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!

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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!

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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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Casting director Richard Hicks (Gravity, Zero Dark Thirty) stops by Studio 309 and discusses winning casting work, attending Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, and more!

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- Box talks streaming wars advertisements.
- Drinking and rituals.
- Winning casting work and actors winning the parts being in the moment.
- IMDb star meters, filling audition slots and having an Excel database.
- How'd new actors get seen, being the CSA president and yoga.
- Growing up in Ohio and attending Catholic University of America in DC.
- Moving to London for acting at Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and moving in with parents.
- Writing to regional theatres around the country and performing at Guthrie in Minnesota.
- Moving to NYC, doing various regional jobs and odd jobs like cater waiter.
- Moving to LA for a boy, blaming acting for frustrations and not enjoying it as much.
- Being an audition reader, starting as a casting assistant and getting fired from Curb.

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Casting director Shane Liem stops by Studio 309 and discusses making dark films at USC, living thru the LA riots, and more!

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- Box talks people not allowed to park in his garage.
- Drinking and rituals.
- Choosing people from submissions and how new talent gets seen.
- Always watching the feed and starting days with simpler roles.
- Recommending to directors and how actor's should know what they are in for.
- Union v non-union, winning the room / standing out and photography hobby.
- Growing up in Stockton CA and working for the school newspaper.
- Attending USC for film school and being one of the few females.
- Making depressing, dark films and living thru the LA riots.
- Getting a casting internship and working for a few different offices.

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Writer Duncan Birmingham (Maron, Blunt Talk) stops by Studio 309 and discusses his heavy usage of note cards, working for the tabloids in high school, and more!

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Writer Duncan Birmingham (Maron, Blunt Talk) stops by Studio 309 and discusses his heavy usage of note cards, working for the tabloids in high school, and more!

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- Box talks writer credits AND Lyft drivers not pulling up to you fully.
- Drinking and rituals and note cards and wanting to surf.
- Growing up in Boston / Boca Raton and having stomach issues.
- Writing for the high school newspaper and attending St Lawrence in upstate NY.
- Taking the screenwriting classes and intern-ing at Rolling Stone in Boston.
- Working at some tabloids previously and taking masters classes at Emerson.
- Moving to LA, living in the Oakwoods and landing writer's assistant on Queer As Folk.
- Writing some movies that didn't get made and pivoting into TV after writer's strike.

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