LIVE Podcast- Is The Working Actor Career Disappearing?

Is the traditional working actor career becoming harder to sustain? Self-tapes have shifted much of the cost and infrastructure of auditioning onto actors. Streaming changed the residual model. Seasons have gotten shorter, creating fewer episodes and fewer workdays. Roles are being compressed or downgraded. And some of the television roles that once represented the next rung of the ladder for working actors are now attracting major movie stars. But at the same time, audiences are showing up for entertainment in enormous numbers — and films like Obsession and Backrooms are demonstrating that commercially successful work can originate outside the traditional Hollywood system. So what does all of this mean for the working actor? Benjamin Howes and Patrick Richwood look at how the economics of the acting profession are changing, whether the traditional career ladder still works — and whether the future might require actors to think differently about where opportunity comes from. Join us LIVE and add your voice to the conversation. #WorkingActor #ActingCareer #ActorLife #Hollywood #TheWorkingActorNYC