That One Audition with Alyshia Ochse

What is the true journey of an artist and how do we stay the course?  What is the point of focus to keep us along the journey.  As the wise once said, this career is a marathon not a sprint.  Where do we keep the focus to track our progress in the journey?  Today, Alyshia discusses the highlights of the Riley Smith episode and keeping the focus on that which you can control. Show Links: LIMTED-TIME OFFER: Black Friday Deal THE NEW TRIPLE THREAT: Level Up Your Acting Career PATREON: @thatoneaudition CONSULTING: Get 1-on-1 advice for your acting career from Alyshia Ochse COACHING: Get personalized coaching from Alyshia on your next audition or role INSTAGRAM: @alyshiaochse INSTAGRAM: @thatoneaudition WEBSITE: AlyshiaOchse.com ITUNES: Subscribe to That One Audition on iTunes SPOTIFY: Subscribe to That One Audition on Spotify STITCHER: Subscribe to That One Audition on Stitcher Credits: WRITER: Erin McClusky Dalla Betta WEBSITE & GRAPHICS: Chase Jennings ASSISTANT: Elle Powell

Actor and singer-songwriter Riley Smith has accrued more than 75 credits over the course of 20+ years in the entertainment industry. Starting off in modeling, Riley made the transition into acting and spent years working on pilots that never got picked up before landing series regular roles including his character of Ryan Hudson on the hit CW series, “Nancy Drew.” Today, he shares the lessons he’s learned about navigating agent relationships, signing contracts, and the value of leaning into what you’re naturally best at. These are the unforgettable stories that landed Riley Smith right here.  RILEY SMITH'S LINKS: IMDB: Riley Smith INSTAGRAM: @rileysmithofficial RILEY SMITH'S CREDITS:  Nancy Drew Proven Innocent Life Sentence Frequency Nashville The Messengers True Detective True Blood 90210 Radio 24 New York Minute Freaks and Geeks THAT ONE AUDITION'S LINKS: LIMTED-TIME OFFER: Black Friday Deal SPECIAL OFFER: Practice How You Play TNTT ACTING MEMBERSHIP: The New Triple Threat Membership PATREON: @thatoneaudition CONSULTING: Get 1-on-1 advice for your acting career from Alyshia Ochse COACHING: Get personalized coaching from Alyshia on your next audition or role INSTAGRAM: @alyshiaochse INSTAGRAM: @thatoneaudition WEBSITE: AlyshiaOchse.com ITUNES: Subscribe to That One Audition on iTunes SPOTIFY: Subscribe to That One Audition on Spotify STITCHER: Subscribe to That One Audition on Stitcher

Alyshia discusses how we can request to remove labels in breakdowns that limit us as artists. Show Links: THE NEW TRIPLE THREAT: Black Friday Deal THE NEW TRIPLE THREAT: Level Up Your Acting Career PATREON: @thatoneaudition CONSULTING: Get 1-on-1 advice for your acting career from Alyshia Ochse COACHING: Get personalized coaching from Alyshia on your next audition or role INSTAGRAM: @alyshiaochse INSTAGRAM: @thatoneaudition WEBSITE: AlyshiaOchse.com ITUNES: Subscribe to That One Audition on iTunes SPOTIFY: Subscribe to That One Audition on Spotify STITCHER: Subscribe to That One Audition on Stitcher Credits: WRITER: Erin McClusky Dalla Betta WEBSITE & GRAPHICS: Chase Jennings ASSISTANT: Elle Powell

