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ReelPROsTV, an exciting, innovative one-of-a-kind industry venture, offers on-camera sessions of feature film image quality with professional camerawork, lighting, sound and scene editing, and Green Screen (starting in May), where members are filmed doing a prepared scene, monologue or stand-up comedy routine. Their clip then becomes a part of the ReelPROsTV video library on YouTube. This is a FREE member service, a special benefit for being with Reel PROs.
Actors, you can even create your own ReelPROsTV Series. Once you film at least three (but unlimited) RPTV video clips in our free on-camera sessions, your clips will become the start of your own show on RPTV. The clips can be any of the following:
* Miscellaneous clips
* Recurring characters
* Scenes/monologues from your own pilot, play or feature
* Actually anything you can imagine!
RPTV is a great tool to showcase your range as an actor, or even your own written material! It’s also a fun way to share your work with friends and industry colleagues.
Visit ReelProsTV on YouTube
Want to share your acting successes with others in a broader ranging venue, including with some casting directors and producers? Post them on FACEBOOK on the RP fan page! It was created by RP members and run by them, so join them in the fun! Think TV show appearances, film release dates, theatre production openings and whatever else feels right to you!
And don't miss ASK ALEXA, our Facebook Go-To Resource for Industry News and Personal Answers (for both members and non-members)!
(Members, not on Facebook but want to post your acting successes? No problem! Send your info to
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and we'll handle if for you.)
Although we do very few casting director showcases at Reel PROs, whenever you're given the opportunity to showcase yourself in a scene of choice, remember to make that choice wisely. Selecting the right material can make all the difference in the world! Take this knowledge and knock 'um dead!
Read more about Showcasing Tips
Classifieds – RP members, need to find a home for a pet? Sell furniture? Buy furniture? Find a babysitter? See our free classifieds!
Professional Discounts – RP actively solicits vendors who will give discounts to members, from headshots to books to acting classes to demo reels to massage, etc. Click here to see our vendor-friendly list!
Read more about Classified and Discounts
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For many years, Reel PROs has offered the Wall of Fame to our actors as a way of bringing notice to their successes, no matter how those successes came about, whether through RP or other venues. It was our way of saying, “You guys rock and the whole world should know about it!!” Follow the link below and enter the marvelous world of the RP actor!
Go to Actor Wall of Fame
Some of the most important input an actor can contemplate when choosing a workshop company is what others say about it. Casting directors, producers and directors, and our members are quite vocal in their praise of RP. You’re most welcome to click on the link below and see, from outside eyes, how we’re viewed.
Read more about Praise for Reel PROs
Because of RP’s longevity (1994 to now), we’ve had the distinct honor of hosting many hundreds of Hollywood’s finest casting directors, producers and directors. To see some of the guests to have crossed our portal, please click on the link below.
Read more about Guests Over Time
What can we say, except do visit our RP Photo Gallery and have tons of fun along with our actors, past and present, in the pictures! (And take a look at our Actor Wall of Fame for further info on what some of our members are up to nowadays.)
And RP actors, if you have a photo you’d like uploaded, please email it to
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, along with a tag line similar to those you’ll see in the Gallery.
Visit RP Photo Gallery
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"It is not childish to live with uncertainty,
to devote oneself to a craft rather than a career,
to an idea rather than an institution. It is courageous..."
David Mamet, Pulitzer Prize-winning Playwright, Oscar-nominated Screenwriter
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Launched in 1994, Reel PROs is the premier casting director workshop provider for professional actors in California. We specialize in assisting our actors to hone the performance edge in their cold-reading and auditioning skills, and expand their possibilities because of it.
Our charter was to found a company based on integrity and a strong belief in the spirit of growth within each individual actor. We not only accomplished that goal, we continue to build on that premise. In fact, that premise IS Reel PROs. And because of it, our reputation is sterling. Reel PROs not only draws the best working actors in the industry, it draws the most accomplished casting director guest instructors who offer workshops based on their extensive experience, within the educational climate of Reel PROs.
"Reel PROs has what it takes to help actors make it in this business. I love working with them! Polished, prepared, passionate and professional – every time. They are working (and soon-to-be working) artists, and I always leave our training workshops feeling inspired by their talent.”
Lisa Beach, Casting Director, CSA, Co-Owner of Beach/Katzman Casting, Casting office for Oscar-Winning Walk the Line
“I find Reel PROs extremely professional and organized. The actors are experienced working actors as well as new ones that I was glad to have met. I really enjoy my time there.”
Robin Lippin, Casting Director, CSA, Co-Owner of Lippin/Meshel Casting
Few casting director workshop companies can claim long-standing personal, as well as business, relationships with the casting people. Many of our casting director guests, however, have “grown up” with RP. Some started “in the day” as assistants and are now full CDs and even owners of their own companies; some are now associates for casting offices and full independent casting directors on their own. And some who were already casting directors are now producers and directors. And we’ve been with them every step of the way. We’ve even shared private moments with more than a few, from marriages to babies and, yes, even illnesses and accidents – to say nothing of an occasional beer after hours.
“I’ve been coming to Reel PROs for a very long time and I always know I can expect a positive experience with professional people.”
Tracy Lilienfield, Casting Director, CSA, Owner of Tracy Lilienfield Casting, Three Time Artios Winner
The value of our over-the-years time with casting director guests cannot be overstated, because it built between us friendship and honesty. It is almost impossible in today’s workshop world to build that same kind of relationship, not only because of the number of workshop companies now in LA, but because they’re almost all relatively new.
"Whenever I come to Reel PROs, and it’s been many years now, I know I'm going to see amazing, talented, hardworking actors, intent on learning everything they can about the business."
Cathy Henderson Martin, Casting Director, CSA/Producer, Owner of Cathy Henderson Casting
But it’s not only our casting director guests we’ve seen grow over the years; we’ve seen it happen with our actors, too. They have spread throughout the entertainment world as working actors, writers, producers and directors. They’ve landed as series regulars on such shows as Star Trek: Enterprise, The Nine, The Others, No Ordinary Family, to name a few. They’ve played recurring roles on Desperate Housewives, Mad Men, Raising Hope, General Hospital and West Wing, among the many. And they’ve become the voice of Snapple, Del Taco, and, interestingly, the Elmo doll, and more. And that’s to say nothing of the many hundreds - actually thousands if we start counting at 1994 - of individual TV and film roles they’ve booked. (Please see our Actor Wall of Fame for a more complete listing of our actors' successes.)
Reel PROs is about professionalism within our community of staff, actors and casting director guests. And it’s about nurturing that professionalism into the potential for bright futures for all concerned.
“I’m all about wanting to see an actor’s type and essence. I find in my experiences at Reel PROs that they have a high caliber of actor that reveals those essential qualities. It’s just a delight to be there.”
Scott David, Casting Director, CSA
"I love coming to Reel PROs, it is such a welcoming and comfortable environment. The staff is always on top of everything and equally respectful of the actors and guests. I continue to be impressed by the level of talent that I am treated to, and always look forward to returning."
Eric Stephen Souliere, Casting Director, CSA
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