Actor Lisandra Tena (The Good Place, Fear the Walking Dead) stops by Studio 309 and discusses her love of note cards, growing up homeless in Albuquerque, and more!

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- Box talks maintaining success.
- Hobbies like sewing, karate and drinking and rituals.
- Always carrying note cards and winning the room and
- Growing up in Albuquerque and running away from home
- Stints in foster care and living on the streets.
- Ending up at Albuquerque Job Corps and getting housing, a GED and diploma.
- Taking some actor workshops at a non-profit and attending Depaul.
- Hanging around Chicago after, doing a one-woman show and moving to Los Angeles.

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Writer Zahir McGhee (Stumptown, Scandal) stops by Studio 309 and discusses his love of Japan, landing multiple writing fellowships, and more!

Pics, vids -- http://boxangeles.com/297

Writer Zahir McGhee (Stumptown, Scandal) stops by Studio 309 and discusses his love of Japan, landing multiple writing fellowships, and more!

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- Box talks his joy of Stumptown.
- Drinking and rituals and Japan and fear.
- Growing up in New Jersey and playing basketball.
- Attending the University of Maryland to study politics and then processing loans back at home.
- Going to the U of Miami film school and moving to LA to attend USC.
- Starting out writing comedy and getting into the ABC/Disney fellowship.
- Also getting the CBS fellowship, pivoting into drama and landing Private Practice.

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Writer Peter Blake (Gotham, House MD) stops by Studio 309 and discusses generating conflict in writing, reading scripts as an assistant, and more!

Pics, vids -- http://boxangeles.com/296

Writer Peter Blake (Gotham, House MD) stops by Studio 309 and discusses generating conflict in writing, reading scripts as an assistant, and more!

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- Box talks loving House and the writing behind that show.
- Drinking and rituals and using white noise and generating conflict in writing.
- Growing up in NYC and doing some acting as kid.
- Going to Harvard and then attending law school.
- Landing in management consulting and moving to LA.
- Being an assistant at Castle Rock and spending a lot of time reading scripts.
- Writing spec scripts and landing an agent via those.
- Breaking into The Practice thanks to the law background and the WGA dispute.
- Parents thoughts on leaving law and hobbies.

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Actor Haley Strode (Lethal Weapon, Wendell and Vinnie) stops by Studio 309 and discusses growing up on a farm, attending Ole Miss, and more!

Pics, vids -- http://boxangeles.com/295

Actor Haley Strode (Lethal Weapon, Wendell and Vinnie) stops by Studio 309 and discusses growing up on a farm, attending Ole Miss, and more!

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- Box talks romcom night.
- Drinking and dialects and rituals.
- Working on a sitcom and winning the room.
- Growing up in Kentucky and writing rhapsodys.
- Attending Ole Miss and doing a lot of great plays.
- Moving to LA, working at Dodger Stadium and getting some work going.
- Switching to NYC for some personal reasons and stepping away from commercials.

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Writer Allison Silverman (The Office, The Colbert Report) stops by Studio 309 and discusses doing Boom Chicago in Amsterdam, calling New York City home, and more!

Pics, vids -- http://boxangeles.com/294

Writer Allison Silverman (The Office, The Colbert Report) stops by Studio 309 and discusses doing Boom Chicago in Amsterdam, calling New York City home, and more!

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- Box talks second floor elevator trips.
- Drinking and rituals.
- Writing with a point of view and for different types of shows.
- Being in a science in television club and hobbies like pottery.
- Growing up in Gainesville Florida and performing moralistic shows.
- Doing forensics, drawing and attending Yale University for theatre.
- Joining the comedy group, studying humanities and doing one school show.
- Moving to Chicago for improv and landing Boom Chicago in Amsterdam.
- Writing comedy bits for the game You Don't Know Jack and then moving to NYC for Millionaire.
- Transitioning to The Daily Show, getting comfortable in that and moving to Late Night w/ Conan.
- Shying away from performing, avoiding living in Los Angeles and the WGA strike.

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