The Storytellers Conservatory
By Shaan Sharma
The Storytellers ConservatoryJan 29, 2021
Jodi Long - Trailblazing Star Actress of Stage, Film, and Television, and esteemed SAG-AFTRA Leader.
Jodi Long was born in New York into a family of entertainers, trained in the craft in high school through college, and manifested an amazing career as a star actress on stage, and in TV and film. For many years, she has served as a local and national leader of SAG-AFTRA, working to create more opportunities for, and support, under-represented communities of performers. Always full of humor, wisdom, and grace, Jodi graciously sat down with me to share her journey in the profession of acting, her expansion into union leadership, and her insight into the challenges facing our union from inside the highest halls of leadership.
Jodi’s IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0519023/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/xojodilong
IG: https://www.instagram.com/xojodilong/
FB: https://www.facebook.com/JodiLongOfficialFanPage
Shaan Sharma IG: https://www.instagram.com/shaan_sharma/
Subscribe to our podcast here: https://anchor.fm/the-storytellers
The Storytellers Conservatory - develops working actors for TV, film, and commercials. Classes are taught by active working actors and casting professionals. Audit for free and come learn about our Actors' Blueprint for Success: CRAFT | BUSINESS | UNION | SELF-CARE.
Email us at The Storytellers Conservatory: hello@storytellersconservatory.com
Download the episode here: http://bit.ly/TSC_JodiLong
Joanna Cassidy - Star actress and soulful union leader: SAG-AFTRA National and LA Local Board.
You know Joanna from her amazing career: Golden Globe winner, Emmy & SAG Award nominations, brilliant performances in amazing shows and films that changed our industry like Blade Runner and Who Framed Roger Rabbit?. You might not know what an advocate she has been and still is for SAG and now SAG-AFTRA and our members, having served in leadership positions since the early 2000s. We sit down and have a beautifully candid discussion about her journey in life, art, and union. She also shares advice for younger women entering the business and her experience within the halls of union leadership with a message all our members should hear.
Joanna's IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001026/
Website: https://officialjoannacassidy.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JoannaVCassidy
IG: https://www.instagram.com/joannacassidyofficial/
FB: https://www.facebook.com/joannavcassidy/
Shaan Sharma IG: https://www.instagram.com/shaan_sharma/
Subscribe to our podcast here: https://anchor.fm/the-storytellers
The Storytellers Conservatory - develops working actors for TV, film, and commercials. Classes are taught by active working actors and casting professionals. Audit for free and come learn about our Actors' Blueprint for Success: CRAFT | BUSINESS | UNION | SELF-CARE.
Email us at The Storytellers Conservatory: hello@storytellersconservatory.com
Download the episode here: https://bit.ly/TSC_JoannaCassidy
The indestructible Pete Antico, SAG-AFTRA LA Local Board member.
Pete Antico is one of the most devoted and fierce SAG-AFTRA leaders in service to our union today. He's an accomplished performer, both in stunts and principal on-camera acting, which is an inspiration and an incredible story for a Sicilian boy from Queens, New York with Tourette Syndrome. He also possesses a wealth of knowledge about SAG, SEG, AFTRA, and SAG-AFTRA, so grab a cuppa, sit back, and enjoy.
Pete's IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0031055/
Website: https://www.peteantico.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/PeteAntico
IG: https://www.instagram.com/peteantico/
FB: https://www.facebook.com/peterantico/
Shaan Sharma IG: https://www.instagram.com/shaan_sharma/
Subscribe to our podcast here: https://anchor.fm/the-storytellers
The Storytellers Conservatory - develops working actors for TV, film, and commercials. Classes are taught by active working actors and casting professionals. Audit for free and come learn about our Actors' Blueprint for Success: CRAFT | BUSINESS | UNION | SELF-CARE.
Email us at The Storytellers Conservatory: hello@storytellersconservatory.com
Download the episode here: https://bit.ly/TSCPodcastPeteAntico
Modern Family Casting Associate Allen Hooper & actress Brittany Dassa
Allen Hooper one of the top casting professionals in the business, working with Jeff Greenberg on hit shows like Modern Family. He's also devoted to protecting talent and educating them about scams and exploitation. With us is Brittany Dassa, a talented acting student at USC in the early stages of her career. Also joining us is Emmy Award-winning supervising sound editor Jack Levy, who engineered and helped produce the episode.
Allen Hooper Twitter: @allen_hooper
Brittany Dassa IG: @brittanydassa
Shaan Sharma IG: @shaan_sharma
Additional engineering help by Ross Davis.
The Storytellers Conservatory - develops working actors for TV, film, and commercials. Classes are taught by active working actors and casting professionals. Audit for free and come learn about our Actors' Blueprint for Success: CRAFT | BUSINESS | UNION | SELF-CARE.
