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Must Be A Good Casting Director

A "breakdown" is industry parlance for a list of the characters in a script that a casting director is looking...

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Paul Reddy Show (Full)

The Paul Reddy Show with John Mayer (Full) from Banterist on Vimeo. The Cliff's Notes version of The Paul...

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Michael Briss's Face Workshop For Actors

A downloadable PDF poster....

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eBay: Script from the beginning & end of my soap opera career

You are bidding on a relic from my incredibly brief career as a soap opera actor.

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Shakespeare's Ode To The Well Dressed Guy With Bird Shit All Over His Back

Unbeknown'st to you, dear prince, an avian of genus unknown hath struck. And placed on thine back a kingly amount of air dropp'd faeces. Such cruel fate that nightingale or lark hath chanced to mar your good fortune! O, how bitter a thing it is to not knowest one bears copious droppings.

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Review: Hamlet in the 24-hour Bodega

I approached the Papaya King Repertory Theatre's production of Hamlet in the New Ha Grocery on the corner of 14th Street and Seventh Avenue with the same sense of trepidation as I do all takes on the Bard's classic tale. I'm happy to say that my fears were short-lived.

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Imminent Domain

My book has a website and an email list, and Glenn Beck has a $50 million contract.

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Corn Bread & Feta Cheese @ Sage Theater

Elza Zagreda brings her one-woman show to the Sage Theater near Times Square.

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The Paul Reddy Show

In the absence of new material (writing a book, you see) I am forced to reflect on old material. In this case, a reel of some highlights from my interview with John Mayer.

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For The Struggling Actor

The right card for the right occasion.

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Take 12 Acting Academy

The Stuff Your Dad Would Disown You For class is designed especially to remove any restrictive mind-set of pride that you might still be burdened with. As an actor you must be free, and to be free you must be able to go to shopping without pants on.

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Community Theatre Bios

Donovan has appeared in the Carnival Cruise Line production of Les Miserables and is a founding member of The Chuckles, an ensemble of clowns that terrify terminally ill children in various hospital wards. His real name is Ted Weed.

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Why I Am Leaving The Troupe

When The King Of Kings Isn't The King Of Comedy.

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The Forgiving Theatre Critic

"Knowing that McDaniels has been quite sad as of late makes me hesitant to point out such historical inaccuracies as his FDR having working legs."

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Shedding Tears for Screeners

Every year, a certain number of actors are selected by the Screen Actors Guild to vote in the Screen Actor's...

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