The Audition Reboot 2.0
In-Studio

How To Do The Work That Books Work.

Class Details

Teachers:

Sydney Walsh with Cate Cohen, Phoebe Neidhardt & Jaime Moyer

Class Dates:

Tuesdays, October 15 - December 17 (OFF November 5 & November 26).  8 Weeks.

Time:

6:30 - 10pm Pacific Time

Ideal for:

Actors looking to dig deeper in their auditions & self-tapes.

Cost:

$679 USD for 8 weeks. $359 due as a deposit to secure your spot, $320 due after class 2. **There are no makeups, refunds, substitutes, transfers, audits or deferments for any classes.  (Cancellation Policy)

Location:

In-Studio at The BGB Studio in LA with 1 class online

We have to embrace it: Auditioning will never be the same.

However, you have a unique opportunity right now to be inside (and ahead) of the change that is happening- as the Industry embraces a new way of working. During the best of times, auditioning on-camera can feel daunting. And after a global pandemic, strikes, and a contracting Industry, you need to show up now more than ever with confidence and authority, with leadership in your self-tapes and on Zoom auditions. It’s a new world and we need you to be ready.

You’re right. It won’t be.

You’re now expected to do highly professional, high-level work when auditioning or self-taping from home. That does not mean technically; that means working with authority- like you would in a film or show. Working this way has amazing possibilities, ways in which you can show up full, present, and free- in your tapes and on Zoom.

Now is the time for your craft and your audition practice to get a full reboot for this very moment in time. This requires letting go of exactness, of a need to control every piece of the work, of trying to be what “they’re looking for” and to “get it right.” It’s being brave enough to throw the rules and limitations out the window.

What?

No matter what you’ve been told… just following some perceived prescription about auditioning or self-taping is the antithesis of showing up and being seen.  Your best audition is actually a living, dynamic piece of work — happening in real time and moving your audience on an emotional level. So… be the actor who adopts a new way of auditioning and shows up on camera with presence, with ease, with specificity, fully dropped into the story, all cylinders firing. Be the actor whose self-tape grabs the attention of every casting director, director, producer, and executive.  Be the actor who books work consistently from self-tapes and zoom auditions!

It’s so doable. And The Audition Reboot 2.0 will show you how!

The work...

Some of what you'll be working on over the 8 weeks includes:

  • Live self-tape
  • Zoom self-tape
  • Cold read
  • Script Analysis
  • Co-stars
  • Mock audition
  • Last minute audition
  • Pilot audition
  • Improv for the audition (a powerful tool)
  • Scenes outside the box

You’ll work in-person, along with one class on Zoom- in order to keep you connected to self-taping and what auditions feel like in the virtual space. Each week you’ll get real-world input and tackle all of the audition and self-tape challenges and pitfalls, along with learning ways in which to make complete sense of the script and then show up fully on-camera in real time. The material you work on will be a variety of scenes chosen by you and/or your teachers. The work will be recorded and sent to you for your PRIVATE review.

Over the course of 8 weeks in-Studio (with one class on Zoom), Sydney, along with a few other amazing BGB Master Teachers, will challenge you to hone in on your authentic voice and all the power YOU hold every time you show up for an audition or self-tape. You’ll explore the work right from where YOU are now, and acquire practical tools and script analysis to level up your on-camera work by bringing your boldest, truest self to every audition or self-tape, including a unit on Zoom, where the work has proven to be deeply personal, authentic, and present.

Sydney Walsh brings her extensive, real-world experience as a working actor, director, teacher, and coach- along with her deep love of the work, of deep human connection, and of bold choice-making on camera- to each class.  She creates a revitalizing and safe space in which you get to re-forge a connection to your authentic voice and to the specifics of the story and relationships in any scene on-camera. Alex and Jamie offer exciting ways into the material and the audition process.

Everything changes the moment you sign-up!

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"This has been my third consecutive 8-Week class with Sydney, and I keep coming back for more. Sydney continues to light my fire and charge me up. Like an Olympic coach, she gives you the support and offers adjustments that take your work to a new level while celebrating the humanity of each character that is written in a scene. My artistic appetite has grown tenfold since being a part of the BGB family. I can’t wait to continue to grow as an artist, a professional, an actor, and as a person with BGB.”

- Michael Druck, Casting Director

"I highly recommend taking this class with Sydney. She taught me so many valuable skills that I now use in my auditions. AND THE BEST PART IS, I’VE BEEN BOOKING! Thank you Sydney for being such a generous teacher."

- Kimberly Ziler, The Candyman

"Cate just makes actors better. She's really smart, highly intuitive and understands what it takes to find success in the work and the Industry."

- Steve Braun. Studio Founder

"Sydney is a tall glass of awesome!!! I really enjoyed her teaching style. She was able to bring out a sensitivity in me that I knew was there but wasn’t accessing equally."

- Kahlid Elijah Tapia, Fabricated City

This class is not an audition or employment opportunity and there is no suggestion or guarantee of an audition or employment as a result of taking this class.

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