A Blog & Resources for Texas Actors
A Blog & Resources for Texas Actors
On an average morning this past May, Round Rock ISD alum Vincent Jamal Hooper had just finished eating breakfast and was playing video games with his girlfriend when he noticed a missed call from his agent. A couple of weeks prior, Hooper had tried out for one of the most revered and longest-running shows in […]
“Ahhhhhhhhhh!” It’s the iconic, ear-curdling ultrasonic scream of Sindel from the Mortal Kombat series. The sound alone can destroy her enemies in the game – and that scream was voiced by an actor who spent hours in a studio. Many video game voice actors must scream or yell for projects to make characters come to […]
After acting most of my life in New York and Los Angeles, I’m back in my hometown of Dallas as an acting coach. Today, I’d like to address acting opportunities in Texas outside of Dallas. The biggest market in Texas right now is Austin, a haven for artistic endeavors, with plenty of film, commercial, music […]
State lawmakers are considering a bill this week that could turn Texas into a film making Mecca. We spoke with actor Dennis Quaid about his push to bring Hollywood to Houston. “I’ve done some really great movies in Texas, going back to Rookie and The Alamo…after the incentive went away, and it became sort of […]
When audience member Samantha Coleman sat down to enjoy a Broadway production of “Hadestown” in New York in October, she was repeatedly called out by an actor on stage for using what was assumed to be a recording device. In actuality, Coleman – who is hard of hearing – was using a captioning device provided […]
