Actor William Jackson Harper (The Blacklist, 30 Rock) stops by Studio 309 and discusses attending the College of Santa Fe, considering giving up acting, and more!

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- Box rants flushing before finished.
- Drinking and rituals and union name.
- Growing up in Dallas and being a shy kid who hid a lot.
- Getting involved in local theatre and attending a thespian festival in Abilene.
- Attending the College of Santa Fe and moving home after graduation.
- Working towards an Equity card and working at a book store.
- Moving to NYC and finding a community in Ensemble Studio Theatre.
- Getting representation and landing a Broadway role in All The Way.
- Getting into TV, considering stepping away from acting and avoiding LA.

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Actor Anna Konkle (New Girl, Maron) stops by Studio 309 and discusses attending NYU, thinking about quitting performing, and more!

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- Box rants weather reports (and Anna guest rants driving).
- Drinking and rituals.
- Born in Vermont, but growing up in Massachusetts and doing community theater.
- A trip to NYC that changed the life and random auditions for commercials in Boston.
- Booking a No Drugs gig and attending NYU's Tisch.
- Switching emphasis from musical theater to playwrights horizons to reality show.
- Getting into experimental theater and working waitressing odd jobs.
- Taking a long trip to India to think about life and starting to write, be proactive.
- Acting in a comedic web series and then moving to LA to make own content.
- Creating Project Reality and getting agents / managers.
- Auditioning, more odd jobs and booking stuff like Rosewood.

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Writer Erin Mallory Long (Hello Giggles, Kathy) stops by Studio 309 and discusses watching a lot of Nickelodeon as a kid, attending NYU's film school, and more!

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- Box rants respecting other people's time.
- Drinking and rituals.
- Starting out in upstate New York and having an artsy family.
- Watching a lot of Nickelodeon and reading books.
- Getting into theatre and being in a bunch of clubs.
- Attending NYU for film school and shooting music videos as a senior.
- Working in random production positions and realizing the want to write.
- Submitting to Hello Giggles and moving to Los Angeles.
- Writing for Kathy and not having an agent.

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