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 finds 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 may feel robbed of your creative spirit. To have the career you want, you’re going to have to show up with confidence and leadership, you’re going to have to blow them away, and the only way you do that is to nurture the fire that started you on this path in the first place.

You are unique to the universe. And that is why you will book work.

You want to show up in all your work with presence, freedom, specificity, and your own special sauce to distinguish yourself from the thousands of actors out there. So… that 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. To say, “This is my way, this is what I have to offer!”
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No matter what you’ve been told… just following some perceived prescription about auditioning or self-taping is the antithesis of showing up fully and being seen. You must come back to the core of who you are as an artist, find your unique voice, and tackle what might be in the way of the fullest expression of that voice on camera. Plus, 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 who brings the full force of your unique talent to the scene. 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 this transformational hybrid class will show you how!

Sydney Walsh and Cate Cohen bring their extensive, real-world experience (a combined 70 years!) as working actors, directors, writers, teachers, and coaches- along with their love of the work, of deep human connection, and of bold choice-making- 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.

In The Practice, over the course of 8 weeks in person (with 1 class on Zoom), Sydney and Cate challenge you to hone your authentic voice and all the power YOU hold every time you show up for an audition or self-tape. You 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.