The Audition Helper

Interviews with Broadway actors about the reality of being a professional actor in the American Theatre. The Audition Helper podcast is ranked in the Top 15 Audition Podcasts: https://blog.feedspot.com/audition_podcasts/

The Audition Helper is a arts podcast hosted by Ken Kaissar, with 14 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Ken Kaissar hosts The Audition Helper, a arts show with 14 episodes published.

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  Episode #1

  Tony Nominated Actor Forrest McClendon - BRT Center Stage Podcast

  Apr 10, 202636 minS5

  <p>A sneak look into the Bristol Riverside Theatre production of Jelly's Last Jam with Tony Nominated Actor Forrest McClendon.  Forrest plays the Chimney Man. </p><p>Forrest was nominated for a Tony Award for his brilliant performance in the 2010 Broadway Musical, The Scottsboro Boys. </p><p>Forrest shares insights about The Scottsboro Boys, his illustrious career, teaching at Johns Hopkins University, and what audiences can expect from the Bristol Riverside Theatre production of Jelly's Last Jam. </p><p>Visit https://brtstage.org/shows/jellys-last-jam/ for tickets to the show. </p>

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  Episode #1

  Director and Playwright Joan Thorne

  Sep 4, 202344 minS4

  <p>Joan Thorne's career goes way back to assisting Zelda Fichhandler at Arena Stage and legendary director Alan Schneider who directed the American premiere of Waiting for Godot. Joan Thorne's career has crossed paths with Becket, Pinter, Edward Albee, and Thornton Wilder.  She even had a run in with Katharine Hepburn.  Hear stories of these legends firsthand through Joan's dazzling life in the American Theatre. </p>

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  Episode #2

  Pulitzer Prize Finalist Clare Barron

  May 12, 202257 minS3

  <p>Playwright and Pulitzer Prize finalist Clare Barron stops by to talk about her latest play Shhh which premiered at the Atlantic Theater Company in January.  Clare talks about feeling exposed and vulnerable in her writing, and her experience with sexual assault. </p>

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  Tony Award Nominated Actor Jeremy Shamos

  Jan 30, 202243 minS3

  <p>Jeremy Shamos stops by to discuss working with Denzel Washington and George C. Wolfe in the film version of August Wilson's Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, as well as his Tony-nominated role in Bruce Norris's Clyborne Park which won the Pulitzer Prize in 2011.  Jeremy discusses his trajectory as an actor as well his experience in his favorite productions.  </p>

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  Episode #4

  Broadway Actor Namir Smallwood

  Nov 16, 202150 minS2

  <p>Namir Smallwood stops by to talk about being in one of the first shows to open on Broadway after the pandemic shutdown, and about his upcoming performance in Tracy Lett's Bug at the Steppenwolf Theatre Company. </p>

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