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THA PODCAST NOTES 2025

001 SHOW NOTES

Aaaaand, we're back! The new incarnation of THA features actor, writer, producer Jamie H. Jung and his journey to film his 1st feature. Meet fellow filmmakers along the say. And follow along to learn what it takes to get a film into pre-production and how to launch your film with your community by your side. Listen, learn, and let us know how your own movie's doing! Join the conversation today. Because "Hollywood" is in all of us. Let's go chase it together.MEDIA LINKS

@KPPFilmProduction@JamieHJungKPPFilmProduction.com

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Website: https://chrisbylsma.com/
IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3856319/
Twitter: @bylsmadness
Instagram: @bylsmadness

TRAINING

Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute (NYC)

CREDITS INCLUDE

CBS's NCIS
FX's The Americans
Netflix's Dolemite Is My Name

FOLLOW ALEKS

Instagram: @aleksfilm
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aleksfilm/

TRAINING

Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute (NYC)

CREDITS INCLUDE

CBS's NCIS
FX's The Americans
Netflix's Dolemite Is My Name

FOLLOW ALEKS

Instagram: @aleksfilm
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aleksfilm/

TRAINING

Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute (NYC)

CREDITS INCLUDE

CBS's NCIS
FX's The Americans
Netflix's Dolemite Is My Name

FOLLOW ALEKS

Instagram: @aleksfilm
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aleksfilm/

TRAINING

James Franco Studio
Howard Fine Studio
Groundlings

CREDITS INCLUDE

Netflix's Stranger Things
CBS's Hawaii Five-0
CBS's NCIS

CONTACT JENNIFER

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/actressjennifermarshall
Instagram: @jenn13jenn13
Twitter: @jenn13jenn13

TRAINING

James Franco Studio
Howard Fine Studio
Groundlings

CREDITS INCLUDE

Netflix's Stranger Things
CBS's Hawaii Five-0
CBS's NCIS

CONTACT JENNIFER

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/actressjennifermarshall
Instagram: @jenn13jenn13
Twitter: @jenn13jenn13

TRAINING

James Franco Studio
Howard Fine Studio
Groundlings

CREDITS INCLUDE

Netflix's Stranger Things
CBS's Hawaii Five-0
CBS's NCIS

CONTACT JENNIFER

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/actressjennifermarshall
Instagram: @jenn13jenn13
Twitter: @jenn13jenn13

TRAINING

Bowdoin College
National Theater Institute @ The Eugene O'Neill Theater Center
Guildhall School of Music & Drama

CREDITS INCLUDE

Father Lucius (2019, short)
Ageless (2014, short)
Sweet and Lowdown (1999)

FOLLOW LISA

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Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lisa.lucas.3910
Instagram: @noelfilms
Twitter: @noelfilms

TRAINING

Bowdoin College
National Theater Institute @ The Eugene O'Neill Theater Center
Guildhall School of Music & Drama

CREDITS INCLUDE

Father Lucius (2019, short)
Ageless (2014, short)
Sweet and Lowdown (1999)

FOLLOW LISA

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Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lisa.lucas.3910
Instagram: @noelfilms
Twitter: @noelfilms

TRAINING

Bowdoin College
National Theater Institute @ The Eugene O'Neill Theater Center
Guildhall School of Music & Drama

CREDITS INCLUDE

Father Lucius (2019, short)
Ageless (2014, short)
Sweet and Lowdown (1999)

FOLLOW LISA

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Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lisa.lucas.3910
Instagram: @noelfilms
Twitter: @noelfilms

TRAINING

BFA from Arizona State University
MFA from Rutgers University, Mason Gross School of The Arts

CREDITS INCLUDE

HBO's Last Week Tonight With John Oliver
Netflix's Russian Doll
The God Committee (TBD)

FOLLOW ALBERTO

IMDb Profile: https://pro.imdb.com/name/nm1822045/?ref_=instant_nm_1&q=alberto%20bonilla
Instagram: @tequilaconsalt

TRAINING

BFA from Arizona State University
MFA from Rutgers University, Mason Gross School of The Arts

CREDITS INCLUDE

HBO's Last Week Tonight With John Oliver
Netflix's Russian Doll
The God Committee (TBD)

FOLLOW ALBERTO

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Instagram: @tequilaconsalt

TRAINING

BFA from Arizona State University
MFA from Rutgers University, Mason Gross School of The Arts

