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The Challenges of Getting Hired as a Soap Opera Director

Christopher Goutman began his directing career by simply asking Executive Producer Nick Nicholson (Edge of Night) for a shot. He explains why things are more difficult for emerging directors to get hired for that dream job now. Continue reading

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Making Contact Calls

When friends need friends to help them get jobs, it can be scary to make that phone call. Here’s some encouragement for getting past the fear of calling friends to ask for help in your job search. 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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