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Actor Aesthetic, hosted by NYC-based actress Maggie Bera, is a podcast designed to educate artists pursuing a career in the theatre industry.
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Monday Mar 18, 2019
Monday Mar 18, 2019
Regardless of how many auditions you attend as an actor, from time to time you’re likely to experience one you just don’t feel too great about. We're all human. In this episode, Maggie shares her worst audition yet, why it was so cringeworthy, and how she eventually learned from her mistakes and got over it.
On The Blog:
10 Tips For Overcoming A Bad Audition
My #1 Secret to Staying Centered At Auditions
10 Embarrassing Anonymous Audition Stories
Related Episodes:
#4: How To Keep An Audition Journal
#9: 10 Simple Ways To Improve Your Audition Book
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Monday Mar 11, 2019
Monday Mar 11, 2019
As we approach the height of audition season in NYC, it can be easy to spot the negatives (i.e busy schedules, long lines, crazy audition holding rooms, "competition," etc.).
On Instagram last week, Maggie held a poll asking each of her followers one thing they LOVE about auditions. In this episode, Maggie discusses your responses from the poll... from treating auditions like a game, to sharing your love of performing, to rewarding yourself afterwards!
Related Episodes:
#16: Guided Meditation Series for Audition Holding Rooms
#10: What Happens When You Start To Feel Burnt Out?
#9: 10 Simple Ways To Improve Your Audition Book
#4: How To Keep An Audition Journal
On The Blog:
10 Tips For Overcoming A Bad Audition
6 Things To Expect In An Audition Holding Room
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Email: maggie@actoraesthetic.com
Monday Mar 04, 2019
Monday Mar 04, 2019
In this episode, Maggie chats about her top 10 items she can't go without when traveling to auditions, advice she's learned over the years about packing smart, and what it's like living in New Jersey and commuting into New York City.
Episodes mentioned in the podcast:
#4: How To Keep An Audition Journal
Products I LOVE for travel and auditions:
Beats By Dre Studio3 Wireless Headphones
For further reading, check out:
10 Tips for Commuters Traveling Into NYC
20 Items You Should Pack for an Out-Of-Town Contract
10 Questions You Need To Answer When Keeping An Audition Journal
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Email: maggie@actoraesthetic.com
Monday Feb 25, 2019
Monday Feb 25, 2019
In this episode, Maggie chats about her unique path into performing, beginning with her (lovingly named) "Star Spangled Banner Tour" at 10 years old, to her time spent in her teens auditioning and working in the city professionally, to earning her BFA in Musical Theatre from Texas State University.
For more information on the Paper Mill Playhouse Summer Theatre Conservatory, click here.
To learn more about MTCA and the college audition process, click here.
Related Episodes:
Calm Your Nerves for College Auditions
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Monday Feb 18, 2019
Monday Feb 18, 2019
Audition Update used to be a free crowdsourcing website that served as an outlet for actors to anonymously share important information.
The page was created by Tom Lapke in 2010 with the "sole purpose of helping actors get through their difficult day with a little more ease and information." It is now owned and run by Backstage and is hosted under the Backstage Community forum.
Actors typically flood the site to update and receive information on the status of current auditions and callbacks. They can also write and read reviews on working at a specific theater, ask anonymous questions about the industry, give advice and insight, etc.
Forums include Audition Update, Callback Corner, The Working Actor, Child and Teen Actors, Child and Teen Models, Getting Started, and The Green Room.
Links mentioned in the podcast:
Backstage.com Community Forum Rules
Archived Gig&Tell Page
Archived Audition Update Page
Archived Callback Corner page
Further information on the Equity Membership Candidate Program
Actor Aesthetic Podcast on Equity Principal Auditions (EPAs)
Actor Aesthetic Podcast on Equity Chorus Calls (ECCs)
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Monday Feb 11, 2019
Monday Feb 11, 2019
We're celebrating 2 years of the actor lifestyle blog, Actor Aesthetic! In this episode, Maggie reminisces on her early writing days, the late-night Instagram Live chats with y'all, and how her blog (and eventually the podcast) was born.
It takes a village!
Special thanks to Professor Salwa Khan of Texas State University and her incredible course on the fundamentals of Digital and Online Media.
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Sunday Feb 03, 2019
Sunday Feb 03, 2019
What does "making it" mean to you? What holds you back? What keeps you going?
This week I got to chat with fellow NYC-based actor, Patrick Oliver Jones. Patrick has been blessed with an incredible career thus far... traveling across the country on the national tours of THE ADDAMS FAMILY and EVITA, appearing off-Broadway, co-starring in a couple of major television shows including Law & Order and Blue Bloods, etc. He is also the host of the Why I'll Never Make It podcast, showcasing a "lighthearted yet revealing look at the challenges of a career in the arts."
This episode features my intimate chat with Patrick as we bonded over the ins and outs of the showbiz, New York City, college, rejection, our experiences auditioning, understudying and performing, and of course... working with Broadway composer and mutual friend, Andrew Lippa.
For more information on Patrick, visit his website at www.pojones.com.
Follow his podcast on Instagram at @winmipodcast or visit the Why I'll Never Make it website.
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Monday Jan 28, 2019
Monday Jan 28, 2019
RENT Live on FOX SHOULD have made TV history. Instead... it wasn't even live. Here are my thoughts on the latest televised musical, the injury that plagued the production, the producers' decision to air the dress rehearsal instead, and the future of this form of "live theatre."
The show must go on... right?
Here are some clips of what actually was happening live the night the performance should have aired.
"Out Tonight" Concert Rendition with Tinashe as Mimi
Over The Moon" Concert Rendition with Vanessa Hudgens as Maureen
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Monday Jan 21, 2019
Monday Jan 21, 2019
Don't let crazy, crowded holding rooms get in the way of doing your best at auditions.
This is part of the Guided Meditation Series focusing on relieving stress from auditions. Today's episode will include a guided meditation focused on gratitude.
6 Things To Expect in an Audition Holding Room
My #1 Secret To Staying Centered at Auditions
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Saturday Jan 19, 2019
Saturday Jan 19, 2019
This is part of the Guided Meditation Series focusing on relieving stress from auditions. Today's episode will include a guided meditation specifically for college auditions. You can listen to this on the way to auditions (in the car, on the plane, in a taxi, or on the subway), in the holding room before the audition, or after the audition.
Remember, you will end up at the right place. I promise that everything happens for a reason and you will find the program that loves you for who you are.
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15 Things You Must Pack When Traveling To College Auditions
How To Make A Spreadsheet for College Auditions
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