Category Archives: Interviews

How Does a Soap Opera Executive Producer Choose Actors?

How does a soap opera executive producer choose actors? Christopher Goutman gives tips on how young actors can get a job in television by using confidence and simplicity in their auditions. Continue reading

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Christopher Goutman: What it’s Really Like to be a Soap Opera Executive Producer

What does a soap opera executive producer do? Executive Producer Christopher Goutman talks with writer, Susan Dansby, about what went into producing the soap operas, “Another World” and “As the World Turns.” Continue reading

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Christopher Goutman’s Journey from Child Actor to Director to Producer

He tried to turn his back on his artistic roots, but Christopher Goutman’s acting experience is what got him into the door to direct and on to executive producer. Continue reading

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In a Competitive Industry, Anita Hollander Created Her Own Job and is Still Standing

Actor-playwright-director Anita Hollander talks to Susan Dansby about her one-woman show and CD, ‘Still Standing.’ How a four-year-old’s observation about amputation became a song about a mermaid. Continue reading

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Actor Copes with Amputation by Doing ‘Jacques Brel’ With a Bucket and a Pole

Actor-director-composer-playwright Anita Hollander talks about losing her leg at 26. She redefines “dream job” as she describes leaving her hospital bed post-amputation to continue her work as a director and performer in the play, ‘Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris.’ Continue reading

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The Acting Role Where Anita Hollander Offered to Lose Her Leg in the Second Act

Actor-director-composer-playwright Anita Hollander discusses her favorite roles (including one where she played a three-legged cat, then a one-legged dance hall girl). Anita reveals that sometimes her disability is an asset rather than a liability in performing demanding acting roles. Continue reading

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Anita Hollander’s Journey from Cleveland Child Actor to LAMDA

Actor-Director-Composer-Playwright Anita Hollander talks about starting her career as a child actor in Cleveland. She explains how she made the transition from child actor to a young adult actress; and how her training catapulted her onto the world stage. Continue reading

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