We hope you are having a great fall! Our team has begun another school year of educating and empowering young artists around the globe. We are excited to relax this weekend and watch some of our favorite Halloween movies - explore our top picks below! A Quiet Place and A Quiet Place: Part II About The Movies: If they hear you, they hunt you. A family must live in silence to avoid mysterious creatures that hunt by sound. Knowing that even the slightest whisper or footstep can bring death, Evelyn and Lee are determined to find a way to protect their children while desperately searching for a wa ..read more

Happy holiday season from On Location Education! For the OLE team, it wouldn’t be the festive season without the Christmas Spectacular Starring the Radio City Rockettes. Since 1988, On Location Education has worked to provide educational services to the young performers appearing in the production, and even used to travel the country when Radio City conducted nationwide casting searches for the role of Clara. Nearly 35 years of partnership later, we have had the privilege of seeing these young Clara’s achieve success as performers - including two Rockettes, Katelyn Gaffney and Megan Levinson ..read more

We hope you are enjoying the final weeks of fall! On Location Education is excited to be back in full swing working on entertainment projects around the globe. This month on the OLE blog, we’re introducing a new series, Day In The Life, where we’ll be talking with OLE contractors for a behind the scenes look at a day spent educating young artists. For our introductory post, we are following Jess Balun, a studio teacher who is currently on the road with Les Miserables, through a day in the life. ABOUT JESS: Jess graduated from Brandeis University with degrees in History and American Studies. S ..read more

We are wishing you well as we begin to conclude what has been an unparalleled school year! Following last month’s feature of global studio teacher Kevin Moll, we’re excited to share our interview with mother-daughter duo Nina and Brittany Gilbert, who have been working with On Location Education on projects in Georgia for many years. In addition to educating young artists on set, Nina and Brittany both work as a Child Labor Coordinator (CLC), a vital position in the Georgia film and television industry that we are excited to feature on our blog for the first time. Read the interview belo ..read more

We hope you had a great summer! Our team is looking forward to the beginning of another school year, and is excited to provide academic and administrative support for child performers around the globe. This month on the OLE blog, we’re taking a look behind the scenes at the work involved in coordinating services for young performers on entertainment projects. Read our interview below with Lauren Stamm, an OLE Project Director working on film and television projects in the United States.  About Lauren: Lauren is a Director at On Location Education, where she oversees the educational needs ..read more

We’re back with the latest addition to our Set Teacher Interview Series! After our conversations in 2020 with set teachers Stacey Hirn, Margaret Cox, Michelle Bohlen, and Wissam Nasr, we’re thrilled to be introducing Lisa Swift, who has worked on OLE projects around the globe for nearly fifteen years. Read the interview below, and be sure to scroll down to view the video of Lisa’s on-stage proposal (which occurred while she was set teaching for The Lion King!). About Lisa: Lisa grew up in Kansas City, Missouri, and graduated from the University of Missouri with a degree in Early Childhood Edu ..read more

We’re back with the latest edition of our Set Teacher Interview Series! It’s now been over a year of staying home, masking up, and waiting ever so impatiently for life to return to a new “normal” – and a major element of pre-pandemic life we’re looking forward to is the ability to resume traveling the world. While we’ve been waiting for the day it is safe to do so, we interviewed Kevin Moll, a California Certified Studio Teacher who has traveled the globe working on OLE projects both before and during the pandemic. Read our interview with Kevin below and enjoy the collage of photos from his tr ..read more

Happy fall from all of us at On Location Education! We hope back-to-school is off to a great start and that you are staying safe and sound as the pandemic continues. We’re writing to let you know what’s happening at OLE as the entertainment industry begins to reopen and what to expect this fall on the OLE blog. Be sure to check back here, visit our Industry Updates page, and follow us on our social media to stay informed on all things entertainment and education while we navigate these unusual times. BACK TO SCHOOL School is in session at The School for Young Performers! Students across the c ..read more

Happy New Year from all of us at On Location Education! In our last post, we spoke to casting director Liz Fraser about actors remotely auditioning for jobs in a moment where opportunities are few and far between. This month, we are focusing on the impact this period has on high school students pursuing degrees in the performing arts, whose admission to college often hinges on an audition in tandem with their normal applications.  The typical college audition process takes months of preparation, pre-screening video auditions, travel to conferences and college campuses ..read more

We’re back with the latest in our Set Teacher Interview Series! After our conversations with set teachers Stacey Hirn and Margaret Cox, we decided to continue these discussions about working and educating on set with New York City set teacher Wissam Nasr. About Wissam: Wissam Nasr began his career in education in 1997 as a writing instructor at LaGuardia Community College. In 2000, he was awarded Amnesty International's Bunche Fellowship to write a death penalty curriculum before moving on to become a NYC teaching fellow. In 2004, he left the classroom to lead a civil rights organization ..read more