Congrats to Buzz Van Dyke for booking a principal role in an ad for Tampa General Hospital! #acting #actingcareer #AndiMatheny

I know you've heard that common proverb - "Necessity is the mother of invention." That's why we have Peanut M&M's - some genius realized that some of us women gots to have our chocolate and our peanuts in a candy-coated shell or else we'll go crazy. Oh, and that's why we have electricity and all sorts of other stuff too. If there is a need, a smart human being will figure it out. But for all of us in the entertainment industry, it's not so much about invention as it is rei

Now that we're beginning a new year, it brings to mind our hopes and goals for the year ahead. Many of us spend time thinking about what we dream of in the future - that perfect job, relationship, house, vacation, etc. - and how wonderful our life will be when those things happen. In class we do several immersive-type exercises where we commit to the mode of a character, whether it's an improv game or a scripted scene. We literally behave as that character would in given ci

When I was in my twenties and I had made the decision to become a full-time actor, my approach to life was much different than it is now. Because I had made a career move from office worker to artist, I thought that gave me permission to live a free-form life. Party til 2am on a weeknight? Sure! Sleep all day, any day? Why not? My thinking then was I'd pull it together if an audition came up - but the auditions were few and far between. Looking back that's no surprise