As you may recall, my last post touched on the importance of working on your craft and finding your community when you get to L.A. But simply being in Los Angeles is not enough to get you discovered. (I’ll be working my day job and Spielberg will walk in and just KNOW that I am the girl for his next movie.) Some transplants to L.A. have an attitude of entitlement, like “I’m here. Now cast me!” The reality is that it doesn’t happen simply by moving here, although that is an important first step. It is a very fortunate time…
Author: Sarah J Eagen
Sarah J Eagen
A TV actor and writer, Sarah is currently a semifinalist for the prestigious Humanitas NEW VOICES program. She was recently staffed on the sci fi audio drama The Veil from Voxx Studios. Sarah co-wrote/produced/acted in the short Soledad, which screened on the Disney lot at the end of 2018. She was a top 10 finalist for the Stage 32 TV Writing Contest in 2019, a finalist for the NYTVF Script Comp in 2018, and the Women in Film/Blacklist Episodic lab in the fall of 2017. Sarah recently appeared on an episode of The Big Bang Theory, TV's longest-running multi-cam comedy, which was a dream come true because she double majored in Neuroscience and Theatre. She also played the helpful paralegal Carol in CBS's action comedy Rush Hour, and had the pleasure of sharing the screen with funny lady Kristen Schaal in the feature film Austin Found.
As we’re getting into the holiday season, actors all over the country are considering making the move to Los Angeles for the busiest time of the year: Pilot Season. Some folks are hoping to stay for a couple of months before getting their big break (which is highly unlikely, unless you already have good representation and are a big fish in another market), and others are planning on it being a more permanent move. If you’re considering transitioning to Los Angeles, it can feel like completely starting over, and in some ways it is. Today’s post will focus on two…
By now you’ve probably seen the Lady Parts tumblr and the articles that have followed it exhibiting how incredibly disgusting and sexist acting breakdowns tend to be. If you haven’t seen them yet, I encourage you to take a look. Really. I’ll wait. In an industry where women are underrepresented both behind and in front of the camera, the few speaking roles that are offered to women are often highly sexualized. While these casting calls are not all that is out there, they still represent a very real issue in a majority of the roles available to women. These roles…
My alma mater, Knox College, has had a slew of incredible commencement speakers over the years; Barak Obama, Stephen Colbert, Bill Clinton, and Madeleine Albright, to name a few. In 2013 none other than actor and funnyman Ed Helms graced the stage with a talk that was simultaneously entertaining and heartfelt. Ed’s speech focused on fear, the effect it has on us, and the role it should play in our lives. I encourage you to watch his entire speech, but here are some of the gems… “One of the most valuable and life-informing things you can experience is, in fact,…
I was recently reminded of this quote from Steven Pressfield’s The War of Art, when discussing how some actors tend to get caught in the trap of living in the frustration of how “hard” this industry is, and how disappointing the let-downs can be. “My friend Tony Keppelman snapped me out if it by asking if I was going to quit. Hell, no! ‘Then be happy. You’re where you wanted to be, aren’t you? So you’re taking a few blows. That’s the price for being in the arena and not on the sidelines. Stop complaining and be grateful.'” There are…