CREDITS INCLUDE

HBO's Last Week Tonight With John Oliver
Netflix's Russian Doll
The God Committee (TBD)

FOLLOW ALBERTO

IMDb Profile: https://pro.imdb.com/name/nm1822045/?ref_=instant_nm_1&q=alberto%20bonilla
Instagram: @tequilaconsalt

CREDITS INCLUDE

CBS's The Waltons
ABC's Homefront
Puppet Master 9 (2018)

FOLLOW KEVIN

IMDb:https://pro.imdb.com/name/nm0020730/?ref_=instant_nm_1&q=kevin%20scott%20allen
Instagram: @kevin_scott_allen

CREDITS INCLUDE

CBS's The Waltons
ABC's Homefront
Puppet Master 9 (2018)

FOLLOW KEVIN

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Instagram: @kevin_scott_allen

CREDITS INCLUDE

CBS's The Waltons
ABC's Homefront
Puppet Master 9 (2018)

FOLLOW KEVIN

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Instagram: @kevin_scott_allen

Let Me In (2010)
War On Everyone (2016)
WGN's Manhattan

CURRENTLY APPEARING

Starring in the feature film Iris. Iris in currently touring on the festival circuit. To learn more, visit https://www.iris-movie.com/

FOLLOW REBEKAH

Southwest Scene Works Acting Classes: http://www.southwestsceneworks.com/donate
IMDb: https://pro.imdb.com/name/nm2502117/?ref_=instant_nm_1&q=rebekah%20wiggins
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rebekah.wiggins.3
Instagram: @reberbara06

TRAINING

The New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts
The University of New Mexico Liberal Arts, Emphasis in Cinematic Arts

CREDITS INCLUDE

AMC's Longmire
The CW's The Messengers
The Short History of the Long Road (2019)

CURRENTLY APPEARING

The Short History of the Long Road (2019) is on the film festival circuit having just screened at the TriBeCa Film Festival in New York City. Also, follow Lindsy's work on the webseries Girls Like Magic: Season 2 at http://www.girlslikemagic.com/

FOLLOW LINDSY

Website: http://www.lindsycampbell.com/
IMDb: https://pro.imdb.com/name/nm4159736/?ref_=instant_nm_1&q=lindsy%20campbell
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/camplinds/
Instagram: camp_linds

CBS's Under The Bridge
In Other Words (TBD)

FOLLOW RISHI

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Instagram: @rishi_eh

Little Women (2019)

FOLLOW LILLY

IMDB: https://pro.imdb.com/name/nm6712281/?ref_=instant_nm_1&q=lilly%20englert
Instagram: @lillyenglert

Cut To The Chase (2016)
6 Month Rule (2011)
Favor (2013)

QUOTABLE TAKE-AWAYS

"So much of art is just about doing it. Giving it a try. Putting something together. Putting something into the world that you believe in. That is something that you want to say. [...] Now--2 seconds later--I'm smarter than I was 2 seconds ago and so I want to fix this, and I want to do this better next time, and I need to bring on this person who's great at this, [etc.] You just keep building on yourself."

"The hardest part of the whole thing is just that whole staying in front of people all the time, which is so key and is always underestimated."

"There's no set path [...] All you can do is tell people to be prepared."

"People will always tell you not to do it. Always. No matter what aspect it is. 'No' is way easier to say than 'Go for it!'"

"My belief as a director is that my actors--but also my crew--do the best work that they're capable of when they're not nervous, when they're comfortable, when they feel like they're at home."

"We can do so much right now with so little. It's really exciting."

CURRENTLY APPEARING

Favor (2013) now streaming on Amazon

HOW TO FOLLOW BLAYNE
 
IMDb: https://pro.imdb.com/name/nm0915814/?ref_=instant_nm_1&q=blayne%20weaver

Albuquerque Actors' Studio
The Scene Shop

CREDITS INCLUDE

NBC's The Night Shift
NBC's Midnight, Texas
FX's American Horror Story

QUOTABLE TAKE-AWAYS

"On our worst days we try to make it all about ourselves. But the actual point is to be part of the story. It's not about you at all. And that's the solution to the problem of the story--of telling the story--you need to be that solution, that perfect piece, that helps people understand humanity better."

"When you come in knowing that you're working on another set in a week, it really builds your confidence."

"If you're the wrong note, 'Sorry'. But you're going to be the right note in something else."

