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Castability: The Podcast

The Castability App

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Frequency: 1 episode/26d. Total Eps: 27

Giving every actor everywhere a fair path to discovering their potential.

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🇬🇧 Great Britain - performingArts
06/09/2025
#82
🇬🇧 Great Britain - performingArts
05/09/2025
#68
🇨🇦 Canada - performingArts
26/04/2025
#84
🇩🇪 Germany - performingArts
13/03/2025
#85
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12/03/2025
#77
🇩🇪 Germany - performingArts
11/03/2025
#64
🇩🇪 Germany - performingArts
10/03/2025
#51
🇩🇪 Germany - performingArts
09/03/2025
#34
🇩🇪 Germany - performingArts
08/03/2025
#21
🇩🇪 Germany - performingArts
07/03/2025
#14

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https://www.castability.actor/
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=actor.castability.app
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https://www.selftapemay.net/
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https://www.instagram.com/castability.actor
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https://www.instagram.com/theperformersmindset
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https://www.instagram.com/nawalbengholam
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https://apps.apple.com/us/app/castability-for-actors/id1537990057
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204. Artists as Entrepreneurs with Joshua Morgan and Mike Labbadia of Artist’s Strategy and “Creative risk” Podcast

Friday, June 7, 2024 • Duration 55:13

Amanda Lenker Doyle, CSA sits down with her friends Joshua Morgan and Mike Labbadia of Artist's Strategy. Joshua founded Artist's Strategy with the mission of helping artists make art for the rest of their lives. Joshua and Mike (hosts of the "Creative Risk" podcast) share with us why applying business principles to building a creative career is the key to longevity and success. Join us as we discuss what it takes to build a creative business and all the pitfalls along the way.

Artist Strategy Website

Creative Risk Podcast

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115. Deliberate Practice: The Key to Improving Your Acting Skills

Season 1 · Episode 15

Friday, May 19, 2023 • Duration 17:28

In this episode, Head of Actor Relations explains the concept of deliberate practice and how it can be applied to acting. Deliberate practice involves setting goals, identifying areas of improvement, and actively seeking feedback to continuously improve in your craft. It is a key tool in stepping outside of your comfort zone, becoming unafraid of failure, and surrounding yourself with a community you can be motivated from and learn with. Taylor also explains how deliberate practice, not natural talent, is the key to becoming an expert in your art.

— Deliberate Practice vs. Purposeful Practice

— Learning New Skills

— Quality over Quantity

— Why A-Listers Excel

— Showing Up for Yourself

— Mental Representations as Repeatable Patterns

— Incorporating new Techniques

— Feedback & Unbiased Self-Reflection

— Practicing as You Perform

— The Myth of Natural Talent

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114: Inside the Castability Writers Room with Thomas Ireton and Jen O'Malley

Season 1 · Episode 14

Friday, May 12, 2023 • Duration 33:10

Gabriella Tranchina, Castability's long-time Operations Coordinator, gets reacquainted with two of the original writers from our Castability Writers Room after surviving a devastating accident in Los Angeles. In this episode writers Thomas Ireton and Jenn O'Malley discuss what writing our sample scripts are like and how they feel watching their work come to life in the Winner's Gallery and on Instagram. Get to know some of the voices behind the app as we celebrate our writers and dive into their process, career goals, and who their favorite TV and Film writers working today are.

— Being Writing Partners

— Watching Their Work Performed

— Writing to the Archetypes

— Genres

— Tonally Inspired By Scenes

— Deliberate Practice for Writers

— Staying Gender and Age Neutral

— Favorite TV Show and FIlm Writers

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113: Best Practices & Pathways For Using the Castability App and Our Top Three FAQ

Season 1 · Episode 13

Friday, May 5, 2023 • Duration 22:19

New to Castability and not sure where to start? This episode is for you. The Castability app is a data app, a self tape practice community, as well as marketing tool for actors. With many the facets of the app, you may not know where to start first. Join us as the Castability staff walks you through different pathways on how to get the most out of your membership and frequently asked questions!

— How to Use Castability

— Why Castability was Created

— Deliberate Practice

— Honing Skills

— Growing Alongside Your Peers

— Where to Find Scenes

— Your Account Credits

— Data Reports

Episode Resources:

FAQ & Support Page
Scene Calendar
Sample Data Report
Become a Castability Member: Purchase Page
The Castability List
One Actor’s Case Study of How Data Changed her Approach
Castability Episode 111: Everything Self Tape May + Leveling Up Your Career with Audrey Moore
Admin email: admin@castability.actor

112: "The Artist Whisperer" KJ Rose on the Victory Mindset, Being Authentically You, and Overcoming Stage Fright

Season 1 · Episode 12

Friday, April 28, 2023 • Duration 46:02

In this episode, Amanda sits down with special guest and co-host Jessica Sherman, CSA, to interview KJ Rose, who blew them both away during her time onstage with Misty Copeland at the Sundance Film Festival. KJ Rose is a performance coach who specializes with helping musicians conquer their nerves to deliver the performance of a lifetime. She helped Lil Nas X with his Grammy dance routine, and aims to unlock that same confidence in all the artists she works with. Before becoming a performance coach, KJ Rose has been a backup singer for artists such as the Notorious B.I.G, Justin Timberlake, P. Diddy, Janet Jackson, and Britney Spears. With Clive Davis as her mentor, she has honed her own style of coaching and mentoring, leading to her new book The Rose Effect where she outlines how to occupy your space in every stage and in every room.

