What are the tools and techniques you need to make a successful career in television commercials? Does stage training help? How does one organize and market oneself to the people doing the hiring?
About the Author, Pat Dougan
Pat Dougan is an actress, teacher, trainer, and director. She has appeared in over 650 national and regional commercials, industrials, voice-overs, television shows, and plays, co-starring as Olympia Dukakis's daughter on the TV drama Rachel's Dinner, and in Against the Law and Spenser: For Hire. She attended the Neighborhood Playhouse where she studied with Sanford Meiser, and later with Uta Hagen at HB Studio.Dougan teaches private on-camera acting classes and also teaches in the MFA Professional Theatre Training Program at Brandeis University, conducts presentation and communication skills workshops, and does one-on-one coaching with professionals from many industries. She is a co-founder of StageSource, The Alliance of Theatre Artists and Producers in Boston.
