Meet Brenann Stacker

We caught up with the brilliant and insightful Brenann Stacker a few weeks ago and have shared our conversation below.

Alright, so we’re so thrilled to have BRENANN with us today – welcome and maybe we can jump right into it with a question about one of your qualities that we most admire. How did you develop your work ethic? Where do you think you get it from?

I inherited curiosity and a love for learning from my parents. Both are important pieces of my work ethic. I constantly want to learn more and find all the ways I can grow through the opportunities I’m given. The most frustratingly beautiful thing about being an artist is there is never an end result. You never “make it.” There is always more. You can only learn by doing. It is a privilege to be a working actor and I want my reputation to reflect the respect I have for what it takes.

Persistence and resilience is the name of the game in the entertainment industry. The life of an artist is a constant journey…Odyssey…with yourself and the audiences you are serving. Craft takes time and practice and so much patience. I think it’s normal to have moments where you forget the joy and try to mold yourself into what you think people want to see.

It’s terrifying to be yourself. To say “this is me” and then face rejection is heartbreaking. But the struggle is more than worth it the moment you are your authentic self and even one person responds. Timing. Timing. Timing. My moment came when I was cast in “Peter Pan Goes Wrong” on Broadway. I walked into that room truly myself and the world responded with an awfully big adventure.

Thanks for sharing that. So, before we get any further into our conversation, can you tell our readers a bit about yourself and what you’re working on?

I am an actor and performer in Film, TV, VO and Theater.

My career as a performer started at a tiny age. I discovered early that I loved to tell stories. Real, made-up, somewhere in between real and made-up; it didn’t matter. The excitement of building characters and creating worlds gave my imagination endless chances to dream. As a way to disperse some of my limitless energy, I started dance and Rhythmic Gymnastics. I loved the artistry of the sport and how you could tell stories with your routines and music. As a 7-time National Team Member, I competed for the USA at the Elite international level. My story-telling pursuit continued at Tufts University as I earned a BA is Drama. The highlight of my college days was training at the St. Petersburg State Theatre Arts, The O’Neill National Institute and Williamstown Theatre Festival.

After college, I collected acting credits starting in Chicago, moved to Los Angeles, then back to Chicago and finally landed in New York City. Currently, I’m out of town working on Chicago Shakespeare Theater’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. This particular production is a part of their Short Shakespeare program geared toward introducing youth to The Bard and his stories. It has my dream to play the fairy Puck since I was 4 years old.

There is so much advice out there about all the different skills and qualities folks need to develop in order to succeed in today’s highly competitive environment and often it can feel overwhelming. So, if we had to break it down to just the three that matter most, which three skills or qualities would you focus on?

My parents always say “A job worth doing is a job worth doing well.” I’ve built my reputation around that and pride myself on a strong work ethic and self-motivation.

It’s vital to have the ability to validate yourself, to take that pride and belief in your abilities and tuck it in your heart. Even if the world doesn’t seem to be on your side or understand or have empathy, you have it to give to yourself.

Craft takes time and must be DONE. You can’t just talk about it. I don’t think I fully understood this at first. When I look back at early performances, I can see how time has given me more and more depth as an actor. It’s the gift of working my craft and having more and more life experience.

One of our goals is to help like-minded folks with similar goals connect and so before we go we want to ask if you are looking to partner or collab with others – and if so, what would make the ideal collaborator or partner?

Collaboration as an artist is key! I LOVE to collaborate!

My Ideal Community would consist of:

Humans with giving spirits who love to tell stories, build worlds, develop characters, make mistakes, risk big and fail hard, slightly obsess over the smallest details that ultimately do mean everything, play, dream, work hard and know they are a part of a team striving toward the same goal.

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