The industry doesn't come with instructions. So Merrick built them. Call Time Strategy with Merrick McCartha.
You know you're good.
You've been told you're good.
So why aren't you working?
You've invested in yourself.
Classes. Coaches. Headshots.
And yet... nothing.
You didn't fail.
You were just never given the other half of the information.
Talent gets you noticed.
Strategy gets you booked.
Engineer turned actor
Meet Merrick
Merrick McCartha walked away from a six-figure engineering career because he refused to trade his soul for a paycheck.
That decision cost him comfort, security, and years of grinding from the bottom up. He'd do it again without hesitation.
Today he's part of the 3%, the actors who pay their bills from acting alone. Not because he got lucky. Because the engineer in him never left. He treats his career like a system: study it, build it, run it.
He trains with Gregory Berger at Berg Studios. Berg is a graduate and former faculty member of the Yale School of Drama. Merrick has also trained with Rob Clare of the Royal Shakespeare Company, and he spent over eight years with the Road Theatre Company, where he still works today.
Merrick serves on the Executive Committee of the Television Academy's Performers Peer Group.
Work With Merrick
Start where you are. Every program is built for actors who are serious about making this a career.
One hour with a working actor who has figured out the business. Bring your questions, your career, and wherever you feel stuck. Agents, auditions, casting, your next move. This isn't a sales call. It's a real conversation that leaves you knowing what to do next.
A working actor in your corner before you hit submit. Merrick watches, directs, and redirects, so you leave with a tape you're proud of and an understanding of why it works.
The business of acting workshop. What acting school never taught you: how to find the right agent for where you are, what casting directors actually want, how to set up your career like a business, and what a working actor's week really looks like.
The room for actors who are doing the work, inside Rippily®, an immersive, interactive online environment. A monthly live session with Merrick, Q&A, and a community of serious actors at the same stage as you. Keep learning. Keep working. Keep showing up.
Twelve weeks of weekly sessions with individual attention from Merrick every week. Month one is understanding. Month two is clarity. Month three is your own plan to follow. On Set is included for the twelve weeks. Application only.
From Merrick
Real talk from a working actor. Every week, Merrick breaks down the other half of the business: agents, auditions, casting, and what nobody tells you when you're starting out.
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Credits
- All AmericanRecurring, The CW
- CountdownRecurring, Prime Video
- UnstableNetflix
- Criminal Minds
- This Is Us
- 9-1-1
- Grey's Anatomy
- Curb Your Enthusiasm
- Law & Order: SVU
- And more
See you on set.
Work With Merrick