2021: The creators of actor marketing tool CastingAbout — Blair Hickey and Brian Wold — sit down with author and Emmy-honored casting director Bonnie Gillespie to talk about technology in the casting process, targeting your storytelling collaborators, and bringing your YOUness to every audition.
2021: Here is the chat from our live session!
2020: The creative business brains behind CastingAbout (a MUST for actors) Brian Wold and Blair Hickey jam with author and Emmy-honored casting director Bonnie Gillespie about the value of research, what casting directors are really looking for, and how to stay focused on the long game.
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In 2004, Blair Hickey and Brian Wold developed and launched CastingAbout, the online casting guide and marketing resource for actors. A few years later, the site was acquired by Breakdown Services, where the guys continue to work as managers and consultants.
Blair has been a working actor for almost 30 years, starting on stage and in daytime TV in New York, then continuing in Los Angeles with television and commercial work. Highlights include The Big Bang Theory, NCIS:LA, Heroes, Medium, How I Met Your Mother, Ghost Whisperer, Ally McBeal, The Practice, and Chicago Hope.
Brian is an internet and website consultant with more than three decades of experience — specializing in marketing, public relations, and business communications — with clients ranging from small businesses to multinational corporations and educational institutions.
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