Actors With Issues with Juan Ayala

Actors With Issues with Juan Ayala

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Actors With Issues with Juan Ayala episodes

  • 2020 in Review, w/ Alec Tincher!
    'Actors With Issues' host Juan Ayala reunites with his dear friend and our very first guest Alec Tincher to reflect on the year that was 2020, the lessons learned along the way with some messages from past guests including Chris Brennan, Stacey Raymond, Claire Lyon, Raoul Bhaneja, Denis Ooi, Christopher Aguilar and many more! Thank you so much for all of your support in 2020 and we can't wait to share what's in store for 2021.
    HAPPY NEW YEAR!
    1 hr 14 min
  • 31. Claire Lyon (Phantom of the Opera int'l tour)

    Claire Lyon joins us for our final 2020 episode and chats with us about how she went from performing in the world of opera and transitioning to musical theatre, what it was like performing in the international tour of Phantom of the Opera during the pandemic and the charity work she's been doing through her company The Masque Co. 

    Support The Masque Co. by visiting themasqueco.co , where $1 of each sale is donated to the Arts Wellbeing Collective, supporting mental health and wellbeing in the performing arts industry. 

    41 min
  • 30. Raoul Bhaneja (TITANS, Netflix's Grand Army)

    Actor and jazz & blues musician Raoul Bhaneja joins us this week and talks about the differences between the Canadian and American entertainment industries, working in the industry as an ‘ethnically ambiguous’ actor and the increasing representation for actors of color. 

    1 hr 4 min
  • 29. Marissa Ghavami (Amazon Prime's The Gift of Christmas)
    Actor, writer and advocate Marissa Ghavami joins us this week and chats with us about her cross-country experience starring in the film The Gift of Christmas, the importance of approaching acting with a business mindset and the work she is doing with her non-profit organization The Healing TREE. You can check out Marissa's IMDb page here: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1754095/
    51 min
  • 28. Kabir Bery (Mean Girls: The Musical)

    Kabir Bery joins us this week and talks about his early love of Bollywood movies that led to performing, his approach to acting from his training at the renowned Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute, and his audition experience and eventual booking for the national tour of Mean Girls: The Musical. 

    47 min
  • 27. Christopher Aguilar (Shameless, Mike & Molly)
    Christopher Aguilar joins us this week and talks about what it was like growing up as a child actor, the biggest challenges in transitioning to become an adult actor, as well as how he is bringing light to topics like addiction and mental health through workshops, his new short film The Hierarchy of Needs AND his very own podcast that just launched : The Christopher Aguilar Show!
    54 min
  • 26. Alex Ross (Broadway's Book of Mormon)

    Alex Ross joins us this week and shares his years-long journey with Book of Mormon, the importance of actors not giving up their power in the audition room, and what he teaches young actors at the Graham Shiels studio in Los Angeles. You can check out Alex's IMDb page here: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6464801/

    1 hr 7 min
  • 25. Troy Iwata (Netflix's Dash & Lily)
    Actor, singer and writer Troy Iwata joins us this week and chats with us about the growing representation of the Asian and queer communities, his audition process for the cult hit musical Be More Chill and their experience working on Netflix’s holiday romance Dash and Lily, premiering on November 10th! You can check out Troy's IMDb page here: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4841621/
    30 min
  • 24. Diego Guevara (Netflix's Dash & Lily)
    Stage and screen actor Diego Guevara joins this week and chats about his early love of music that led to acting, learning to adapt to the current state of the industry and what it was like celebrating Christmas for two months on the upcoming Netflix series Dash & Lily. You check out Diego’s IMDb page here: https://imdb.com/name/nm6527449/
    54 min
  • 23. Noam Ash (Boy-Friends, My Gay Roommate)
    Actor, writer and producer Noam Ash joins us this week and chats about his hit web series My Gay Roommate, which led to creating his half-hour comedy series Boy-Friends, which in less than a month has 175,000+ views on YouTube, as well as a last-minute audition that ended up booking him a role on an Amazon series, and his experience as a multi-faceted storyteller and the importance of telling the story you're best served to tell. You can watch the first episode of Boy-Friends here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBXGDn9egSk
    53 min

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Actors With Issues is a self-help podcast for actors, by actors. Hosted by actor and entertainment journalist Juan Ayala, each episode features a candid conversation with rising talent and established…