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I also dislike the “open format” of all the actors “auditoning” in front of each other. But teaching acting is not in their discipline, and be wary of “acting workshops” with CDs. Besides Stuart Aikins (now retired) and Jason Knight in Toronto, I've known none who could.being a casting director does not qualify you to teach the process…certainly after years of watching auditions, they know whats’ good and bad…and certainly they are EXPERTS in how casting works and how actors should approach auditions. Where I get itchy is when casting people say they are “TEACHING” acting to actors.

Casting director workshop how to#

They can practice being in front of casting directors (a skill that can’t be taught except for actually doing it), they can get feedback on how to do the scene effectively if it were an audition, and they can somewhat bridge the gap of their competitors who happen to have great reps who are getting them into multiple auditions a week. These workshops provide new actors a place where they can ask as many questions that they want about the job of casting, their practices and auditioning in general. It’s understandable on the CD’s part, considering how many actors there are, but the problem is this leaves no other options.

(Which makes it hard to get other reps, because said actor isn’t getting the auctions to get the jobs to attract other reps.) Casting directors generally don’t want any unsolicited e-mail, they definitely don’t want you to reach out to them, most don’t go to plays- for a new actor who is unrepresented (or underrepresented), there is virtually no way to create contacts where they are needed.

Here’s the thing: Actors have next to no way to meet casting directors if their reps aren’t pulling their weight. And many actors all over hate and resent casting workshops because it feels like a pay-to-play. There were arrests in LA two weeks ago for casting directors (some big names) being charged for "pay-to-play practices", meaning explicitly making it clear that you might get an audition for a certain project through the workshop.