WHO GOT THE PART?
CASTING SUCCESS STORIES
Jonathan Brown
One expects to drive a lot in L.A., but Echo Park-based actor Jonathan Brown puts a bit more wear on the radials than most.
Lynn Craig
"I thought I bombed," Lynn Craig says. "All the women that auditioned before me were in there forever." But the idea that a longer audition is a better audition is a misconception.
Jack Curenton
In 2005, nearing retirement from 30 years in corporate marketing, Jack Curenton mentioned to a producer at Civic Light Opera that he wanted to start acting again.
Ivory Aquino
Ivory Aquino was born in Manila in the Philippines, and when she was about 10 years old, Lea Salonga, the Filipino stage star and singer, was cast as Kim in Broadway's Miss Saigon.
Rachel Delilah Matos
Some actors are so convincing in certain types of roles that they have to avoid being typecast. Actor-model Rachel Delilah Matos has struggled with this issue.
Jim Ford
When Ford got the call to audition, he decided he wanted to immerse himself in the character physically as well as psychologically.
Deborah Puette
Deborah Puette was looking through Back Stage West when she saw a casting notice for a play called Brownstone and was reminded of a conversation she'd had.
John Palumbo
For his latest role, SAG actor John Palumbo didn't really have to prepare to get into character; he just had to play a part that he says he felt like he already knew inside and out.
Jens Rasmussen
Jens Rasmussen won the role of the egotistical, mercurial Petruchio in Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew -- without ever auditioning in person.
Donny Meacham
From the time he arrived in Hollywood, Meacham has done the things all new arrivals do: He goes to auditions, mails out his headshots, and works toward his goals.
Patti Negri
"We're just a couple of attention whores!" proudly proclaims SAG actor and small-business owner Patti Negri, referring to herself and her 3-year-old miniature long-haired dachshund, Dora.
Leonard Dozier
Maybe this column should be called Who Got the Parts? this week. In the last three months, actor Leonard Dozier has been cast in four projects he saw in Back Stage East.


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