’s more like an upscale shopping mall. 

After we finally boarded the plane and took off we…landed again.  At the same airport.

Not sure what happened, as most of the explanation was in a language I couldn’t understand.  We got more fuel and I’m not sure what else and took off again, bound for Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania.

My sister-in-law’s aunt and uncle picked my brother and I up from the airport to drive us to Šventoji, a beach-resort town of around 3,000 people.  Obviously, quite different than Hollywood…and just what I’m looking for.

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I thought this was funny.  So my brother and I are riding the shuttle bus @ Dulles International Airport, in preparation for our flight to Lithuania, and the driver asked us what airlines? I answered, "Scandinavian Air" and the only other person riding with us, a Caucasion woman, whipped her head around so fast and stared at us that I felt a breeze.

Can’t a few brothas take a European vacation?  We're just going to pick a few mushrooms. Honestly, I don’t think she meant anything by it.  She was probably just really curious.  Funny.

On another note, I received a message from a very talented actor friend that is now a staff writer on a network show.  She asked if I would ever consider coming to Burbank to do a table read for the show she writes on.

Ahh…let me think about that…YEAH!

I’m a little confused as to what the context is, but I’ll figure that out later.  I have no idea when the table read might be, but hopefully I won’t miss it since I won’t be back in LA for another 2 weeks.

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Finally, my vacation has officially started…and I didn’t even get all of the way home to Virginia before getting my first appointment…back in Los Angeles.  It was an appointment for a show I’d REALLY love to be cast on, well, that’s just about any show.

The show is SCANDAL.

Oh well, there isn’t much I can do about it, except be thrilled that they have me on their radar.  I will be back!

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Audition: “The Seminar” @ Susie Farris Casting.  Eh, this didn’t go so well.  It wasn’t “bad”, but it wasn’t good either and certainly not great.  I don’t know, it went better in my head, 34 seconds before entering the room. 

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Callback: “KIA” @ Cathi Carlton Casting.  This callback went well, not as good as the initial audition, but pretty well I think.

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Fitting: “Xerox” @ Smuggler Productions.  Yeah!  Being at a fitting is ALWAYS a great thing for me.  The wardrobe person asked me to bring suits, shirts, shoes, ties, etc.  I, pretty much, brought my entire new wardrobe with me.  The wardrobe head couldn’t believe how well my suits looked on me and asked if they had been tailored.  In the end they chose and photographed two of my looks.

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While rushing out to get to an early audition in Santa Monica my phone rings.

It’s KMR, my commercial agency. 

My first thought was that I’d forgotten to confirm and they were making sure that I was going to be able to make it.  But then I remembered that I was on avail for “Xerox”.   

Oh yeah, that.

I let the call go to voicemail…and waited.  I can usually judge what the call is about based on how long it takes for the voicemail to come through…I might be wrong, but it’s a fun game I play.

Okay, it took like 45 seconds for the message to arrive and the message is 38 seconds long.  Ooh, THAT is good news.  I smell a booking for “Xerox”…and that is exactly what it was!

Audition: “KIA” @ Cathi Carlton Casting.  C’mon man!  I am SO, incredibly perfect for this!  I’m expecting to get a call back on this one here!

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Bright and early I received the news that I’ve been placed on avail for the “Xerox” spot.  Yay!

Audition: “Dunkin’ Donuts” @ Good People Casting.  I was as good as I could possibly be in this audition while “fake drinking” and thoroughly enjoying a hot cup of coffee…I’ve never had a hot cup of coffee in my life.  Or any type of coffee.  But I faked it like a champ!

Callback: “IBM” @ Dan Bell Casting.  This callback wasn’t anything but “butta”!  Me and my partner got it done!  Actually, my partner was someone I worked with previously at The Standard, Johnny Hawkes.  We totally connected in the room.  Man, I HAVE to be placed on avail or book this one…right?!?!?!

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Audition: “IBM” @ Dan Bell Casting.  This was great! I think I’m perfect for it.  I walked out of the room feeling great about how things went.

Callback: “Xerox” @ Cathi Carlton Casting.  Well, parts of this really well, I think, and parts of it were “partly cloudy”.  They had me read for the role I auditioned for originally and also dialogue from a different spot.  The original role/spot went great, but one of the lines from the other spot was a real bit of a tongue twister; certainly not anything that was easy for me to say.  I walked out of the room just shaking my head. 

The character called for me to wear business attire…so I wore a suit, since I have 4 new suits.  It’s also common for me to ride my skateboard from my car to the casting office.  I can usually feel the energy change in the room when I walk in with my board.  The visual must be a little confusing, but in an interesting way.  I never make a big deal about my board, but sometimes they ask if I really skate.  Of course I do, no posers here!  I mean, I’m not a “skate rat” by any means, but I can certainly get around. 

In the end, I’m not sure how it all added up, but hopefully, I’ll be placed on avail…or booked.

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Audition: “DraftKings” @ Cathi Carlton Casting.  This was fun and I had a great time in the room.  

Not the stuff I normally book or even get callbacks/avails for, so we’ll see.   

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