Emily Rahm

A few weeks ago, I had, quite literally, the worst audition of my career. And here’s the kicker: it had literally nothing to do with my audition material. I performed my monologue really well, and sang my song capably. But your audition begins the moment you walk in the door. Literally. And boy, did I… Read More

2018 has been a crazy year. A couple of weeks ago, I was feeling really down, because I felt like I hadn’t accomplished anything this year. Then I really started thinking about how my year has been, and what I’ve done this year, and I realized that even though I didn’t book as many jobs… Read More

I have had the opportunity to go to a few EPAs in the past few weeks, and been really lucky. I got seen! At each one! See, that’s what we say when we actually get to be in the audition room at an Equity Principal Audition: I got seen. Because if you’re EMC like me,… Read More

“Don’t quit your day job.” It’s a phrase that has been uttered to many creative types over the years as a “nicer” way of saying, “You’re not going to make it.” And it has a way of making creative types (at least this creative type – I can’t speak for everyone) internalize it as ‘If I… Read More

“What makes you a good actor?”   This question was asked of me in a workshop a few weeks ago. It was a question designed, not to criticize or belittle, but to make me think. What is it, truly, that makes me good? Everyone in the room offered their own answer, and later, also voiced… Read More