BA #239: Stephanie Drake

August 6, 2018

 

On the two-hundred and thirty-ninth Box Angeles actor Stephanie Drake (Mad Men, The Middle) stops by Studio 309. She discusses moving around a lot as a kid, attending a performing arts magnet school, moving to Los Angeles for college, working for an agency, and more!

 

 

the BA #239 breakdown
– Box rants getting indoctrinated into car brands.
– Drinking and rituals.
– Moving around a lot and mostly growing up in Baltimore.
– Seeing the Phantom of the Opera and wanting to perform ever since.
– Attending a performing arts public magnet school and going to USC.
– Different classes and briefly studying improv.
– Odd jobs like J Crew / Nordstrom and joining a theatre company.
– Treating yourself like a business and sending out an aggressive email to an agent.
– Working for an agency and eventually joining her roster.
– Landing Mad Men and signing with a big agency, then losing them.
– Dealing with the lulls and making a film.

For more Stephanie, @stephaniedrake1 on Instagram.

 

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