— Presence, Engagement, Connectivity, and Personalization

— Never Recycling Inspiration

— Defining The Artist

— Tools to Recover Quicker

— Building Habits

— Stage Fright, Empathy, and Becoming a Talent Whisperer

— The Evolution of You

— Law of Attraction

— Finding Pride in Your Story

— Embracing a Victory Mindset

— KJ Rose's 8 Power Chants: The Espresso Shots of Motivation

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Follow KJ Rose on IG

111: Everything Self Tape May + Leveling Up Your Career with Audrey Moore of the Audrey Helps Actors Podcast

Season 1 · Episode 11

Friday, April 21, 2023 • Duration 01:01:16

Audrey Moore is an accomplished actor, host of the hit Audrey Helps Actors Podcast, and creator of Self Tape May. In this episode we discuss unique ways to approach this year's Self Tape May, how Audrey developed her own self tape practice, and what she does currently to maintain her progress and continue to grow. You are not going to want to miss this episode if you are looking to up level your tapes this May!

— What Started Self Tape May

— The Value of a Self Tape Practice

— Why People Don't do Self Tape May

— Copyright + Social Media

— Moving Past Just Listening and Reacting

— Building an Audition Technique

— Competition

— Mastery of Craft

— Dealing with Frustration

— Leveling Up Your Career

— Co-Stars and Guest Stars

— Being Prepared for Being On Set

— Creating and Engaging Performance

— Authenticity and Mumble Acting

— Evaluating Your Own Work

— Community

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110: The State of the Union with Nawal Bengholam (Part Two) — Question & Answer

Season 1 · Episode 10

Friday, April 14, 2023 • Duration 47:10

In Part Two of this State of the Union, Amanda Lenker Doyle, CSA, continues her conversation with Nawal Bengholam to discuss the recent divide caused by self tapes within the entertainment industry. After polling the Castability community on questions that they had regarding self tapes, Amanda and Nawal answer questions and give their opinions. From requiring readers for a self tape, to losing a sense of community after not being in the room, to whether or not Casting Directors watch every tape that is sent in, no stone is left unturned as the two continue their discussion about the hard truths of this business in 2023.

— How Could Casting Make Auditions Worse for Actors?

— Competing With People Outside of Major Cities

— Capitalism + Art

— Readers

— Rebuilding Your Community

— The Autonomous Actor

— Not Giving Story Details

— Escaping Victim Mentality

— Watching Actor's Tapes

— Memorizing Multiple Pages for an Audition

— Prescreens vs. Callbacks

— Casting Director Workshops

— Building Relationships with Casting

— Self Tape Feedback

— Chat GPT and AI

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Nawal's Instagram

109: The State of the Union with Nawal Bengholam (Part One) — Craft, Business Acumen, and Mindset

Season 1 · Episode 9

Friday, April 14, 2023 • Duration 42:08

In Part One of this State of the Union, Amanda Lenker Doyle, CSA, is joined by Nawal Bengholam to discuss the recent divide caused by self tapes within the entertainment industry. Amanda first discovered Nawal on social media, where Nawal's initial thoughts on the controversy made Amanda want to sit down with her and discuss the situation in full. The two have an open, honest, heart-to-heart about the industry and self tapes. In Part One of this Two-Part episode,

— Understanding One Another In This Industry

— Casting Director Workshops

— Casting Director and Actor Relationships

— Actors Being Taken Advantage Of

— Art in a Capitalist Society

— Standing Out in the Crowd

— Craft, Business Acumen, and Mindset

— The Art of Casting

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108: The New Triple Threat's Alyshia Ochse and Anna LaMadrid on Self Tapes, Being "Director-Proof", and the Validation Loop

Season 1 · Episode 8

Friday, April 7, 2023 • Duration 01:02:30

Anna LaMadrid and Alyshia Ochse are both working actors, creators of Put Me On Self Tape and The New Triple Threat, and are master coaches for actors everywhere. You may have seen Anna from her time on Hulu's This Fool or HBO's The Rehearsal, while Alyshia can be seen as Lucy on HBO's True Detective with Matthew McConaughey and on Quibi's #FREERAYSHAWN with Laurence Fishburne. Dedicated to actors everywhere, Anna and Alyshia are a dream team and hope to empower actors through tech and community, teaching artists everywhere how to put their best take forward every single time.

— How Alyshia and Anna Created Put Me On Self Tape

— The State of the Self-Tape

— Developing a Critical Eye

— The Validation Loop

— Learning From Our Peers

— Positive Self-Assessment

— The Acting Career Ladder

— The Actor's Curiosity

— What Is a "Working Actor"?

— Common Self-Taping Mistakes

— Making The Tech Work for You

— Being "Director-Proof"

— Perfectionism and Shooting vs. Rehearsal

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