The Vagabond Actor's Podcast
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Listener Question: What If It Doesn’t Work?
15 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Hello after a long time away! This episode, Gary, Brian and Andrea delve into listener (and working actor) Fola Evans-Akingbola called in to ask about...
Interview with Actor and Stuntwoman Samantha Win (Army of the Dead, Wonder Woman, 300: Rise of An Empire)
10 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week we are delighted to talk with Samantha Win. Samantha is an accomplished martial artist and stuntwoman who talks with us about the drive need...
Interview With Director Miguel Alexandre: Spy City, Black Island
18 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We're back from a long hiatus with a wonderful interview, talking with director Miguel Alexandre. Miguel directed Brian in Spy City (AMC+) and, when w...
Listener Questions: International Castings, Following Your Instincts and When Is It Time To Move On?
09 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode we answer some listener questions. Prashansa from Bombay asks about how to make connections into a market outside of where you are living...
Interview with Actor and Narrator Wayne Mitchell
18 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode, we talk with actor and audio book narrator Wayne Mitchell. Wayne studied with Andrea at Playhouse West and talks extensively about the a...
Can Acting Be Harmful To Your Health?
16 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week we talk about how actors might deal with the traumatic emotional experiences that can come with the circumstances we are asked to portray. ...
What Is Truth In Acting? What Makes Acting Truthful?
15 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week we get into a philosophical question that has a direct impact on how actors approach their craft and their roles: What is Truth? More specif...
Interview with Filmmaker Marcus Markou (Papadopoulos & Sons, Two Strangers Who Meet Five Times)
06 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We're back after a break with director and screenwriter Marcus Markou. Marcus wrote, directed, produced, and self-distributed the smash hit feature fi...
Listener Question: What Should Actors Think About While Acting?
14 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week Christian Cascone asks about what actors should think about while acting. Inner monologue? Nothing? Something else? We do our best to delve ...
Listener Question: Do Commercials Hurt Your Film Career?
08 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week we answer a question that listener Christian Bitar asked us on our Instagram account (@vagabondactors). He asked whether working on commerci...
Interview with filmmaker Ben Steel: Mental Health in the Creative Industry (The Show Must Go On)
29 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week we invite actor and filmmaker Ben Steel on to talk about the state of mental health in the creative industry. Ben has spent the last 4 years...
One Year of Being a Vagabond Actor
22 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week (well, technically last week) marks the first anniversary of Vagabond Actors. So Brian, Gary and Andrea talk about year we just had, what we...
On the Job: What If You're Being Taken Advantage Of?
08 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Actors, aside from the leads and stars on a production, typically have very little power in dealing with unscrupulous producers. This week we talk abo...
Interview with Writer/Showrunner Sean Crouch (Numb3rs, The Exorcist, Lore, The 100)
02 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week we talk with showrunner Sean Crouch about his career writing stories for television, his experiences and thoughts on working with actors, au...
How Does The Style Of A Piece Affect Your Acting Choices?
25 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Actress Emily Jackman wrote in to ask about how the writing or directing style of a piece will affect how we go about working on a role and the choice...
Selftapes: Lights, Camera, Framing (re-release)
18 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We're re-releasing our discussion on doing self-tapes this week. As the business starts to pick up, actors are getting more and more self tapes to do ...
Listener Questions: Backstory, Boredom, and Lies
12 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week we dig into listener Petra Bučková's three really interesting questions about how to deal with a character's backstory (especially when yo...
Acting and Auditioning for Small Roles: Functional Characters, Bit Parts, Day Players
06 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week we delve into acting and auditioning for small roles. We spend so much time in acting class working on the big characters but, especially at...
Interview with Actor Stacy Martin (Nymphomaniac, Vox Lux, Archive)
26 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week it's our pleasure to welcome actor Stacy Martin to the podcast. She talks about her career, starting as the lead in Lars von Trier's Nymphom...
Actor's Communication: How To Talk To Your Agent
19 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week we follow up on our first episode on agents (How to get one) with a conversation on how to communicate with your representatives. Basically:...
Acting Student Pushback
11 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week, acting teachers Andrea Helene, Brian Caspe and Gary Condes talk about dealing with student pushback. There are a few different types of pus...
Acting Monologues: How To Rehearse And Perform Solo
05 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week we (finally) release the follow up to our Finding Monologues episode. We talk about some of the pitfalls in working on what seems like a sol...
Interview with Dan Johnson: How to Build A Great Acting Showreel
28 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week we are thrilled to welcome filmmaker and showreel guru Daniel Johnson to the podcast. Dan has been making films and helping actors put toget...
What's the deal with improvisation?
23 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode, acting teachers Andrea Helene, Brian Caspe and Gary Condes (recorded December 1, 2020) cover the benefits, techniques, and practice of i...
Acting Fundamentals: Actions
14 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode (recorded December 22) gets back to fundamentals. We delve into the basic building block of acting technique: Actions (which are also cal...
Setting Acting Goals
07 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to 2021! If 2020 has taught us anything, it's that you can't really predict the future, but you can strive for goals that are in line with you...
Dealing With Pressure From Loved Ones
17 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Holiday season typically means families coming together. For actors, that can also mean facing families that don't quite know how to talk to us about ...
Interview with Jen Seifert: CRxEATIVITY, The Artists Way
10 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week we welcome Jen Seifert to the podcast. Jen runs group workshops working through Julia Cameron's transformative book on becoming your creativ...
