Equity Foundation Podcast

Michael Lucas In Conversation with Danielle Cormack

Equity Foundation Podcast

Show Notes

This an opportunity to hear from leading creator, writer, script editor and producer Michael Lucas (The Newsreader, Five Bedrooms, Wentworth, Rosehaven, Offspring) In Conversation with Danielle Cormack. Michael will discuss the actor/producer/writer relationship, the current screen landscape, what goes on behind the scenes of a screen production before actors are cast, what is involved in the creating, writing and producing a television show, casting, self-taping, rehearsing and much more. There will be plenty of time for audience questions.

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