Actor Michael Bunin (Superstore, GLOW) stops by Studio 309 and discusses being prepared a day in advance for auditions, growing up in Las Vegas, and more!

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- Box talks generations.
- Drinking and routines and being prepared.
- Growing up in Las Vegas and being around sports betting.
- Playing a lot of poker, pool and attending UNLV studying acting.
- Getting into improv via debate and spending summers studying at Second City.
- Moving to Los Angeles and performing at Groundlings / iO.
- Getting a commercial agent, having her for 20 years and booking the first audition.
- Landing My Boys before getting a theatrical agent and never having an odd job.

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Life & career coach Brian Patacca (Founder Actor Salon) stops by Studio 309 and discusses many of his actor pro tips, the pivot out of performing, and more!

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- Box says what have you done for your career today?
- Drinking and routines and coaching.
- Planting seeds and schedules.
- Working with new actors and pet peeves.
- Growing up in Cleveland and being an outgoing performer.
- Attending Northwestern for acting and moving to NYC.
- Working at a marketing agency and getting a lot of commercial work.
- Starting Actor's Salon, moving to Los Angeles and connecting with John Rosenfeld.

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Writer Michael Price (The Simpsons, F is for Family) stops by Studio 309 and discusses consuming a lot of television as a kid, all the various odd jobs he has had, and more!

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- Box says leave positive feedback.
- Drinking and routines.
- Growing up in New Jersey and consuming a ton television.
- Doing some community theatre and attending Montclair State University.
- Discovering improv at First Amendment, going to grad school at Tulane and briefly working as a teacher.
- Doing copywriting for a law firm, auditioning for commercials and booking a few small things.
- Pivoting into writing by doing specs, driving a taxi and landing a job on The Newz.
- Going through different rooms before ended up in The Simpsons and starting F is For Family.
- The lifestyle working for Netflix and firing the agent for the WGA.

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Writer Lauren Morelli (Tales of the City, Orange Is the New Black) stops by Studio 309 and discusses being neighbors with Box, having an overall deal with Netflix, and more!

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- Box says leave positive feedback.
- Drinking and routines and motivation and knitting.
- Growing up in Pittsburgh and performing in musicals, despite not being able to sing.
- Being all in on dance, getting a BFA at Marymount Manhattan College and a back injury.
- Working as a personal assistant and being unsure what to do.
- Moving to LA For a boy and taking a short fiction UCLA writing class.
- Writing and more writing and getting a manager, Orange being the first staffing meeting.
- Learning how to work in a writer's room and coming home everyday crying.

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