The latest breakdown for the 6th Cricket Feet Casting Actors Showcase has just gone out.
Actors Access Breakdown
And submit yourself if you’d like to participate. Feel free to forward this on to any of your actor friends who might be interested.
Submissions are also being accepted from writers who’d like to have their material done at the showcase. There is no pay but it’s a great way to get your short scenes seen by people in the industry and see them performed on stage by wonderful, expertly directed actors. It’s quite a thrill. Go here for more information on submitting writing to us (warning PDF):
http://cricketfeetshowcase.com/cricketfeetshowcasewriters.pdf
And for more info about the showcase in general go to: http://cricketfeetshowcase.com
No, this isn’t going to be a metaphorical post about how acting is a marathon and not a sprint. I seriously just ran a marathon and I wanted to thank everyone who helped me raising money for the Leukemian and Lymphoma Society. I personally raised over $2400 for the society and got to run 26.2 miles in San Diego.
If you’re into number type stuff you can see my results online.
You probably heard the strike is ending tomorrow. That is unless there’s some silent majority in the writers camp that hates the new deal. No, I don’t think that’s going to happen either. So with the strike over that means your (and my) phone will suddenly start ringing of the hook with auditions and offers for TV and Film parts. I’ll let you know if that happens.
Unless something major happened to you over the past few months chances are you’ll be sticking to the same old grind that you went through before the strike. Well, I want to charge you to create a strategy, a “to do list.” Make yourself a list of five or ten good actionable goals you want to accomplish now that the strike is over. They could be new projects, improvements on old projects or simply something you’ve done before and want to do again.
To get you off on the right foot I’m going to share my very own post-strike to do list. Feel free to bug me in a few weeks if I haven’t done any of them.
- Shoot some new headshots of myself. The ones I have now still look like me, but I want something fresher.
- Raise as much money as I can for my half-marathon. Seriously, contribute. Help me out here kids. It’s all part of fighting the good fight.
- Post a whole lot of useful articles on this blog.
- Do the two billion things I need to do to make sure the showcase goes well.
- Get a good mailing routine going. I used to be better at this, I want to make sure my stuff is in the hands of casting people more often.
That takes care of most of the stuff I want to do. Within each of those goals are a bunch of little things I need to get done. That should keep me busy for quite a while.
Get a piece of paper, blog or just a text document and write yourself a list. I get 10x more done when I make lists than when I just say “oh yeah, I got stuff to do.” They don’t even all have to be acting related. It’s just a good time to step it up and get your life in order.
RSVP Now for the 3rd Cricket Feet Casting Actors Showcase November 6th, 7th and 8th at the Promenade Playhouse in Santa Monica.
What’s in it for you? Well, if you happen to be a member of the entertainment industry you’ll get to see 34 very castable actors in professionally directed scenes in a little over an hour. We’ll ply you with free parking, free food and free booze. You were most excited by the free parking, weren’t you? This is LA after all.
Now what do I mean by “industry?” I mean someone who’s instrumental in getting actors jobs. That could be a producer, employed writer (yes you can come, even if you’re on strike), casting director, agent or manager.
To RSVP follow THIS LINK.
I’m happy to announce my newest project: Character Photography.
Through Character Photography I shoot headshots for the Los Angeles actor. You can go to my site and see examples of my work as well as a photography blog on the images and how they work to the actor’s advantage. The difference between my type of headshots and other photographers is that I focus on “types” instead of “looks.” This helps the actor market themselves appropriately and makes sure the actor knows that they’re selling with their headshot to the casting community.
The website URL is www.characterphoto.com if you want to set a bookmark or something. I encourage everyone to sign up for the e-mail list, to be kept aware of specials and other promotions.
Hey, woo! Break out the streamers.
The Cricket Feet Showcase (including but not limited to Eitan) is incredibly over-booked. How over-booked is it? The industry response has been so strong that the first night (tonight) will probably only have five or so non-industry guests. In fact, there are 70 confirmed industry RSVPs tonight and the theater only holds 66 people.
