An audition is a difficult place to showcase your skills as an actor. And an on-camera audition is the hardest. Using Ellen Novack’s system of preparing for auditions & invaluable tips about working on-camera, Taming the Cyclops will help you master the on-camera audition and book the job! Ellen Novack has had a long and varied career with one consistent theme: working with and helping actors. She was a casting director for more than 25 years working in TV, film, and theatre. Currently she is a talent consultant for Authentic Talent & Literary Manage- ment and to help new actors, or those who have hit a wall, she started ActorLaunch, a one-on-one consulting service. She currently teaches on-camera auditioning in New York and has been teaching on-camera acting techniques and professional preparation/on-camera auditioning for many years at The Juilliard School and the Yale School of Drama.