Actor/producer/casting director Paige Jennifer Barr (https://paigejenniferbarr.com/) shares her tale of a $20,000 cruise audition gone wrong (7:05). She also shares a couple of stories from the casting director perspective including the time she gave some clueless advice to an actor in a commercial audition that resulted in a not-so-happy call from the actor's agent (11:00).

Paige Jennifer Barr is an accomplished actor, sketch performer, writer and casting director living in New York City. She has performed at The UCB theatre, The PIT, The Laugh Factory, and many others. She was a performing and writing member of the feminist sketch comedy group “Women Aren't Funny" and a performer on the UCB improv team ”Bogus Sting.” Favorite acting projects include performing opposite Kristen Scott Thomas in “Sarah's Key” and opposite Edie Falco in “Nurse Jackie.” Other notable credits include shows like “The Blacklist,” “For Life,” and Law & Order: SVU opposite Mariska Hargitay. Paige is also an accomplished comedy short filmmaker - writing, producing and acting in many of her own projects including the comedy web series ”Shoulda Swiped Left”, She brought her solo show “Death, Dating and I Do” based on her experiences as a caregiver and then widow, from NYC to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2018, in 2019 to Boston and London and then when 2020 happened she pivoted to making short films. Her most recent work “The Mom and The Mom” just premiered at the NY Chain Film festival. In her her spare time she volunteers for The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.