Some will flake (no doubt after learning Eitan is in the show) but this will still be one industry heavy packed house. Wednesday and Thursday won’t be much less crowded.
Why is this worthy of an update? It’s probably not. Eitan just wanted to brag. He’s modest like that.
Hey guys, it’s Eitan here.
What?! You must be shocked. I never write on this bio/blog. Well, that’s changing today.
Today is the launch of a new part of EitanTheActor.com. My biographer will still be writing all “official” career updates about bookings and things but I’ll be posting (hopefully often) on various topics. I’ll explain in another post, for organizational sake. But rest assured you’ll be seeing a whole lot more updates on this site than you ever have in the past.
Round up the kids, de-ice the freezer and tie down the dog, it’s time for the second Cricket Feet Casting Actors Showcase.
What in Sam-Hill is this? Well, a showcase is where a bunch of actors put on a bunch of scenes for people in the entertainment industry (talent agents, managers, casting directors, etc). The Cricket Feet Showcase features about an hour of amazingly funny scenes, free booze/food/parking for industry guests and that’s it! The show takes place July 24th, 25th and 26th at the Promenade Playhouse on the 3rd Street Promenade in Santa Monica, CA. For information/reservations/directions/dancing bunny photos visit the link above. If you’re not in the “biz” and you want to go there’s a special preview performance July 16th at 7:30PM. To get into that one go to the link above and don’t use the RSVP form on the website but follow the directions for alternate registration.
This sounds like a dream come true. But wait, you ask yourself, what does Eitan have to do with all of this? What’s the catch? Well, as you might have guessed this isn’t random publicity for a showcase. The bad news: Eitan is not only producing the showcase with his good buddy Bonnie Gillespie but he’s acting in it as well (he’s like M. Night Shyamalan, won’t get cast in something unless he casts himself). So in addition to an hour of hilarious comedy there will also be one scene featuring Eitan. Feel free to take a nap during that one. Or get up and go to the bathroom. Or even vomit quietly in your seat. No one will judge you.
But you should still go, even if you have to watch Eitan act. That’s how good the showcase is going to be. At the last one various industry guests remarked, “This is the best showcase I’ve ever been to” and a few industry guests were having so much fun shmoozing/drinking the free booze they had to be asked to leave so the crew could shut down the theater at around midnight. All this in spite of Eitan. Amazing, no?
No, you’re not dreaming. Everything on Eitantheactor.com has been re-done. But pinch yourself anyway for wasting your time reading about Eitan.
The Biography page is now running on Wordpress, the photo gallery is an actual gallery, there’s a whole new color scheme and other things are different all over the place. People around the world are wondering, “Why?” And the answer is… there is no good reason. Eitan’s mean like that. He calls up his staff at 3:30AM on a Thursday reeking of tequila (the Eitantheactor.com offices are equipped with “Smell-o-Phones”) and demands his whole website be updated over the weekend. He claims his website looks like it was designed in 1996 which in the internet world is one of the worst imaginable insults.
So off the staff went to update every page and make everything as modern as streamlined as possible. The final result, something that looks like it was designed in 2004. Ta da!
Eitan has people. It’s weird because he’s… Eitan. But he does have people. Today he inked (that’s pretentious “industry speak” for “signed”) with Steven Buchsbaum of Ad Astra Management. That doubles the number of people Eitan has to: 2.
Steve will be working with Eitan on expanding his work from the commercial to the theatrical (more of that snobbish Hollywood speak for “TV and film work”) while helping Eitan keep his current commercial career alive. This can only mean one thing, more work for Eitan’s biographer. Horray.
Also, Eitan is hard at work (*snicker*) at producing the second Cricket Feet Casting Actors Showcase. This one will take place July 24th, 25th and 26th at the Promenade Playhouse in Santa Monica. Apparently not enough people had to suffer through Eitan’s “hilarious” performance. Industry guests humored the producers and told them things like, “This is the best showcase I’ve ever seen.” How sweet of them to spare Eitan’s feelings. You’ll find none of that on this biography.
