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.
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‍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 working, who 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 showrunner.  Be the actor who books work consistently from self-tapes and Zoom auditions!
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‍It’s so doable. And The Audition Reboot 2.0 will show you how!

Over the course of 8 weeks in person (with 1 class on Zoom), Sydney Walsh, along with BGB Master Teacher Cate Cohen, 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, every time you work, including a unit on Zoom, where the work has proven to be deeply personal, authentic, and present.

Sydney and Cate brings their extensive, real-world experience as working actors, directors, writers, teachers, and coaches- along with their deep love of the work, of deep human connection, and of bold choice-making on (and off) camera- to each class. They both create 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.