Kathleen Garrett can currently be seen in Netflix’s record breaking, blockbuster hit, INVENTING ANNA, as the high fashion, hard-to-please, gallerist Sasha Thomas. She is also in another blockbuster of a different kind as Deskka, the sage warrior chaplain, in the #1 video game of the year, HORIZON FORBIDDEN WEST. To add to her string of successes, she plays Former First Lady Laura Bush opposite Viola Davis’ Michelle Obama in Showtimes’s most prestigious project, THE FIRST LADY premiering April 17. She started off the year recently guest starring, to critical acclaim, in Dick Wolf’s FBI as the grieving, yet pointedly direct, Nicole Trenholm. Classically trained in New York and London, Kathleen’s range runs the gamut of roles from drama queens in Greek tragedies to slapstick comediennes in sitcoms. She is a recipient of a Screen Actors Guild Award, The Drama Critics Circle Award, Garland Award, LA Weekly Award, Robbie Award, and Ovation Nomination. She is one of the few actors to be awarded the international Clio Award and The Women’s League of Advertising Award (Lulu Award) for Best Performance in a commercial. Her extensive voice-over work includes national campaigns, video games, narrations on series, mini-series, and documentaries. KATHLEEN GARRETT'S LINKS: IMDB: Kathleen Garrett INSTAGRAM: @thisiskathleengarrett KATHLEEN GARRETT'S CREDITS: Ghosts of Christmas Always The First Lady Inventing Anna FBI Power Book II: Ghost Flawless: A Feminist Fairytale The Trial of the Chicago 7 Billions The Deuce Ugly Betty The West Wing Murder, She Wrote Home Improvement THAT ONE AUDITION'S LINKS: THE NEW TRIPLE THREAT: Black Friday Deal THE NEW TRIPLE THREAT: Practice How You Play THE NEW TRIPLE THREAT: Level Up Your Acting Career PATREON: @thatoneaudition CONSULTING: Get 1-on-1 advice for your acting career from Alyshia Ochse COACHING: Get personalized coaching from Alyshia on your next audition or role INSTAGRAM: @alyshiaochse INSTAGRAM: @thatoneaudition WEBSITE: AlyshiaOchse.com ITUNES: Subscribe to That One Audition on iTunes SPOTIFY: Subscribe to That One Audition on Spotify STITCHER: Subscribe to That One Audition on Stitcher

As we come into the holiday season, our focus as actors tends to be on the "slow" season. Let's take a minute to reflect on that which we can CONTROL in the slow times. Show Links: THE NEW TRIPLE THREAT: FREE Pep Talk with CD Victor Vazquez, November 14th @ 12pm PDT THE NEW TRIPLE THREAT: Practice How You Play THE NEW TRIPLE THREAT: Level Up Your Acting Career PATREON: @thatoneaudition CONSULTING: Get 1-on-1 advice for your acting career from Alyshia Ochse COACHING: Get personalized coaching from Alyshia on your next audition or role INSTAGRAM: @alyshiaochse INSTAGRAM: @thatoneaudition WEBSITE: AlyshiaOchse.com ITUNES: Subscribe to That One Audition on iTunes SPOTIFY: Subscribe to That One Audition on Spotify STITCHER: Subscribe to That One Audition on Stitcher Credits: WRITER: Erin McClusky Dalla Betta WEBSITE & GRAPHICS: Chase Jennings ASSISTANT: Elle Powell

Brian Thomas Smith moved to Los Angeles from Saint Louis in 2000. His acting journey has had many ups and downs, but he is the perfect example of the journeyman actor as he continues to book jobs in film, TV and commercials. Brian Thomas Smith’s acting credits span film, television and include over 100 commercials. Some highlighted commercials are playing Phil Shifley for DIRECT TV, wearing a European man thong for MILLER LITE and being trained by the brew master in a BUD LIGHT campaign. BTS was featured in Super Bowl ads for SAMSUNG and BUD LIGHT. He also raced around the world with his brother Greg in SEASON 7 of THE AMAZING RACE. BRIAN THOMAS SMITH'S LINKS: IMDB: Brian Thomas Smith  WEBSITE: BrianThomasSmith.com  INSTAGRAM: @brian_thomas_smith  TIKTOK: @brian_thomas_smith   

