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Special Upcoming Casting Director and Agent Workshops!
(and Personal Coaching, too!)

To View our Full Agent and Casting Director Workshop Calendar and Actor Account System: Please send an email to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it and we will send you the temporary access codes. ** We very much appreciate your interest, Actors!

        
If you're interested in COMMERCIALS, don't miss these UPCOMING guests: 

$33 SPECIAL ** MAJOR COMMERCIAL GUEST: LINDSAY BELLOCK
First visit in a year
Thursday, March 29, 2012 at 7:30 pm

MAJOR COMMERCIAL GUEST: MEGAN FOLEY -- NEW GUEST!
CCDA Casting Director/Co-Owner of Foley-Marra Casting
Saturday, April 07, 2012 at 1:15 pm


ALL MONTHS are BIG TIMEs for AGENTS at RP! Here's the list of what's HAPPENING :

 AND here's just SOME of what's on our upcoming calendar  

Office casting THREE great series plu ONE pilot

Wednesday, February 22, 2012 at 7:30 pm

OFFICE: Rick Millikan Casting

OFFICE PROJECTS:
Bones
The Finder (spin-off of their hit FOX crime dramedy, starring Michael Clarke Duncan)
Melissa & Joey (about a councilwoman who allows her niece and nephew to move in with her and quickly finds she needs a nanny)
Untitled Karyn Usher Pilot (a CIA cover-up story about the painful journey of a young woman piecing together the mystery of her father's death)
** They're expecting to pick up pilots during this season too.

NOTABLE PAST PROJECTS (office/guest): The X-Files; Shark; Quintuplets;  Kindred: The Embraced; In the Heat of the Night.

$33 SPECIAL ** AGENT EVENT

HAROLD AUGENSTEIN (Abrams Artists) ** Back by popular demand

Wednesday, February 22, 2012 at 7:30 pm

This is the best opportunity to EMPOWER YOURSELF as an artist and a business person in this industry! First, in the Q & A learn from our esteemed guests how they as agents really work with their clients, and what they feel their clients can do to facilitate their own careers. Then showcase the scene of YOUR choice -- the one that best suits your essence and type!

GUEST:
ABRAMS ARTISTS (Harold Augenstein): Harold handles motion picture/TV clients at Abrams. Since 1977, Abrams Artists Agency has enjoyed a reputation as one of the nation's most respected and diversified talent and literary agencies. This bi-coastal agency represents well-known industry names as well as developing talent and also has departments covering commercials, voice-overs, print and theatre. Their roster includes clients performing as series regulars on Glee, Community, Castle, Revenge, Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior, General Hospital, All My Children, and iCarly and recurring on Weeds, Sons of Anarchy, How I Met Your Mother, It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia, Hung, Spartacus, and 90210, as well as appearing in the films Captain America, Water For Elephants, and Crazy Stupid Love. This is a very busy agency. IMDB.com

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SCENE INFO: Actors prepare the scene of their choice from these options:

1) PARTNERED SCENE with another enrolled actor -- 5-min. max. To find a partner first enroll, then view the class ROSTER in My Current Workshops.
2) 1-on-1 SCENE WITH READER OF YOUR CHOICE -- 3-min. max. Choose the class monitor or any other actor in class to be your off-stage reader. Just be sure to bring an extra copy of your scene with the reader's lines pre-highlighted in yellow.
3) MONOLOGUE -- 2-min. max.

** Since these are prepared scenes, there is no rehearsal time during class. If you need a reader, be sure to choose one before class starts.

** We offer a wonderful array of material in our Library of Sides, but you're welcome to use any scene you'd like!
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This is a fantastic opportunity to prepare your scene/monologue before class with amazing coach Peter Holden (Executive Producer/CEO of the film company Rat Bastard Productions, 30-year actor/coach). To take advantage of this great deal, CONTACT PETER DIRECTLY @ 626-354-4732 to schedule your workout session. (Please don't enroll in the workout from the calendar; we'll take care of the details once you've had your session with Pete!)

MICHAEL TESTA, CD/CO-OWNER

Casting THREE great projects ** 1-on-1 reads with Michael

Saturday, February 25, 2012 at 10:00 am

OFFICE: Shaner/Testa Casting

OFFICE PROJECTS:  
New CBS Drama Series (about a girl on the run from the FBI, who assumes her late twin sister's identity)
ABC Family Drama (about gymnasts from all walks of life competing for a shot at the Olympics)
New Untitled Novella Series (a dramedy about teenagers coming into their own while their parents have their own issues) 

NOTABLE PAST PROJECTS (office/guest): Cold Case; Answers to Nothing, starring Dane Cook;  Moonlight; Dr. Vegas; Perfect 10; Latter Days; This Space Between Us; Journeyman; Wild Things 2; Latter Days; Roswell.

SCENE NOTES: Michael will read 1-on-1 with each actor.

LISA YSTROM, CD/CO-OWNER

Casting TWO HOT SERIES plus ONE PILOT

Saturday, February 25, 2012 at 1:15 pm

OFFICE: Payne/Ystrom Casting

OFFICE PROJECTS:
The Lying Game (a family drama)
Suburgatory  (hit family comedy) 
The Smart One (comedy pilot starring Portia De Rossi)

NOTABLE PAST PROJECTS (office/guest): Seinfeld; The Pacific; My Big Fat Greek Wedding; The King of Queens; Huff; Grounded For Life; Crash (with Dennis Hopper); Masked and Anonymous (with Jessica Lange & Bob Dylan); Babylon 5.

