Author: Carolyne Barry Acting Academy

  • Why Meisner Classes Can Improve Your Acting

    When it comes to landing plum roles in movies and television shows, your ability to conjure up different emotions in an instant can make or break your success.  After all, you only have a few minutes to impress casting directors at auditions – and if you can’t conjure up certain emotions with a snap of…

  • Discover Carolyne Barry’s Award-Nominated Classes

    If your goal is to become an actor or actress, chances are you want to hone your craft with the best of the best.  That’s why more acting students are lining up outside the classrooms of Carolyne Barry, a master talent teacher with over 100 TV and movie credits to her name.  Based in Los…

  • Announcing New Musical Theatre Class Led By Michael Donovan

    If you’ve caught the musical theatre bug at your favorite Broadway show – or even from binge-watching hit shows and movies like “Glee” and “Pitch Perfect” – you’ll be excited to learn that master talent teacher Carolyne Barry is offering a new musical theatre class.  This comprehensive eight-week workshop is led by none other than…

  • How Improv Can Help Your Acting Skills

    Once upon a time, improv was limited to dingy and dimly-lit theaters, where a group of students or actors would gather together to get a few laughs from a small audience.  Now, thanks in part to the popularity of improv shows and the rise of improvisational TV shows and movies, it’s become more important than…

  • Commercial Audition Classes

    When it comes to landing a commercial – whether it’s local or a nationwide campaign – it might feel like it’s all just one big gamble.  After all, you’re a talented actor who has a lot to give to a commercial – so what makes a commercial director want to choose one actor over another? …

  • What Makes the Best Acting Teacher?

    You’ve had dreams of lighting up the screen ever since you were a young child – and now you’re ready to turn that dream into a reality.  Rather than winging it on your own, you’ve decided to get a little guidance throughout the process in the form of a highly experienced and knowledgeable acting teacher.…

  • The 4 Factors of Booking Commercials

    You get a commercial callback, and 10-25 actors are up for the same role as you. You either do a great job and don’t get booked, or you do a “so-so” job and you get the commercial. Rather confusing, right? You have to ask yourself what is going on in the minds of those making…

  • Commercial Audition Callbacks, Part 2

    There are dozens of audition technique tips I have given in previous articles and can be found on my partner page on Master TalentTeachers.com that would be really beneficial but right now the most valuable information I can offer to help you to do your best callbacks is offer some insights on Commercial Callback Anxiety.…

  • Commercial Audition Callbacks, Part 1

    DEAL WITH CALLBACK ANXIETY and BOOK COMMERCIALS There are dozens of audition technique tips I have given in previous articles and can be found on my partner page on Master TalentTeachers.com that would be really beneficial but right now the most valuable information I can offer to help you to do your best callbacks is…

  • Insider Tips for Commercial Auditions, II

    Insider Tips for Doing Your Best Commercial Auditions and Book Jobs – Part II Commercial auditions are challenging for most actors. Audition material or scenarios are at the most 20 seconds, which means you need to be up to speed right away. No time to get into the material. You are only in the audition…