David Chiu

I nailed it! I went into the CBS “Let’s give Asians a chance” Diversity Showcase audition and threw down with a passionate one-minute performance of the Edmund Pollard monologue from Edgar Lee Masters’ SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY. The casting director was kind enough to tell me that my performance was very good and that I handled the material very well. What more could I ask for? Even though I’m a little jaded with these network (CBS, ABC, NBC, FOX) “diversity” showcases I went in today to show passion, to inspire, to leave an impression and I’m confident I achieved my goals.

I left the office with a big smile on my face knowing that I gave a very good performance using probably the most difficult material that anyone else auditioning was bringing in. Big thanks to Tom Patton from the Joanne Baron/DW Brown studio who introduced this material to me as part of the two-year acting program and also gave me the skills to perform it.