{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Acting with Naomi Grossman, 'Pepper' from "American Horror Story" - 003","description":"Naomi Grossman is best known for her portrayal of the fan-favorite, “Pepper” on FX’s American Horror Story: Asylum. Previously, Naomi wrote, produced, and starred in her second hit solo show, Carnival Knowledge:  Love, Lust, and other Human Oddities, which enjoyed a twice-extended, sold-out run and rave reviews (“Recommended” by LA Weekly).  It was then reprised at the world-famous fringe theatre festival in Edinburgh, Scotland, where it received more critical praise (4 stars: The Scotsman, Broadway Baby, Fringe Review) and a transfer to London’s West End (Leicester Square Theatre).  It later went on to have a successful run Off-Off Broadway. Naomi’s first solo show, Girl in Argentine Landscape, also received critical acclaim (LA Weekly, “Pick of the Week”) and earned her an LA Weekly Theatre Award nomination for best solo performance.  Naomi toured with Girl to Chicago's Single File Festival, the Los Angeles Women’s Theatre Festival, the New York International Fringe Festival, and screened a subtitled video-version on the big screen in Argentina. A former member of the esteemed Groundlings Sunday Company, as well as alumna of Improv Olympic, Naomi has written, produced, and starred in numerous comedic shorts under her “Red Meat Entertainment” banner, which have screened at the LA Comedy Shorts Film Festival, the TriMedia Film Festival, the Connecticut Film Festival, the Dam Short Film Festival, the Faux Film Festival, the Los Angeles Comedy Festival, the Wet Your Pants Comedy Film Festival, the Action On Film International Festival, and the Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival.  Naomi also made a cameo in the feature film,Table for Three. A graduate of theatre from Northwestern University, Naomi has acted in several of Chicago’s illustrious, long-running, cult comedies:Cannibal Cheerleaders on Crack and Shannen Doherty Shoots a Porno at the Torso Theatre, as well as Attack of the Killer B’s and White Trash Wedding and a Funeral at the Factory Theatre.\r\nNotes from the show:\r\nNaomi started acting and comedy with KidSkits in Denver\r\nStarted LA quest for acting success by reading Backstage West.\r\nLos Angeles is not a theatre town.\r\nShe recommends going to Paley Center for Media, watch solo shows by John Leguizamo, Eric Bogosian, Lily Tomlin, Spalding Gray.\r\nHere are Naomi's book recommendations:\r\nThe Luck Factor - Dr. Richard Wiseman\r\nThe Secret - Rhonda Byrne\r\nAsk and It Is Given  - Esther and Jerry Hicks\r\nYou Are a Badass - Jen Sincero\r\nThere's No Business Like Soul Business - Derek Rydall\r\nFailing Forward - John C. Maxwell\r\nA Year in Van Nuys - Sandra Tsing LohRecommendation from Michael Prywes:Essentialism - Greg McKeown\r\nA-ha moment: "I'm not acting. I'm a professional mailer. If these people won't cast me, I'll cast myself."\r\nNaomi's biggest mistakes: "Waiting for success to come to me. And not getting jobs that used my brain."\r\nHow Naomi plans her day: "LISTS!"\r\nNaomi shares a treasure trove of information, advice, and emotional experiences. She talks about her darkest days, and the time she realized she "arrived." She also gives a comprehensive rundown of her special visiting artist lecture at Northwestern University, twenty years after Ethan Hawke's memorable lecture.\r\nThis podcast hosted by New York attorney Michael Prywes was sponsored by Prywes Schwartz, PLLC, a law firm devoted to artists and entrepreneurs.\r\nThis podcast may contain attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee future outcomes.","author_name":"How I Broke Into: Michael Prywes Interviews Artists and Entrepreneurs About Their Big Break","author_url":"http:\/\/howibrokeinto.libsyn.com\/podcast","html":"