EPISODES
Current and past episodes.
Auditioning – Place – Season 1: Audition by Michael Shurtleff
We discuss Guidepost #10 of Michael Shurtleff’s book Audition. Guest actor Jennifer Vallance shares her thoughts and experiences on acting and talks about her appearance on Designated Survivor with Kiefer Sutherland.
Auditioning – Find the Events – Season 1: Audition by Michael Shurtleff
In episode 11 Ivan looks at Guidepost #9 in chapter 10 of Michael Shurtleff’s book “Audition”. Special guest, actor Dan Willmott shares stories about his recent recurring role on Fargo and discusses “Looking for the events” in a scene.
Auditioning – Importance – Season 1: Audition by Michael Shurtleff
In episode 10 Ivan looks at Guidepost #8 in chapter 9 of Michael Shurtleff’s book “Audition”. Special guest, actor Dan Willmott shares stories about his recent recurring role on Fargo and discusses “Finding the importance” in a scene.
Auditioning – Communication & Competition – Season 1: Audition by Michael Shurtleff
In episode 9 Ivan looks at Guidepost #7 in chapter 8 of Michel Shurtleff’s book “Audition”. Special guest, actor Tabitha Tao returns and they discuss technique & experiences as well as the guidepost, Communication & Competition.
Auditioning – Discoveries – Season 1: Audition by Michael Shurtleff
In episode 8 Ivan looks at Guidepost #6 in chapter 7 of Michel Shurtleff’s book “Audition”. Ivan has special guest, actor Tabitha Tao as they discuss technique & experiences as well as the guidepost, Discoveries.
Auditioning – Opposites – Season 1: Audition by Michael Shurtleff
In episode 7 Ivan looks at Guidepost #5 in chapter 6 of Michel Shurtleff’s book “Audition”. The more extreme the opposites the actor chooses for a scene, the more everything in between is likely to occur
instinctively, naturally, without the actor having to consider these choices.
Auditioning – Humour – Season 1: Audition by Michael Shurtleff
In episode 6 Ivan looks at Guidepost #4 in chapter 5 of Michel Shurtleff’s book “Audition”. This episode covers “Humour”. It discusses the importance of determining how humour works in playing out a scene, even a serious scene.
Auditioning – The moment before – Season 1: Audition by Michael Shurtleff
In episode 5 Ivan looks at Guidepost #3 in chapter 4 of Michel Shurtleff’s book “Audition”. This episode covers “The Moment Before”. It discusses figuring out the characters back story and creating an awareness of the character before one word is spoken in the audition.
Auditioning – What are you fighting for – Season 1: Audition by Michael Shurtleff
In episode 4 Ivan looks at Guidepost #2 in chapter 3 of Michel Shurtleff’s book “Audition”. This episode covers goals, objectives, and determining what you’re fighting for when breaking down a character in an audition.
Auditioning – Relationship – Season 1: Audition by Michael Shurtleff
In this episode Ivan looks at Guidepost #1 in chapter 2 of Michel Shurtleff’s book “Audition”. This episode covers relationships including romantic love, perverse love and asking the right questions to connect you to the character and the scene in a meaningful way.
The Makers
Ivan Wanis Ruiz is from Vancouver, Canada. In 2015 he moved to Toronto and started a group called the Actors Place.org This group has been the catalyst behind countless actor success stories. In December of 2019 he was approached by Toronto producer, and Actors Place alumni, Tim McLarty to produce a podcast. After some back and forth the concept of sharing chapters and thoughts from leading audition books was born. An actors nemesis is getting work. Nailing the audition process is key to that success and The Lazy Actor is here to guide veterans and beginners to greater heights with audition tips from the most successful casting agents in the industry.
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