-Michael Caine

 “First of all, I choose the great roles, and if none of these come, I choose the mediocre ones, and if they don't come, I choose the ones that pay the rent.”

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Waiting in line since 5am. Spending 8+ hour days for an audition you may never get. Having to find the best audition material to match the tone of the show you want. These are the realities of theatre actors, and I’m bringing on the one and only Maggie Bera to take us through the current […]

Maggie Bera on Theatre in NYC & Making it on Broadway

May 16, 2024

Let’s take a sneak peek into my everyday life as a working actor, where there’s a lot more to my day than just acting. Most of the time, we’re not on set. We’re not in class. We don’t have auditions. So what can we do in the inbetween? For me, it’s gardening with my mom […]

Day in the Life: Friday for an Actor in LA

May 13, 2024

Gabrielle is now my roommate and you can be sure to let Caleb and Corey know. No, but really, we have spent a LOT of time together recently and we wanted to sit down together and really get into how living with each other has given us brand new perspectives on the industry. We have […]

May 2, 2024

I booked a voiceover job with Netflix, and it’s been great. I’ve been fortunate enough to get to work multiple days dubbing a lead character on this show and I wanted to bring you along for a day in the life to see how I juggle prepping for an afternoon in the booth while still […]

April 29, 2024

In the final episode of the April series on the One Broke Actress podcast, we are focusing on looking back at all of our past goals and what we want to change going forward to get us closer to our ideal more. I’m going to introduce an equation to help you set up the next […]

April 25, 2024

We are onto Part 3 of our April series on resetting and evaluating our goals. This week, I invite you to do something: figure out what your perfect morning looks like. In your dream life, what do your days start with? I’m going to challenge you audience to outline your ideal morning because, trust me, […]

April 18, 2024

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