SAG-AFTRA wants regulations, but everyone knows that in-person is now the exception and selfie auditions are the new normal. Vanessa Chester got a self-tape audition request for a role that sounded ...

Self-taping is here to stay. In recent years, the controversial DIY auditioning practice requiring actors to film themselves for casting consideration has become ubiquitous. Although it started as an ...

While in-person auditions can be daunting, self-tapes are a completely different world. Sending in audition self-tapes is a beast in and of itself. For musical theatre actors in particular, it can ...

Pent-up frustration by actors over the way audition process has evolved — or devolved — during the pandemic erupted this week when actors Ever Carradine, Merrin Dungey and Sprague Grayden slammed an ...

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Casting directors who came to celebrate their own at the 38th annual Artios Awards on Thursday had a message for actors who worry that making a self-tape means sending one’s work into the abyss: They ...

Spencer Glass, coach and actor, gives tips and tricks on how to produce a self-tape audition you can feel proud of. Check back monthly for more actor wisdom from Spencer. Can we have an honest moment?

The debate around self-taped auditions has been quietly gaining traction in the U.K., where many actors share their American counterparts’ concerns about the regulation of the popular practice.