Two events occurred in the movie industry in Hollywood in the fall of 2021.

First, a tragic work accident claimed the life of Halnya Hutchins, the cinematographer and wounded Joel Souza, the director on the low-budget Hollywood movie Rust.

The accident occurred when …

A devastating blow to the Toronto arts community happened in October 2021 when seventy arts organizations received notice that they have to vacate their space.

Artscape Distillery Studios is the name of the building housing the arts organizations who have been there for twenty years. The Studio includes many famous groups including Nightwood Theatre and Tapestry Opera and others who have won …

In most countries, actors need to audition to get work. The process consists of the movie producer contacting casting directors with a list of characters and casting sends out that list to talent agents.

Agents submit actors from their roster to casting for each role and then if casting chooses one of their actors to audition that actor is contacted by their agent.

Most auditions are either ‘Zoom auditions’ or self-tapes. Zoom auditions are run by …

At an executive meeting of the Actors Discussion group the discussion elaborated on the usefulness and particular quality of the group.

Many points were raised including one phrase that stood out - the normalization of speech.

That phrase was aptly coined while reviewing and expanding on parts of the guidelines of the discussion group that include …