"Working with some of the greats and watching their techniques is super inspiring. In any field, if you're working with the top people and seeing them as human beings it really changes your perspective."

"There's this tyranny of 'I could be doing more' and that actually gets in the way of progress."

"I have to stay on my own path. And I have to focus my energy into places that actually work for me and matter for me."

"I don't talk about acting that much. Acting is not the point of my life. The point of my life is something else. Acting is just a vehicle for doing that. [...] If you have a goal in your life like that, whether acting works out or not, it's not really the point."

"There's always lessons if you're just open to listening."

"If you're doing it right, you're serving the story and you're serving the audience."

CURRENTLY APPEARING

Netflix's Velvet Buzzsaw (2019)

HOW TO FOLLOW KRISTEN
 
IMDb: https://pro.imdb.com/name/nm2175530/?ref_=instant_nm_1&q=kristen%20rakes

Studied Film, TV, and acting at UCLA.
Acting coaches: Jeff Seymour, George Gallagher, Paul Schackman

CREDITS INCLUDE

ABC's Grey's Anatomy
Netflix's Grace & Frankie
FOX's The Orville

QUOTABLE TAKE-AWAYS

"I believe that the work is the audition. I believe that that's what we need to be excited about."

"Until we [...] get excited about the audition [...then] it's not happening. Because you're putting it all on the job."

"The love, the acting, and the moment can be right there in the audition."

"You've gotta be focused. You've gotta be grounded."

"It's not that Stanislavsky and all these wonderful processes are not beneficial to the actor [,...] we know countless actors who do beautiful work--authentic work--that is based off of years of training from these wonderful legends. And that's fantastic. But at the end of the day, the actor stepping off the bus in Los Angeles has gotta first get his foot in the door. And that starts with 'Do you want butter on your potatoes?'"

"How can you compartmentalize that for now? I need you to stop being the actor that walks in the room [...] with all of this s**t as an actor. And I'm sure you're an amazing actor. In fact, you won't get invited to the Network audition unless you are an amazing actor. But we gotta be able to set that aside. Because I need you to walk in here to ask your wife for a divorce. Quickly. I need you to walk in here and give this guy a speeding ticket. I need you to walk in here and set the check down on the table for this customer. And that's the only thing you need to do."

"I think all that process has its place. I just run into so many actors that are wearing it like a backpack. And it's so heavy."

"Show up and be real."

"That's all the bonus stuff--between action and cut--and what's that add up to? Minutes? Maybe hours if we're lucky in a year? That's such a small part of it. And that is the bonus. And that is the cherry on the cake. But you really have to look at it that way. And not make that the work. The work is the audition."

"It's nice to have some validation every once in a while. If I get that through helping others, if you get that through talking to actors, and having a place--kind of creating a place--where you belong within a community that's surrounded with so much rejection--this constant grind--it kind of makes things a little bit more feasible and we can relate to it a little bit better and we're able to kind of relax and enjoy this space as actors. It's difficult if we don't have anywhere else. If we just go to auditions and we just hear "No" "No" "No" "No" 'No." Y'know, then I mean, what are we doing? So if there's a way to find another thing within the acting community that you can do and give back. You're doing something special. You're validating yourself as an actor. And that's kind of special."

CURRENTLY APPEARING

Amazon's Bosch
CBS's Life In Pieces

HOW TO FOLLOW ALVERAZ

Website: The Primal Audition https://www.primalaudition.com/
IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1856798/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/primalaudition/?ref=group_header
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AlverazRicardez

Studied with such greats as Kim Stanley, Jose Quintero, Edward Albee, and most recently Alan Arkin and Laura Gardner of the Howard Fine Studio, Los Angeles

CREDITS INCLUDE

AMC's Breaking Bad
AMC's Better Call Saul
Hell or High Water (2016)

QUOTABLE TAKE-AWAYS

"Whenever people ask me [...] how to get started, the first thing I'll always say is 'If there's anything else you would rather do--anything--do that first.' Because this is hard. And you have to be driven and it has to be what wakes you up in the morning and what allows you to breathe. And if it's not that, it's hard. You have to want this with everything that you have, because it's not an easy career."