Listener Questions: Distractions And Imagination
03 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week we answer some of the listener questions that have come in. Philip asks about how to deal with cast members who are joking around between ta...
Feeding Your Acting
27 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week we take a look at those external skills, trainings and habits actors can develop to feed their acting and artistic self. It's a broad topic ...
How Am I Going To Learn All of These Lines??
22 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Learning lines is often the bane of an actor's existence. It may be the least fun skills we need to have. This week, acting teachers Andrea Helene, Ga...
Interview with Casting Director Nancy Bishop (Borat 2, The Liberator)
12 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week we welcome casting director Nancy Bishop to Vagabond Actors. Nancy has spent years in casting, finding actors for blockbuster films like Mis...
Finding Monologues
06 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week acting teachers Gary Condes, Andrea Helene and Brian Caspe talk about monologues. We had a great discussion and this week we're giving you h...
A Biog By Any Other Name
30 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
When is creating a character's past too much? How much time should you spend on the character's history? We get into these questions this week. We tal...
I Want An Agent! What Do I Do?
22 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
One of the first questions actors who are just starting out ask is: How do I get an agent? Well, we get into it in this week's episode. We talk about ...
Taking Direction Among Other Things
16 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week, acting teachers Gary Condes, Andrea Helene and Brian Caspe bring a buffet of smaller topics that revolve around giving and taking direction...
Interview with Ed Speleers (Outlander, Downton Abbey, Beowolf, Eragon)
08 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week we're privileged to welcome actor Ed Speleers. Ed got his start at 17 as the lead in the fantasy film Eragon and has gone on to work steadil...
Digging into Text, part 3
01 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In the last episode in the Digging into the Text series, acting teachers Andrea Helene, Gary Condes and Brian Caspe finish our in-depth look at how to...
Digging into Text, part 2
24 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week we continue our breakdown of scene 4 of David Auburn's wonderful play PROOF. If you haven't listened to the first part, please find it here:...
Digging into Text, part 1
17 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week we start on script analysis. We take a detailed look at David Auburn's Pulitzer Prize winning play PROOF. It's a great scene and offers a wi...
Location, Location, Location
10 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we answer some questions that came from you, our listeners! First, we answer a question from Robert Bellisimo, who wrote in asking what to ...
What Our Challenges Are And What We Learned From Them
03 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It's a healthy part of an acting career to face and overcome challenges. This week, acting teachers Andrea Helene, Brian Caspe and Gary Condes talk ab...
Interview with Evelyn Edwards: Actor and Voice Teacher Extraordinaire
27 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week we welcome Evelyn Edwards, a fun and funny American actor and voice teacher currently living and working in the UK, as she shares her journe...
Getting Revved Up With Emotional Preparation/The Moment Before
20 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week acting teachers Gary Condes, Andrea Helene and Brian Caspe answer listener Cesar's question about how to get into the right emotional state ...
Dealing With Rejection: Mindset
13 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week, acting teachers Andrea Helene, Gary Condes and Brian Caspe delve into the mindset required to deal with the difficulties of constantly bein...
Is There Such A Thing As Character?
07 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, acting teachers Brian Caspe, Andrea Helene and Gary Condes talk about that most fundamental and surprisingly controversial of concept...
The Real World Vs. Acting
31 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, acting teachers Andrea Helene, Gary Condes and Brian Caspe discuss the challenge of being vulnerable in your acting, but thick skinne...
Charisma, Confidence and Fear
23 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We're back after a 2 week break! This week we are delving into the question: "what exactly is charisma and can I become more charismatic?" As part of ...
Interview with Mark Taylor: 1st AD on Game of Thrones, Carnival Row, JoJo Rabbit and more!
02 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week we welcome our second guest! Mark Taylor joins us from his hot tub to talk about his job as a 1st AD on some of the biggest projects out the...
Acting Teachers: Saviours or Saboteurs?
25 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week, acting teachers Andrea Helene, Brian Caspe and Gary Condes meet to talk about... well, what makes a good acting teacher and class and what ...
Take it By Jackboots: Control vs. Energy
18 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we talk about control, energy and how society pushes us to tamp down our responses. How do you let go of your control and fully giv...
How do you feel about that? Opinions!
11 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode (recorded in late April), we talk about opinions: why they're important for an actor, how to find them, and how to nourish them! As al...
The Do's and Dont's of Commercial Castings With Crocodile Casting
04 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today we are overjoyed to welcome our first guests: Claire Toeman and Tracie Saban from Crocodile Casting join us to talk about commercial casting, ...
What if my partner sucks?
28 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we talk about what to do when your partner isn't present, or isn't very good or just plain sucks. We want to know about your experienc...
Headshots!
21 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
One of an actor's most basic tools is the headshot. In this episode, we get into what a good headshot is, finding your authentic self, how to prepare ...
What Do You Want? Objectives!
14 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, acting coaches Brian, Gary and Andrea dig into the classic actor's tool OBJECTIVES: What is the want/need/doing of the scene. We also...
Lights! Camera! Self-Tape!
07 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Brian, Andrea and Gary discuss revisiting Stanislavski, Harold Clurman, Showreel Shareday and our main topic: How to handle Self-Tapi...
Building Your Network: Yay or Boo?
30 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, in addition to our main topic about how to build and maintain your professional network, Brian, Andrea and Gary talk about how their ...
To Train or Not To Train
23 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Brian, Andrea and Gary discuss the early days of the pandemic lockdown, whether actors even need training these days and what they've watched that has...