DEBORAH BARYLSKI, CSA CD/OWNER

MAJOR Emmy-winner who rarely does workshops

Sunday, February 26, 2012 at 10:00 am

OFFICE: Barylski Casting

OFFICE PROJECTS:
Dirty Work (new comedy from the producers of The Office, directed by Eric Appel)  
Upcoming Pilots
 ** Her pilot season starts this month, so this is a perfect time to meet her before things get too crazy for her.

NOTABLE PAST PROJECTS (office/guest): The Middle; The War At Home; Arrested Development; Kitchen Confidential; Life With Bonnie; Just Shoot Me; Home Improvement

$19 SPECIAL ** ANI AVETYAN, CD ASSOCIATE

One of our members' FAVORITE guests ** Casting new TNT series plus ONE pilot

Sunday, February 26, 2012 at 1:15 pm

OFFICE: Bruce Newberg Casting

OFFICE PROJECTS:  
New TNT Series (spin off of The Closer, starring Mary McDonnell)
CBS Pilot (about a new female doctor working in a big time hospital)

NOTABLE PAST PROJECTS (office/guest): The Closer; Trust Me; Twenty Good Years; Truth in Advertising; State of Mind; The Class; The Sisters; Leaving Barstow.   

 Ani Avetyan: "I look for a natural and organic energy from the actors, and it's difficult for me to see that energy in a one-on-one read. In a paired cold-reading, like at Reel PROs, the scene is more believable and it comes alive for me and the audience."



* $35 SPECIAL - ACTOR KICK-ASS WORKOUT

NO BULL SCENE STUDY for MEMBERS and NON-MEMBERS

In this tightly focused, no bull scene study workout, instructor PETER HOLDEN (Executive Producer/CEO of the film company Rat Bastard Productions, 30-year actor/coach ( IMDB.com) gets down to the nitty-gritty of honest acting, helping actors develop the skills required for personal and professional success: In-depth script analysis; making active, specific choices; character development; and finding the truth in each moment of their work.

Each actor will have the opportunity to work their scene multiple times with the goal of tapping into the connection between the actor's craft-driven and artistic parts of the mind. Peter believes that acting is inherently an “athletic” experience. As such, if everyone is doing their job, the actor should leave the class with the feeling of having put their artistic muscles through the “kick-ass workout” the name implies. >> Actors may bring their own material, or material will be provided them. If you'd like to find a partner, see ROSTER in My Current Workshops after you register.

FEEDBACK FROM RP MEMBER MATTHEW C: In a single workshop with Peter, I felt I learned more about myself as an actor and took home something spectacular. Certainly Peter's scene direction manages to significantly change the dynamics and intensity of the scene. People can spend ridiculous amounts of money on acting classes that may not even give them the tools they need in a cold auditioning environment. Not at all the case here.

**** NON-MEMBERS: TO REGISTER or for further info:
1. Call Peter Holden at 626-354-4732.
2. Leave your name and phone number.
3. Peter will call you back to discuss your needs and schedule a date. 
4. Please bring a check or money order made out to Reel PROs.

* PERSONAL COACHING: GIVE AUDITIONS & PERFORMANCES YOUR BEST SHOT ***

For Members and Non-Members

$50/hour - Your Choice of Time and Day

Do you have an audition you're not quite sure how to handle? An upcoming shoot or theatrical performance that needs work? Specific issues to solve privately? And are you having a hard time finding a coach at the last minute? Then RP can help! We now offer PERSONAL COACHING Monday through Friday from 10am to 5pm in hour-long blocks, at just $50 an hour and your choice of date/time (see below for registration info).

The coaching will be done by RP’s very popular “Kick-Ass Workout” instructor Peter Holden (IMDB.COM). Peter has been an actor for 30+ years, a top coach for over a decade and Producer/Co-Owner of the film production company Rat Bastard Productions. As an actor he has worked in over 30 films, 40 TV episodes and 40 plays in top theatres across the world. As a teacher and coach he has worked with all experience levels and developed a style of teaching that takes the best of Stanislofsky, Hagen and Chekov and applies it to a specific piece/audition with character being the base, and the core questions of scene development - RISE (Relationship, Intention, Stakes and Environment) - as the building blocks.

FEEDBACK BY PETER'S STUDENTS:
Cutter Garcia "Having had the chance to work with Pete Holden in personal coaching sessions, I can't praise him enough. He gets to the point quickly, doesn't waste any time and helps you find the character yourself (as opposed to dictating one to you). His efforts are well worth the time and money spent and this service is a great one."
Phillipe Simon "If actors didn't need directions there would be no directors on set. To have had the opportunity to work with Peter, preparing for an audition or a shoot, has been a very beneficial experience. And his knowledge of the production side of things helps him guide me toward achieving my goal and getting the job. I highly recommend him."

Members and Non-Members, TO REGISTER or for further info:
1. Call Peter Holden at 626-354-4732.
2. Leave your name and phone number.
3. Peter will call you back to discuss your needs and schedule a date.
4. MEMBERS: Either bring a check or money order made out to RP (please no cash), or tell Peter you want your credit card on file with RP to be charged instead.
5. NON-MEMBERS: Please bring a check or money order made out to Reel PROs.