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REMINDER: Meet A Top Casting Director for DISNEY this Saturday May 22 in Woodland Hills!

Posted on 19. May, 2010 by Editor Tracy Bobbitt.

New date for this event is Saturday May 22, 2010 from 1 pm to 3 pm

Meeting top Casting Directors is one of the single most important steps your skilled child actor can take on their journey to becoming a “working” child actor.

On Saturday May 22 at 1pm. to 3:00 pm, Valley West Actors Space (one of our favorite acting studios in Los Angeles) will host a casting workshop with Niner Parikkh of Joey Paul Casting who is currently casting the feature films “Honey 2″ and “Bring it On: Fight to the Finish.”  They just completed casting the true story “Soul Surfer” with Anna Sophia Robb, Dennis Quaid and Helen Hunt.  Joey Paul also cast Disney shows, “Phil of The Future,” “That’s So Raven,” “Cory In The House,” and “Imagination Movers.” This is a great opportunity for child actors interested in television and film because Joey Paul Casting does a lot of both.  Please bring 2 head shots with resumes attached to the class.

The talented Debbie Entin of Rising Talent Management will also be heading up this workshop. Her clients have recently appeared on the TV Shows “Suite Life on Deck”, “iCarly,” “Las Vegas” and “Cold Case.”  After her last workshop at VWAS (which my daughter attended) two of the child actors were called in by the Casting Director from Nickelodeon and three were asked to meet with Debbie for possible representation.  This class is for children ages 6-18.

Valley West Actors Space is located at 22743 Ventura Blvd. Woodland Hills.  Each participant will receive written feedback and the cost of the workshop is a very reasonable $75 and only$50 for registered members of VWAS. Please enroll quickly as the class is limited to only 25 lucky students!

For more information email actingshowcase1@gmail.com or 818-222-7484

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Hey New York Moms! Have your child actor meet top agents & casting directors!

Posted on 29. Nov, 2009 by Editor Tracy Bobbitt.

Meet 5 top youth commercial agents and 5 top commercial casting directors all in one night! Parents who want to get their kids into commercials, young adults…this event is for you!

Date/Time: Wednesday, December 9th 2009 from 7:00 PM- 830 PM

Location: Pearl Studios, 500 8th Avenue (between 35th and 36th Street), 4th Floor, NYC 10018

Cost: $199

Industry Members attending the event:

Agents representing actors between the ages of 5-22:

• Vanessa Gracia from CESD
• John Shea from Frontier Booking
• Bonnie Shumofsky from Abrams Artists
• Christin Whitelaw from About Face
• Pamela Roth from Don Buchwald & Associates

The Commercial Casting Directors:

• Lisa Rubenstein from Liz Lewis Casting
• Caroline Sinclair from Caroline Sinclair Casting
• Lori Malkin from Paladino Casting
• Elizabeth Gans from Stark Naked Productions
• David Bellantoni from Beth Melsky Casting

Format: Actors will meet and audition for 5 commercial casting directors and 5 commercials agents. The industry will be split up into two rooms and each actor will audition in both rooms. Upon registration we will email you a link that contains a ton of great commercial copy to choose from and download or you may use your own. You may do the same copy in each room or do a different piece of copy in each room.

The agents and casting directors in each room will look over your head shot/resume and each panel will answer any quick questions you may have. Each casting director will fill out a comment sheet about you and we will give them to you when you are done with both rooms. One of our experienced staff members will be available to answer any questions you may have and for some quick coaching.

Note: Each actor will get about 3 minutes in each room. It is advised that you choose a commercial that is about 30 seconds in length.

Registration

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

The Green Room does not offer refunds however if you cancel a class or an event 7 days prior to the first session of the class or the event itself, you can receive a credit which may be applied to a future class or event. If there are extenuating circumstances which arise after the cancellation period, we will offer a credit on a case by case basis.

Industry substitutions

If circumstances arise and an industry member is unable to attend the event, they will either be replaced by an associate from their office or another agent or casting director from a different office

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