Email us at The Storytellers Conservatory: hello@storytellersconservatory.com
Anjelika Washington (Tall Girl, Stargirl, Moxie) & Lauren Elyse Buckley
This chat with Anjelika Washington will make you raise your game. Brought to us by Lauren Elyse Buckley, we discuss her unassailable work ethic, investment in herself and her training, what it's like to break through to being a working actress, and so much more. I met Anjelika years ago when she'd first moved to LA, and it's so fun to see her progression and have the randomness of life bring her into my life again. ENJOY. And TAKE NOTES.
Anjelika's IG: @anjelikaw
LauBuck's IG: @laurenelysebuckley
Me IG: @shaan_sharma
The Storytellers Conservatory - develops working actors for TV, film, and commercials. Classes are taught by active working actors and casting professionals. Audit for free and come learn about our Actors' Blueprint for Success: CRAFT | BUSINESS | UNION | SELF-CARE.
Email us at The Storytellers Conservatory: hello@storytellersconservatory.com
Emmy-winning Sound Pro Jack Levy & Actress Lara Gold
Emmy Award-winning Supervising Sound Editor Jack Levy joins me and actress Lara Gold for an amazing discussion about all things sound, loop groups/walla (don't know what that is? I didn't either and you NEED to know), performance in the studio or booth, and so much more. Jack works with the biggest names in the business and has run point on the post-production sound of dozens of top network TV series and films.
Jack is not only an industry pro, but a dear friend and mentor, always asking, "How can I help?" Another example of how the best in the business are often the nicest and most awesome people too.
Lara Gold IG: @yupitsmelara
Shaan Sharma IG: @shaan_sharma
Additional engineering help by Ross Davis.
The Storytellers Conservatory - develops working actors for TV, film, and commercials. Classes are taught by active working actors and casting professionals. Audit for free and come learn about our Actors' Blueprint for Success: CRAFT | BUSINESS | UNION | SELF-CARE.
Email us at The Storytellers Conservatory: hello@storytellersconservatory.com
Director/Clint Eastwood's Camera Operator Steve Campanelli & Actress Maury Morgan
Actress Maury Morgan (This Is Us, Superstore, NCIS) brought us the gift of this conversation with Stephen Campanelli. He's not only a director, but is one of the best, if not THE BEST, camera operator in the world, having won the Society of Camera Operator's Lifetime Achievement Award, and as Clint Eastwood's Camera Operator for the past 21 films over 26 years. In every one of those Clint Eastwood films, you're looking through Steve's eyes.
Not only does Steve have an incredible story about growing up and dreaming of working with Clint, his childhood hero, and making it come true, he teaches us about the camera department and reinforces that at the highest levels, most people are awesome, not assholes. Life is short and you want to create art you love with people you love.
Steve's latest award-winning film, Indian Horse.
Steve IG: @stevecampanelli
Maury IG: @maurymorgan
Me: @shaan_sharma
The Storytellers Conservatory - develops working actors for TV, film, and commercials. Classes are taught by active working actors and casting professionals. Audit for free and come learn about our Actors' Blueprint for Success: CRAFT | BUSINESS | UNION | SELF-CARE.
Email us at The Storytellers Conservatory: hello@storytellersconservatory.com
Academy Award-winning director Luke Matheny & actress Claudia Gilani
Oscar-winning director Luke Matheny, who I met working on the wonderful Amazon show Gortimer Gibbon's Life on Normal Street sits down with me and my dear friend, actress, and UCLA grad, Claudia Gilani. He shares his thoughts with us on all things casting, working with adult and child performers on set, and so much more. Also joining us is Emmy Award-winning supervising sound editor Jack Levy, who engineered and helped produce the episode.
Watch Luke's Oscar-winning short film, God of Love, here.
Luke Matheny
IG: @lukematheny
Claudia Gilani
IG: @keenclauds
Shaan Sharma
IG: @shaan_sharma
Additional engineering help by Ross Davis.
The Storytellers Conservatory - develops working actors for TV, film, and commercials. Classes are taught by active working actors and casting professionals. Audit for free and come learn about our Actors' Blueprint for Success: CRAFT | BUSINESS | UNION | SELF-CARE.
Email us at The Storytellers Conservatory: hello@storytellersconservatory.com
Selyna Warren & Marissa Read (Team S&M) on early success and being so close to their acting dream but on the other side of the camera...
Lauren Elyse Buckley brings in these two incredible actresses and WGA writers Selyna Warren & Marissa Read, who found early success in writing and showrunning Foursome on YouTube Red (watch episode one here). They share really valuable advice about the challenges and importance of running a professional production and set, despite wanting to create an awesome environment, among so many other things. If you're not already fans of Team S&M, you will be after this.
Selyna Warren
IG @selynadoubleya
Want more S&M?
http://voyagela.com/interview/meet-trailblazer-selyna-warren-marissa-read/
http://theotherfiftypercent.com/blog/2018/1/9/episode-83-selyna-warren-and-marissa-read-producers-writers-actors-directors
https://www.iheart.com/podcast/263-friend-or-faux-28822838/episode/selyna-warren-and-marissa-read-30105130/
LauBuck IG: @laurenelysebuckley
The Storytellers Conservatory - develops working actors for TV, film, and commercials. Classes are taught by active working actors and casting professionals. Audit for free and come learn about our Actors' Blueprint for Success: CRAFT | BUSINESS | UNION | SELF-CARE.
