So the casting director shares some feedback with your agent. Think about that! You’re asking us to think (potentially negatively) of you from an old job rather than considering you for some NEW job. You’re asking the casting director - who has cast the role and moved on to a new episode, new set of roles, new casting job altogether (where there may be a new opportunity for you) - to go back in time and remember your audition, specifically thinking about why YOU WERE NOT CHOSEN. The actor may think it’s a smart move - that you could get some feedback that helps you do better for that particular buyer next time, that maybe you could even get info about an adjustment that would be easy to make, etc., and how wonderful to get more information, right? But there is such a big downside to inviting a buyer to think about WHY we didn’t select you. The danger in asking for feedback from BUYERS (which of course are not only the casting directors holding the audition but also the agents repping the actors and being the go-between for the feedback) is that you (the actor) are essentially REMINDING buyers why we didn’t cast you, by asking for feedback. The actor knows his/her quirks and tics and safe spaces and is able to stretch and grow just like he/she would do in a good workout at the gym either with a personal trainer in on things or working in a group. IDEALLY, an actor gets feedback from a coach, a craft class, a regular acting workout group going on. Welp, I find feedback is potentially sketchy territory. Basically, “ Should actors be asking casting directors for feedback? Or asking their agents to GET feedback from the CDs?” Really great question, right? It was a great one, because so many actors feel like getting feedback is an essential part of their auditioning lives, and, well, the question was from an AGENT. When I got back to LA for a quick week before boarding another plane (y’all, I got to fly in a POD), I got an email from the marvelous folks at Houghton Talent thanking me for the visit and asking a question one of the agents meant to ask while I was doing the Q&A. ![]() Consider reaching out to your first reps or first theatre company today. Your experience WILL enrich the lives of others if you start sharing it more. Yes, I know, I know, I *just* got back from Atlanta - where my marvelous first-ever agency hosted me for a talk (I always meet with their clients if I can when I come through town it’s a giveback for their early belief in me - you should offer up the same, you know. For two solid weeks I’ll be totally off the grid! But first… there’s Manhattan. ![]() My five-week world tour is underway and I mean it when I say *world* tour, y’all. Hello from New York, you beautiful people!
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