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Scene Work & Character Development taught by Cindy Hogan. Saturday, March 14th in Jacksonville, FL.
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November Training Opportunities with Cindy Hogan !
1. JACKSONVILLE, FL - Commercials & Industrials
2. MEMPHIS, TN - 2 Day Advanced Acting Workshop (Hosted by Indie Acting Studio)

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Voice Over Intensive with Robert Gunton in Jacksonville, FL.🎙️
Build your VO toolkit: mic work, genres, demo tips, securing reps & more! Get on the mic, perform, and review your recorded work.
📅 Sept 14, 2025
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NEW CLASS OFFERING - You do not want to miss this opportunity!

A MASTER CLASS in AUDITIONING
New York Casting Director
KIMBERLY GRAHAM

Saturday, May 25

10am to 4pm

Cost $160 (-Hogan-TAC, is the Venmo)

You MUST email [email protected] to hold your spot

Location: Savannah Studios
5201 Waters Ave Savannah GA. 31404

Space is limited in order to work for all students. Once spots are filled the workshop will close. A wait list will be generated until payment is made.

On a personal note, studying with Kim has upped my game! Let’s get YOU leveled up!

Kimberly Graham was previously the Associate Casting Director for Judy Henderson Casting from 2003-2019. She has cast for film, television, commercials and theater. Her former office were the pioneers for voice over casting for video games, primarily the Grand Theft Auto series. Judy and Kimberly have cast for Off-Broadway theaters such as The New Group, The Play Company, The Director’s Company and Pig Iron Theater Company in Philadelphia. Kimberly has helped cast such films as AVATAR, PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 2, and Rick Linklater’s BEFORE MIDNIGHT among others. Her work on HOMELAND for SHOWTIME has garnered numerous awards, including ARTIOS and EMMY AWARDS for outstanding casting in a drama. Kimberly has done casting workshops in NYC,LA, Boston, DC, Savannah, New Orleans, Jacksonville, Philadelphia, Miami, Paris, Berlin, Croatia,Tel Aviv, Rome, Barcelona, Brussels, Prague, Mallorca and London among others. She is a former adjunct faculty member at City College of New York teaching "Acting for the Camera".

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POST #2 STORMS

The last post was about carrying on, and although I started this post on Motivation, I pivoted and decided what was on my heart at this time, is more about surviving storms.

As our industry is facing, yet again another storm of sorts, how do we not get swallowed up in the dismay? How do we not dwell in the disappointment? How do we rise above it and create new solutions?

You see personally, I know a thing or two about storms. I have had my fair share and then some. Each “storm” taught me something. I wish I could say the light bulb lit up right away, not the case. But each time I refused to dwell in the pain and chose to use the lesson to chart a new corse for happier days, it always worked out. Again, this skill didn’t happen over night and honestly something that I still work at, because there will be another storm. It’s part of life. The key, in my opinion, is to not dwell on what’s missing but to feel grateful for what remains.

So in talking about the “storm” of the industry right now, what remains? YOU, you're gifts, your talents and your stories. No storm can diminish any of those. The venue in which you express those gifts, talents and stories may change, momentarily, BUT they are NOT missing. They are part of your being. Find ways to develop them. Find ways to honor them. Find new ways to share them.

During this rather slow/down time I started cleaning houses. I use to have a construction cleaning company years and years and years ago. (to support my hobby lol) I will be honest, at first I was “resentful” that I had to return to this. I was praying and meditating one evening and I felt the strong message of “be of service”! So off I went with a few clients to start with.

The most wonderful thing happened! I was making a difference in their lives, organizing and cleaning their spaces, sharing stories and trading ideas. The conversations came naturally and the bonus was I lost 23 pounds burning up some calories. I had wanted to lose some weight and get healthy again after a “major storm” and I never expected it to be this way. I worked for (and still do) writers, non profit pioneers, spiritual mentors, new parents, entrepreneurs and Ms Gloria who is in her 90’s and my biggest cheerleader! They have enriched my life and I theirs.
I was up front with them as to my “day job” and I found an unexpected moral support and a family I didn’t even know existed.

The inspiration and connection developed by this has been an inspiration for launching a new story that was caused out of this “storm”. The script is being written.

So in this temporary storm we are all experiencing let’s remember to focus on what remains and not what’s missing.

Storms….pass.

January 2024

Let’s talk about……

Carry On.

NOT to be confused with moving on, which I recently posted. That was a personal moment and one I will address later. This is about us, as actors/creatives how do we CARRY ON?

Recently I had a conversation with a friend/student and he was upset he had been unpinned for a really nice role on a popular series. A series which read him 3 times in the previous season so no doubt they really liked him, it just wasn’t the right fit… this time. IT HAPPENS. He wanted to quit, stop “caring on” and I asked why? His answer was something in line with it all feels like it’s all for nothing, feels like failing, feels like rejection. Yet, it isn’t, so why would it FEEL that way. What is it we really need?

Let’s look at VALIDATION. That thing we all need BUT place it outside of ourselves. When we look externally for an internal issue we will always feel unsatisfied. Someone or something to build up our confidence. I have NEVER met anyone who went to bed unconfident and woke up confident, doesn’t really happen that way. It’s a collection of little steps that make the difference. AND MOST importantly acknowledge that hard work for that little step for yourself. YOU MUST take stock of your accomplishments over this last year or you will be stuck in last years regret. Be proud of your hard work, those wins, those moments that took you farther towards that goal.

Being proud of oneself is not a bad thing. It’s a quiet moment. It’s a personal moment. It’s when those with” put on confidence” feel it necessary to shout it out in conceit, its skews and pollutes the feeling. So I say feel good about what you have accomplished, big and SMALL as it all adds up.

Your MOTIVATION to carry on will always be you're WHY, so let’s take a closer look at YOUR WHY…….Next time :)