"[Create] a world around the lines"


CURRENTLY APPEARING

Netflix's Messiah (TBD)
Netflix's Rattlesnake (TBD)
The Meatball Chronicles (March 29-April 14). For ticketing info: https://www.broadwayworld.com/los-angeles/article/THE-MEATBALL-CHRONICLES-Returns-To-LA-at-The-Hudson-Guild-Theatre-20190305

HOW TO FOLLOW DEBRIANNA

Website: https://debriannamansini.com/
IMDb: https://pro.imdb.com/name/nm1833916/?ref_=instant_nm_1&q=debrianna%20man
Twitter: @DMansini

Moscow Art Theater School
Lifetime Member of the Actors Studio

CREDITS INCLUDE

CBS's McGyver
Netflix's The Punisher
Hunter Killer (2018)

QUOTABLE TAKE-AWAYS

"Your task is to bring yourself into a part. And knowing yourself and how to use yourself is the actor's life task. It's not that easy. The constant discovery, and trusting yourself, and following your impulses, [...and] living moment to moment, and of course making strong choices and connecting emotionally to yourself."

"The discovery never ends. You go through phases. You go through periods of time you might doubt yourself more. Then you go through a period "Everything happening is great." The important thing is never stop. Keep the process going. Just even for the inner work. Work on yourself."

"I think the work of an artist never ends. It's a constant process of igniting your imagination and working on your imagination and working on your craft. Whether it's observing people, or watching actors do their work and seeing if I could do this, or trying for yourself to replay something some scene [... A]s long as there is that hunger for this artistry to be constantly working on yourself as an artist, you can find all kinds of forms to approach that."

"The industry is constantly changing. What doesn't change is your dedication and commitment to what you do. [...] If we don't have that hunger, I don't think you could sustain yourself in this business."

"Your job is to be truthful to your character, to yourself, and discover yourself as far as the craft to the fullest degree. And then it's a separate thing dealing with the business side of it."

"The business part we have to work with someone who is smart or get that going by ourselves."

"Enjoy this ride. [...] You have to be able to find the joy. [...] That comes from embracing [and] having the passion for the craft, because I think that's what makes us move forward and persevere and be in this business."

"The most important thing is to not get caught up in [...] what is the Hollywood Actor's image. But just be connected with the artist within you not to lose interest in creativity, creative projects, and in life in general. I think appreciate every opportunity we're given. And try to build on those opportunities."

"Starve the ego, feed the soul."

"It's not all about you, you, you, you. [...] We are so self-centered as actors, artists, but at the same time we need other people to be interesting. We need to connect, we need to listen, we need to respond, and I think that's something we need to nourish in ourselves."

"We're all in the same journey, in the same boat, we're just finding our own little ways. And trying not to get discouraged doing that. i think it's important."


CURRENTLY APPEARING

Netflix's The Punisher
FX's Oh Jerome No (TBD)


HOW TO FOLLOW ILIA

Website: http://iliavolok.com/
IMDB: https://pro.imdb.com/name/nm0901679/?ref_=instant_nm_1&q=ilia%20volok
Scene Study & Technique Workshop: athenabaker11@gmail.com

BFA in Theatre Performance from Chapman University
Additional Training: Lesly Kahn & Co and Bramon Garcia Braun Studio


CREDITS INCLUDE

Netflix's Aggretsuko
Netflix's Dragon Pilot
One Remains (2019)


QUOTABLE TAKE-AWAYS

"There's no better teacher than watching people do it and gleaning from that."

"I was so scared. I was always so scared and not able to see how powerful I could be if I just owned it."

"As actors we always start in a state of confusion and being locked. We don't know what we're going to do yet. [...] But all of these different disciplines are all there all these tools are there to help unlock the script or the character. They're there to help you figure out what the f**k you're doing. And I was like "Oh, ok, I get it" so it's not that I have to do all of this stuff every single time it's that I have to do what's going to help me create this character or craft this moment. So I think it was a constant experimentation with that."

"I realized [abroad] that, the biggest take away, that there are parts of this world that don't give a f**k what's happening in Los Angeles, or Hollywood, or New York. They don't care who's in what film right now. They just don't care about it. I had been so immersed in The Game, The Game of trying to meet people in Los Angeles and trying to get projects and doing all of this Hollywood b******t that I had lost sight of the fact that there are places where people have different experiences and they live. There are things that are more important than the next project. And for me that almost made it so much less consequential. I was like "Oh wait, I can go back [to Hollywood] and I can do what I want to do. And get involved with what i want to get involved with. I don't need to do this crazy rat race. It doesn't need to be this important. And for me that made it easier."

