SYNOPSIS
Chicago, IL
This two hour class will include a prepared reading session with an experienced casting professional. Scenes will be sent to you a few days before class.
This is an opportunity for actors to perform for Susan in a safe and intimate environment and receive specific feedback and/or re-direction. This sort of learning experience does not exist in the real world. You either book the audition or you don’t. You rarely have the benefit of any substantial feedback on your performance from a casting director of Susan's caliber.
CASTING DIRECTOR BIO
Susan Shopmaker is one of independent film's most respected casting directors, with over 20 years of feature film credits to her name. She won the Casting Society of America's Artios Award for Sean Durkin’s acclaimed Sundance drama Martha Marcy May Marlene, and was also nominated for Goat, James White, Afterschool, and Disney's Enchanted.
She previously cast such projects as John Cameron Mitchell’s Hedwig and the Angry Inch, John Slattery's God's Pocket, Andrew Neel's King Kelly & Goat, and Michel Franco’s Chronic (Cannes 2015 Award Winner & 2017 Spirit Award Nominee).
Other awards: Ensemble acting award for Carlos Puga’s All That I Am at SXSW 2013 and Best Actress award to entire cast of women in Lance Edmand’s Bluebird at Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.
REQUIREMENTS
You cannot attend this class if you are already in Susan's 11:15am class or Tineka Becker's 2:30pm class.
In order to attend this event, you MUST have a SAG-AFTRA Foundation account.
NO LATE ARRIVALS are admitted. WALK-UPS are welcome, but are only admitted space permitting to replace no-shows.