Christopher Rivas is an actor, author, podcaster, and storyteller best known for his on-screen work on the Fox series, CALL ME KAT. In addition, he hosts two podcasts on SiriusXM's Stitcher: Rubirosa, a limited series about the life of Porfirio Rubirosa, and a weekly show, Brown Enough (premieres September 28, 2022). Rivas is simultaneously authoring a book, BROWN ENOUGH, that Row House Publishing is slated to release on October 11, 2022. He is a Ph.D. Candidate in Expressive Arts for Global Health & Peace Building from The European Graduate School and a Rothschild Social Impact fellow. Rivas resides in Los Angeles, CA. LINKS: IMDB: Christopher Rivas INSTAGRAM: @christopher__rivas WEBSITE: ChristopherRivas.com AMAZON: Brown Enough: True Stories About Love, Violence, the Student Loan Crisis, Hollywood, Race, Familia, and Making It in America CREDITS: Call Me Kat Zooming The Filth New Amsterdam Adam Ruins Everything 2 Broke Girls GLOW Mi Casa Mi Casa SEAL Team Grey’s Anatomy Shameless THAT ONE AUDITION'S LINKS: TNTT ACTING MEMBERSHIP: The New Triple Threat Membership PATREON: @thatoneaudition CONSULTING: Get 1-on-1 advice for your acting career from Alyshia Ochse COACHING: Get personalized coaching from Alyshia on your next audition or role INSTAGRAM: @alyshiaochse INSTAGRAM: @thatoneaudition WEBSITE: AlyshiaOchse.com ITUNES: Subscribe to That One Audition on iTunes SPOTIFY: Subscribe to That One Audition on Spotify STITCHER: Subscribe to That One Audition on Stitcher

As we slide into holiday season take this time to revisit your artistry and your career. How would you like to reinvent? How do we approach the transitional moments of growing in purpose and artistry? Let's get some wisdom from Skyh Black's episode and be curious how we show up for the next phase of LIFE. Show Links: PATREON: @thatoneaudition THE NEW TRIPLE THREAT: Level Up Your Acting Career CONSULTING: Get 1-on-1 advice for your acting career from Alyshia Ochse COACHING: Get personalized coaching from Alyshia on your next audition or role INSTAGRAM: @alyshiaochse INSTAGRAM: @thatoneaudition WEBSITE: AlyshiaOchse.com ITUNES: Subscribe to That One Audition on iTunes SPOTIFY: Subscribe to That One Audition on Spotify STITCHER: Subscribe to That One Audition on Stitcher Credits: WRITER: Erin McClusky Dalla Betta WEBSITE & GRAPHICS: Chase Jennings ASSISTANT: Elle Powell

Rising star, Skyh Black, knows what it’s like to experience full transformation as an artist. Starting out as a dancer to some of the biggest music names in the business, Skyh can now be seen lighting up the screen as Amp ‘Addiction’ Anthony in BET’s “All the Queen’s Men,” as well as roles in “Sistas,” “Stranger Next Door,” and more. Today, Skyh shares how he built a new career as an actor from the ground up and emphasizes how everyone is on their own unique journey as an artist. These are the unforgettable stories that landed Skyh Black right here. LINKS: IMDB: Skyh Black INSTAGRAM: @skyhblack TWITTER: @skyhablack CREDITS: A Haitian Wedding Stranger Next Door All the Queen’s Men Sistas Lace Black Monday Lucifer South Central Love Hello Cupid 3.0 THAT ONE AUDITION'S LINKS: TNTT ACTING MEMBERSHIP: The New Triple Threat Membership PATREON: @thatoneaudition CONSULTING: Get 1-on-1 advice for your acting career from Alyshia Ochse COACHING: Get personalized coaching from Alyshia on your next audition or role INSTAGRAM: @alyshiaochse INSTAGRAM: @thatoneaudition WEBSITE: AlyshiaOchse.com ITUNES: Subscribe to That One Audition on iTunes SPOTIFY: Subscribe to That One Audition on Spotify STITCHER: Subscribe to That One Audition on Stitcher

Today, Alyshia and Anna LaMadrid share the space of Wednesday Wisdom with Guest Star member of The New Triple Threat, Alicia Urizar.  Overcoming fears, being stuck and upleveling your craft by working with other actors is the focus of the chat.  Hear the wisdom Alicia shares on how she was able to bring her career full center with a few tools and techniques that made her self-tapes part of the "selection" process and even bookable! Show Links: PATREON: @thatoneaudition THE NEW TRIPLE THREAT: Level Up Your Acting Career INSTAGRAM: @alyshiaochse INSTAGRAM: @thatoneaudition WEBSITE: AlyshiaOchse.com ITUNES: Subscribe to That One Audition on iTunes SPOTIFY: Subscribe to That One Audition on Spotify STITCHER: Subscribe to That One Audition on Stitcher Credits: WRITER: Erin McCluskey SOUND DESIGN: Zachary Jameson WEBSITE & GRAPHICS: Chase Jennings ASSISTANT: Elle Powell SOCIAL OUTREACH: Bebe Katsenes