Mistress Madness

Catch my latest audition escapades over at Unscripted. Funny enough, the last two have both been for the role of a mistress. The first was for a play and didn't go so well but the second one just landed me a role in my first feature film. Woo-hoo!

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR FREE THEATRE

A Noise Within is asking for help to Fold, Stuff, & Mail for their year end mailing! Today Wednesday, Dec 2nd & Thursday, Dec 3rd. anytime between 1 - 6pm or come at a time convenient for you. Volunteer for 3 hours or more and they will Thank You with (2) Tickets to a show! To help, email donors@anoisewithin.org or call Wendy at (818) 265-7959.

Jem is Truly Outrageous!

Jem...
Jem is excitement!
Oouu Jem...
Jem is adventure!
Ooouu...
Glamour and glitter,
Fashion and fame!

Jem...
Jem is truly outrageous
Truly, truly, truly outrageous
Woo ooo Jem...
Jem
the music's contagious (outrageous)

Jem is my name
No one else is the same
Jem is my name

But we're the misfits
Our songs are bitter
We are the misfits (the misfits)
and we're gunna get her

Jem (Jem)
The music's contagious (outrageous)
Jem is my name
No one else is the same
Jem is my name
(JEM)

Hopefully I'm not alone in knowing the above lyrics to one of my favorite cartoons EVER! I'd literally sing "Brandi's my name, no one else is the same. Brandi's my name!" over and over and over again. Click here to read about my relationship with Jem and why it will soon be more than just an 80's cartoon.

Giving Thanks

I loved the brown curly hair but it was time for a change. So I'm back to black- at least for now- and am enjoying this kids-free thanksgiving weekend thanks to my Auntie Jeanetta.

Take a look at what I'm thankful for here and take some time to be grateful for someone or something in your life as well.

Seeking Swag Bag Sponsors for film screening

I'm very excited to be coordinating the swag bags for the upcoming screening of the short film Queen Victoria's Wedding. If you {or someone you know} have products and/or discounted services that you’d like to get in the hands of our invited industry guests, please send me an email for more information to brandi@glitzandglamourevents.net.

Brief synopsis~
“Queen Victoria’s Wedding” is an emotive tale about mental illness, featuring television and movie actor Natalie Desselle Reid (“B.A.P.S.,” “Eve”) with a special appearance by screenwriter, director and film producer, Antwone Fisher (“Antwone Fisher,” “ATL”).

Cast includes Monica Calhoun (“The Best Man”), Dwayne Adway (“Bad As I Wanna Be: The Dennis Rodman Story”), Shenita Moore (“Grey’s Anatomy”), singer/actress Carmen Twillie (“Six Feet Under”), Tyreese Burnett (“Drumline”), Poetri (“House of Payne”),
Kendra C. Johnson (“The Game”) and newcomer Todd Moore.

This event will take place in late January.

For us By us: Unscripted

I didn't want to let the cat out the bag until it was official. Now that it is, I can proudly say I'm the newest blogger for Backstage's Actor Blog known as Unscripted. This is a blog written by actors for actors and each one of us shares a different viewpoint with the Backstage readers. For now I'm the only blogger that's also married with children so I hope I'll be able to connect with readers who also have families of their own.

What this means for you is that most of my acting experiences will be posted there and I'll provide a link in this blog for you to check it out. But I still plan to use this blog as my journal for the rest of the things I have going on in my world or to talk about what's going on in the world in general.

So stop by my very first Unscripted post when you get a chance and let me know what you think.

And the hustle continues

"Money makes the world go round" or so the saying goes. So what happens when you don't have any?

For me this means having to give up working at the Pantages {Boo! I'll have to pay to see their killer season now} as well as having to quit the Body Gospel program. Since we're operating with one vehicle, priority goes to my husband when he needs the car to get to work since his job is our main source of stable, consistent income right now. There were just too many scheduling conflicts with trying to do the workout program in the morning, be back in time to drop my son off to school {normally something my husband would do} and pick him up from school as well while also getting Stephen to and from work {with hours that varied}. I was beginning to feel overwhelmed and like I was taking on way too much at once- a problem I've had all my life. Since the theatre only offered 10-15 hours per week, it was causing more problems trying to add that to the mix so it had to go. It just kinda sucks cause if we didn't have a car problem right now then this wouldn't be an issue at all.

But I'm not having a pity party, far from it. This has just made me more determined to do what I need to do to get us back in the black. That means checking in with the Central Casting hotline on a daily basis over the next few weeks in order to make some quick cash. And who knows? Maybe I'll get a SAG voucher or two. We'll see.

And the Winner Is...

So last weekend I volunteered at ActorFest {an annual expo for actors held in NY and LA} and signed up for a boatload of raffles with classes/studios/companies I was interested in learning more about. A few days ago I got this email:

Hi Brandi-
CONGRATULATIONS!

You've won one free workshop at The Actor's Key!!

You may pick ANY available $25-$55 workshop.

See you soon ;)
--
Best,
Kris & Katie
www.actorskey.com
818-926-7399 or 818-456-8798
The Actor's Key
2019 WEST MAGNOLIA BLVD.
BURBANK, CA 91506

Woo-hoo! Participating in CD workshops is one of the things I was planning on doing next year anyway so now I'll be going to The Actors Key to get it started. *Doing the happy dance.*

Actors Helping Actors

I recently discovered two FANTASTIC message boards for actors that are literally mines filled with all sorts of gems:

Showfax Message Board

Backstage Message Board

These boards are definitely worth checking out when you have the time as they have all sorts of topics that can help both the newbie and the seasoned actor alike. How I never knew about these boards before now? I have no idea. But I thought I'd pass along the info in case any of you hadn't heard of these either. They're both 100% free and the posters run the industry gamut from casting directors to photographers to writers to of course, actors.

Catch 21

If you missed me on Catch 21 last week {I kinda forgot to tell ya'll when it was airing- my bad!}, here it is. The links are called "Adam on Catch 21" because that joker beat me. What did I expect- he actually owns a gameshow website. Oh well, I had fun.

For my email subscribers click here and here.