"No one has the road map. You make your own."

"I've really embraced the idea of developing my own series. Because if I'm not getting the opportunities that I want in this industry, then I need to create my own."

"I think it's so important, in an industry where there is so much rejection, to be able to give yourself the "Yes" is rad. I think it gives actors something to focus on so that we're not just waiting for the phone to ring and we're not getting totally psycho about one audition. We can pour our energy into something that's ours when you start creating for yourself."

"We develop our little families for the time that we're doing the play and then all of a sudden it's over and that family dissipates and we go join a new one when we do the next play. And there's something beautiful and awesome and also sad about all of that."

"I've found the people that I really want to be working with. [...] I think I've found my homes and my families within theatre and within film and I'm excited to build with them. [...] Rather than feeling like I'm going at it alone, I feel like I'm going at it with a group of people. So, that's kind of neat and rare."


CURRENTLY APPEARING

Netflix's anime series Aggretsuko and Dragon Pilot now streaming


HOW TO FOLLOW KATELYN

Website: http://katelyngault.com/
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3072277/?ref_=nv_sr_1
Instagram: @katelyn_gault

TRAINING

MFA from the University of Washington's Professional Actor Training Program

CREDITS INCLUDE

A&E's Longmire
AMC's Better Call Saul
Fright Night (2011)

QUOTABLE TAKE-AWAYS

"I have found, it's funny, theatre does help keep you grounded. It's such a different medium than film & TV. And among people who know, [..] they know what the theatre is. They know what it represents."

"I didn't mean to get into the theatre. It kind of happened accidentally. So, I always felt like a sham. But I just got the bug and I kept gaining knowledge and experience and that helped and I got better. I'd say, much like the theatre, where I really started learning in theatre was when I started working with really good actors. That was when I really started learning. And I feel like I'm going through that process in film & TV, which is totally different. [...] I'm getting better at it. It's a slower process because I don't get the opportunity as much."

"As much as it's an art to me. It's also a craft; it's work. And I put my heart and soul into it. And I'm exhausted by the end. But then I'm done. I dump it and I move on. And half the time unfortunately I don't have the luxury of being able to go to a yoga class or center myself because I've got to go cater something or do construction. I'm still doing that on the side. But it's all good. It's all good."

"I've been cooking for 25 years to support myself on the side for acting. I cook. Cooking centers me."

"It's hard to be an artist in an expensive city. [...] But it's been easier, less complicated, to be an artist here than in other places. I don't know if that's a good thing or if it's a cop out, but I'm able to still do what I'm doing and I act a lot."

CURRENTLY APPEARING

FUSION Theatre Company's Meteor Shower (March 21-April 7, 2019):
http://www.fusionnm.org/current-season.html

HOW TO FOLLOW BRUCE

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2782165/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bruce.m.holmes.3?ref=br_rs

"[...R]elationships take time to cultivate and that if you show up and do good work and are nice, people will remember. You just kinda have to stick with it because it all comes back around."

"You  have to have a point of view about what you're doing. That matters more than anything, sometimes."

"It's really important to have a full life. It obviously can't be all career all the time. Make choices that benefit your family and your soul as well. I think sometimes it can feel guilty to do things that are solely for you. But they're critical, at the end of the day, to be kind to yourself and set up a life that you want to live, in all facets."

CURRENTLY APPEARING

King Falls AM Radio Drama (Ongoing): http://www.kingfallsam.com/
Untitled AmazeVR Project (TBD): https://www.amaze.us/

HOW TO FOLLOW CANDACE

Website: http://candacehammer.com/
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2468438/
Instagram: @candacethehammer
Twitter: @candacethehamm

"You just need someone to give you a break, you know, for something a little bigger"

"It's important not to be [cynical]."

"I put myself in a position where it's like...If I don't make it doing this, I don't know what I'm going to do with my life."

"You plateau but it's almost like you're just taking a breather or learning just enough for the next step"

"I have a really good support group when it comes to my friends. Most of my friends are working actors and they're successful in the sense that they make a good living some of them a really good living doing that. But they're all very humble. The ones that are my close friends are humble people. So, it just keeps it real. [...] The reality is my friends and I we're going to auditions and then we're getting together and having a beer afterwards."

FOLLOW ROGELIO

IMDB - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1860158/?ref_=nv_sr_1
Instagram - @rogelioramosactor