Inspirational

I am Phoebe Roome DIxon.   I am a very young 86 year old!   Yes, you heard that right.  86 years old! I model, I act, and I am also a folk singer having recorded four albums (The Bergerfolk ) on Folkways Records with my former husband and five children.  And, I even perform at senior centers and children’s parties.  I was born in Brooklyn and was on stage from kindergarten all the way through the 6th grade. The stage is where I felt alive. I felt free, like I could be myself. Normal kids...

We are excited to let you know that the special Stage 32 3 Year Anniversary On Stage with RB is now available On Demand for FREE! In a live and interective online webinar, Stage 32 Founder and CEO, RB spent 3 (yes, 3!) hours going over site features and answering your questions.  In honor of Stage 32's 3 year anniversary, we had on special guests Doug Richardson (screenwriter Die Hard 2, Bad Boys, Hostage) and Rex Pickett (writer, Sideways). RB opened up for Q&A with the community and talked...

I have resented the question “What do you want to be when you grow up?” from as early as I can remember, which lands me in my sixth grade play wearing a tennis outfit, surrounded by classmates dressed up as doctors, lawyers, teachers and other professions that were sure to evoke prideful smiles from their parents, beaming at them from the audience. How the hell was I supposed to know? I was twelve. I liked tennis. I was good at it. And, having just returned to California after living in England...

We appreciate you taking a trip down memory lane and letting us reflect on our history during this 3 year anniversary week, but now it’s time to turn the spotlight on you, our amazing, talented, selfless, brilliant members. I've said from day one that the community is what makes the network.  Below is proof.   We have pulled together some of our most recent success stories and collaborations which have formed through Stage 32 and The Stage 32 Happy Writers.  All of these successes are a result...

Please help support our future generation of filmmakers by sharing the Stage 32 and U + Trailer Film Festival. This opportunity is available to anyone in the world under the age of 18 to film and submit a trailer to be judged by industry executives.  The filmmaker of the highest judged trailer will be work directly with industry executives to turn their material into a short film. (Complete details are below) There are only 2 more weeks left to enter!   We've been blown away by the tra...

My name is Taylor Hay. I am fifteen, an actress, and a cancer survivor. I am telling my story to attest to the fact that anyone, at any age, with whatever hardship life has thrown at them, can still be happy and successful. My story starts at a young age. I started acting when I was four, after literally bugging my mom to death after watching her work in the industry. I begged her for an agent, classes, or anything that would help me be more like her. After pestering her for months, she fina...

The August edition of "On Stage with RB" is now live and free to view on On Demand in our Education section.  You can click here to view the video. Stage 32 Founder and CEO, RB spent over 2 hours going over site features and answering your questions. **We highly recommend you listen around the 1:35 mark for some incredible and powerful advice about Stage 32 – “What’s the #1 networking mistake people make on Stage 32 and what would RB’s best tip for networking on Stage 32 be?” We had an e...

5 Ways You’re Using Twitter Incorrectly to Promote Your Film’s Crowdfunding Campaign Avoid these costly mistakes and get those cameras rolling With the advent of new technology, including the capability to shoot and edit a movie on your smartphone, the barrier of entry for making a film has never been lower. And, with the advent of various crowdfunding platforms, raising funds for a film has, seemingly, never been easier. That’s the good news. However, a lower barrier of entry and technolo...

The Stage 32 community is diverse in talent level and runs the gamut from child actors to Academy, Emmy and Tony Award winners.  It's this range of talent that makes the network complete as we come together daily to share our fears, obstacles, accomplishments and lessons learned along the way in an effort to support and educate toward a common goal of success. It is with these objectives in mind that Stage 32 has decided to join forces with the U + Project to launch the Stage 32 and U + Trai...

Let me take you back to the summer of '07, where a father takes his little 12-year old son with him to his work. They had never really talked about his fathers’ work. Of course, the boy kind of knew what his father did, but he was never this close. The father explained to him how he was working on this particular project and that maybe the boy would like to see how everything worked. The big day, as his father called it, was in Amsterdam. Dad asked the little boy to prepare a movie scene wit...