The Bay Area Actor
Welcome to The Bay Area Actor Podcast! Hosted by Jim Jarrett of The Meisner Technique Studio, this is a podcast dedicated to supporting every up-and-coming actor in smaller markets, whether they want to live there forever or are planning a move to a major market. We interview agents, directors, actors, producers, casting directors, photographers, and others who are committed to helping actors build successful careers.
Episodes
20 episodes
Laurie Burke
Laurie Burke is a San Francisco native and comes from a family of professional actors and musicians (think “The Partridge Family” meets “This is Spinal Tap”). With an adventurous spirit and a genuine joy of all things creative, she decided to a...
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Season 1
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Episode 20
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40:08
Gregg Cohen and Kristen Beck
Kristen: An independent casting director for over twenty years in San Francisco, Los Angeles and nationally, Kristen specializes in commercials, industrials, short films, print, and music video. She has an extended database of SAG/AFTRA actors ...
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Season 1
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Episode 19
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44:57
Elaine Clark
Elaine A. Clark has spent over 35 years immersed in the voice-over business as an actor, author, app creator, director, coach, audio engineer, producer, casting director. She is the owner of Voice One and Voice One Productions and the Fou...
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Season 1
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Episode 18
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32:41
Stephen Wilson
Hailing from Boston, Stephen began pursuing his acting career during his college years in Atlanta. Completing small films, he moved to California enrolling in Academy of Art University. From there he enrolled in The Meisner Technique Studio com...
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Season 1
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Episode 17
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54:54
Amy Huckabay
Amy Huckabay is a writer, director, comedian, and trained dramatic actress who realized she was funny. Her feature screenplay, Sam Dean Can't Die, won the Screenplay Contest at the Napa Valley Film Festival and was a top ten finalist in Screenc...
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Season 1
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Episode 16
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34:53
DJ O'Niel
D.J. is the founder of Hub Strategy & Communication, an integrated advertising, design and production company based in San Francisco. At Hub, D.J. oversees the brand and creative development efforts for all clients as well as directing much...
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Season 1
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Episode 15
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34:39
Lisa Steindler
Lisa Steindler (Executive Artistic Director, Z Space) joined Z Space in 2007 and has been at the helm since 2008. Under her leadership, Z Space has become a multifaceted venue that supports risky new work by local and international artists. In ...
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Season 1
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Episode 14
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42:48
Santiago Rosas
Santiago Rosas was born and raised in the state of Arizona to immigrant parents from Sahuayo, Michoacán, Mexico. Santiago, a graduate of the Meisner Technique Studio in San Francisco, has called the Bay Area home for seven years. He...
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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57:55
Kevin Rasted
Kevin Rasted is the Director for the On Camera and Voice Over divisions at MDT Agency in San Francisco, CA. He has been an agent for the last 7 years in San Francisco and has represented talent in a variety of major motion picture, network tele...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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42:13
Fred Pitts
*Catch Fred in his solo show, The California Missions and Race Tour, directed by ShawnJ West August 17 and 24 at PianoFight*Fred Pitts has been performing in the Bay Area for 20 years. He is a company...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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54:39
Paul Ghiringhelli
Paul has been a professional actor in San Francisco for 35 years, performing in films, theater, television, radio, commercials, internet, industrials, trade shows, voiceovers and full performance (voice and body) motion capture.He's work...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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50:53
Leonard Dolivio & David Silverman
LeonardWhile performing work-for-hire rewrites on many indie and studio feature films, Leonard became known for his rare ability to devise both tight story structures and compelling visual narratives – and then synthesize them int...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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1:00:58
Jim Nieb
Jim currently teaches the advanced acting class at The Margie Haber Studio and former staff member at Playhouse West School and Repertory Theater where he taught the Meisner technique as well as founding the first comedy program there for 8 yea...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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40:03
Terrance Smith
Terrance Smith has lived in the Bay Area for his entire life and couldn’t have asked for a better hub to start his acting career. He began his studies at the Academy of Art in San Francisco where he earned his B.F.A. in acting. It was there tha...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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57:15
Lisa Keating
As owner of Lisa Keating photography, Lisa has helped artists & actors chase their dreams & businesses create a higher profile in their industry. Her passion is to bring out each person's "potential" and share their potentia...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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34:55
Andrew Juncker
Andrew Juncker is a director, writer, and producer in the Bay Area and is co-founder and Executive Creative Director at French Press Films in Oakland, CA. He is an alumni of the Meisner Technique Studio, which he attended with the aim of becomi...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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1:17:07
Tina D'Elia
Tina D’Elia is a Bay Area award-winning solo performer, actor, producer, co-screenwriter, and casting director.Tina also coaches actors and public speakers and teaches acting on-camera. Tina’s west coast premiere of Overlooked Latinas ...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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1:07:54
Curt Branom
CURT BRANOM, singer and actor, is a leading cast member in San Francisco’s popular long-running hit show, Beach Blanket Babylon at Club Fugazi. Among many roles he plays in the show, his principle and personal favorite is the fl...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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55:00