Email us at The Storytellers Conservatory: hello@storytellersconservatory.com
Download the episode here.
Commercial Acting & Auditioning MasterClass with top LA Commercial Casting Session Directors - Part II
No other podcast in the world has this much high-level, useful information about auditioning for the top commercial campaigns. You'll hear FOUR top Los Angeles commercial casting session directors walk you through the entire commercial audition process with tips that can only come from pros who do this every day, for a combined 50+ years of experience. Also joining us is Emmy Award-winning supervising sound editor Jack Levy and Ross Davis, who engineered and helped produce the episode.
Panelists: Charles Carpenter - working commercial and theatrical actor, most recently in Birds of Prey, and just booked his second national commercial of the year. Commercial Session Director for almost 20 years for offices all over LA. Also a member of the SAG-AFTRA Los Angeles Conservatory Committee. Charles teaches on-camera acting class Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday nights in the west valley, Lake Balboa.
Full bio
Instagram: @charlesdcarpenter
Twitter: @charlesdavidcar
Ava Himmel - Hailing from Canada, Ava's a working actress and one of the few women session directors in LA. A regular commercial instructor at the SAG-AFTRA Los Angeles Conservatory and teaches a 6 week commercial class on Thursday nights up at Southpaw Casting Studios in North Hollywood.
Full bio
John Ruby - working commercial and theatrical actor, (recently Penny Dreadful), and director (Solver), and commercial session director. John regularly teaches at the SAG-AFTRA Los Angeles Conservatory in small classes and with his F.I.R.E. Acting lecture.
Full bio
Instagram: @john5ruby
twitter: @john5ruby
Shaan Sharma - working actor (currently on The Chosen), SAG-AFTRA Board Member, Los Angeles Conservatory Committee Co-Chair, published writer/author, Founder of The Storytellers Conservatory, and session director for over 45 top casting directors over 12 years.
Full Bio
Instagram: @shaan_sharma
twitter: @shaansharma
The Storytellers Conservatory - develops working actors for TV, film, and commercials. Classes are taught by active working actors and casting professionals. Audit for free and come learn about our Actors' Blueprint for Success: CRAFT | BUSINESS | UNION | SELF-CARE.
Helpful Links:
https://castingfrontier.com/
https://corp.castingnetworks.com/
Email us at The Storytellers Conservatory: hello@storytellersconservatory.com
Download the episode here.
Commercial Acting & Auditioning MasterClass with top LA Commercial Casting Session Directors - Part I
No other podcast in the world has this much high-level, useful information about auditioning for the top commercial campaigns. You'll hear FOUR top Los Angeles commercial casting session directors walk you through the entire commercial audition process with tips that can only come from pros who do this every day, for a combined 50+ years of experience. Also joining us is Emmy Award-winning supervising sound editor Jack Levy and Ross Davis, who engineered and helped produce the episode.
Panelists:
Charles Carpenter - working commercial and theatrical actor, most recently in Birds of Prey, and just booked his second national commercial of the year. Commercial Session Director for almost 20 years for offices all over LA. Also a member of the SAG-AFTRA Los Angeles Conservatory Committee.
Charles teaches on-camera acting class Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday nights in the west valley, Lake Balboa.
Full bio
Instagram: @charlesdcarpenter
Twitter: @charlesdavidcar
Ava Himmel - Hailing from Canada, Ava's a working actress and one of the few women session directors in LA. A regular commercial instructor at the SAG-AFTRA Los Angeles Conservatory and teaches a 6 week commercial class on Thursday nights up at Southpaw Casting Studios in North Hollywood.
Full bio
John Ruby - working commercial and theatrical actor, (recently Penny Dreadful), and director (Solver), and commercial session director. John regularly teaches at the SAG-AFTRA Los Angeles Conservatory in small classes and with his F.I.R.E. Acting lecture.
Full bio
Instagram: @john5ruby
twitter: @john5ruby
Shaan Sharma - working actor (currently on "The Chosen"), SAG-AFTRA Board Member, Los Angeles Conservatory Committee Co-Chair, published writer/author, Founder of The Storytellers Conservatory, and session director for over 45 top casting directors over 12 years.
Full Bio
Instagram: @shaan_sharma
twitter: @shaansharma
The Storytellers Conservatory - develops working actors for TV, film, and commercials. Classes are taught by active working actors and casting professionals. Audit for free and come learn about our Actors' Blueprint for Success: CRAFT | BUSINESS | UNION | SELF-CARE.
Helpful Links:
https://castingfrontier.com/
https://corp.castingnetworks.com/
Email us at The Storytellers Conservatory: hello@storytellersconservatory.com
Download the episode here.