New in 2019!

New in 2019!

Hi everyone!  It's been forever since I've posted.  That being said, I'm BACK!  A lot has gone on, not as much in the performing arena, but still a lot!

Let's start with dancing.  These past two years I have done the Nutcracker with Encore Dance Centre! It's been great getting back into the swing of things.  I tell you, taking barre for the first time in a while was tough, but wonderful to be on stage.  They also are a fantastic school with talented teachers, directors, and students!

Now for the new "outside of dance" stuff.  I'm one of the Co-Founders and Chief Operating Officer of a company called TheAccountReview.com.  It's unbelievably exciting!  We are helping people understand their investments, 401(k) retirement accounts, really any investments!  We are an Independent, Objective, and Knowledgeable (IKO) resource that will send a report laying out what you own and what it is in laymen terms that is completely unbiased.  We're the first to do this in a tough to understand aspect of many people's lives.  Please check out www.TheAccountReview.com to see what I'm doing.  

I'm going to start posting more and being more active as things are really gearing up for a lot of exciting things to come.  Thank you all for your support!

My website is back up and running.  Please check it out!  www.andrewclaus.com.  Great things are in store for the upcoming year.  Please check back on new posts and updates!

Well, it's 2/16, a lot has happened.  In the next few additions I will update everyone on all that's happened.  It's been a crazy time and there's a lot to talk about.  Looking forward to the future, for sure.

It's A New Year...

Well, a new year starts, as always! And it should prove to be a good one. I'm starting rehearsals for a show in February (more details to come), which is fantastic! Awesomeness is commencing...you will see...

Holy Cow!

Holy Cow! (and I don't mean that in the sense of a cow endowed with angelic properties or blessed by God or anything, although that'd be pretty cool, don't you think!...) It has been FOREVER since I last wrote on here. Something like September I do believe. Well, lots has happened since then. Too much for a posting that I'm prepared to make at the moment. But I will touch on a few things.

I had a birthday a couple months ago...it was rad. Some karoeke greatness happened. Disneyland to ring in the New Year, a couple trips to Las Vegas (let's just use the term..."Pool Party" and leave it at that...), a short weekend in Mexico happened, there have been auditions, headshots taken (and recently sent out), and rehearsals for a new dance show in development (more info on that to come shortly).

Yup, that's the summary. Doesn't my life sound awesome?! Well IT IS! And there is more to come in the near future, I can feel it. Like deep inside my soul type of feeling. You know, the type burried inside your gut, and not just because you ate that "double-double animal-style" (or something like that) burger from In-N-Out!

Peace out people, enjoy the sunny Los Angeles weather as we start a fantastic summer!

Awesome Things Happening

Alrighty...well, then. Got some things coming up that should be of interest. And one hilarious video that you should check out.

First...I'm dancing in a gothic ballet-type show in October. We just started rehearsals, and it should be fun to see! The company is called Astra. Click here to see the website which has more info. Shows will be the 22nd, 23rd, 29th, 30th, and 31st of October. The Halloween night one I think has some sort of a costume ball or something. Like I said, it's early on in the rehearsal process and I don't know much. But come see me dance!!

Also still in the midst of trying to find work to support myself. You know how that goes. I'm taking a fantastic acting class though at the Actors Creative Workshop (link), which is a nice intimate studio. The class is with Jeffery Brooks (imdb link). He's awesome and it's going to really help me improve and be awesome in general.

Lastly, and one of the more entertaining things I've done lately is dance in a music video for Fanboy Funhouse (website). It's a great web series in general, so you should all check it out, but the latest episode is super funny. And I think you'll like the music video, entitled "23rd Century Mullets." It's totally silly and just plain awesome. Enjoy!!

Post Office Awesomeness

Well, I was recently tagged in some new pics on my facebook page. I'll post two of them here. They are from my recent work on Fanboy Funhouse. It's a great web show created by Nar Williams. Check it out, friend them on facebook, follow them on twitter or whatever networks you follow. I worked on a silly music video, as you will see from the pictures. Not sure when it's exactly coming out, but keep checking up here to find out. As soon as I know or it's up I'll link to it.


-At the beach with my mullet



-Shooting on the train tracks with Nar Williams


In other news, I'd love for everybody to keep my sister in your prayers. She hurt her knee a couple nights ago playing indoor soccer. Turned wrong and heard a pop and pain. ER doctors that night said it may just be a sprain or strain, and she's seeing her regular doctor tomorrow. So, hoping for the best that it's just bruised or strained or whatever and it can quickly heal on it's own quickly. It's times like this it makes me sad I live in a different city. It'd be nice to comfort and be there physically for my sister. Until then I can only be the nice brother that I am and make fun of her and crack jokes at her expense over the phone.


Is it just me or is writing cover letters, stapling resumes to headshots, stuffing envelopes, researching and handwriting out addresses on manila envelopes EXTREMELY boring?! Yeah, that was my day yesterday, and will be today. Casting directors beware...you are getting an awesome headshot and cover letter shortly...the answer to your casting needs is about to be solved. So just do me a favor and look at it and not just throw it out. It costs $1.05 to send you that junk, so make my $1.05 count!


On that note, apparently the post office hates actors. It's been an ongoing thing with raising rates and stuff. I found one day in NY mailing headshots that if you write "Do Not Bend: Pictures" the rate goes up. I only wrote that so that the mail carrier would be nice and not just shove it and bend and crumple them. Once I found out there was a new more expensive rate...whatever...if you need to jam it in a box, go ahead. So in all my time in NY and now in LA, rates just keep going up and up and up. That generally means more stamps on a single envelope. As if I needed more things to stuff, stick, piece together in the assembly line that is my mailing.


So, I go to the post office the other day. You know the manila envelopes with the clasp? Yeah, the one that is the most normal and standard one? Yeah, that's the one I'm talking about. I generally don't use the clasp, nor do I seal it, I use a small piece of scotch tape to seal it so it's easy to open for agents and casting directors. Apparently, with new sorting equipment that the post office has, tape or even the clasp jams it, so that mail goes up in price to $1.39. That may not seem like a huge amount, but it adds up. Also, it requires 4 stamps rather than 2. I mean, how fun is it to peel and stick 4 stamps to 30 envelopes! The post office woman told me that the best way to get back to the regular price is obviously to buy the 9x12 envelopes without clasps, or physically rip them off (my choice at the moment until I run out of the envelopes I have) and seal them in two places with the lick technique.


LAME! But I do what has to be done for my career. So enjoy my hard frick'n work agents and casting directors...a lot of "love" (obvious sarcastic moment) went into them.