SYNOPSIS

This class will include a Q&A with LA based Casting Director Nicole Arbusto, followed by an actor's choice prepared performance class. 

Participating actors will choose, prepare and perform sides from film or television.  Additional preparation details will be sent via email with your RSVP confirmation.

CASTING DIRECTOR BIO

Nicole Arbusto: FILM: Azazel Jacobs’s FRENCH EXIT released by Sony Classics.(Spirit Award nomination Best Supporting Actress 2021), THE LOVERS produced by A24 ( Best Original Screenplay nomination Spirit Awards 2018) and TERRI ( Sundance Film Festival 2011) and the TV series DOLL & EM for SkyTV/HBO. Additional films include Rob Zombie’s 31, Sarah Adina Smith’s THE DROP and THE TAO OF STEVE. TV: series Casting Director for SOMEBODY SOMEWHERE, 4 seasons of the anthology series ROOM 104 and 3 seasons of the animated series ANIMALS., (all three shows are produced by Duplass Brothers Productions for HBO), and the 2023 Annie Award winning animated series ONI: THUNDER GOD’S TALE produced by the Oscar nominated Tonko House for Netflix. LA THEATER: At the Mark Taper Forum, Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992. At the Pasadena Playhouse; Tiny Beautiful Things, King Charles III, The Father (LA Drama Critics Circle Best Production) and Uncle Vanya (LA Drama Critics Circle Best Production). The Golden Dragon, and The House in Scarsdale: A Memoir For The Stage both at The Theatre @ Boston Court and the Los Angeles casting for the Steppenwolf Theatre production of Linda Vista by Tracy Letts.

REQUIREMENTS

You must have completed a Casting Access Application prior to registering for this class.

All members must show a valid SAG-AFTRA card when they check in for the class.  No admittance will be granted without your current card or receipt.

NO LATE ARRIVALS are admitted. Only those participants who have received a telephoned or e-mailed confirmation message from staff will be admitted to the session. Waitlisted individuals who have not received such confirmation will not be admitted at the door. Please do not show up if you have not been explicitly confirmed as RSVPed.

Cancellations are required by midnight the night before a class. Cancellation can only be made via the website. You cannot cancel your RSVP via email or phone.  Those who have been seated by the start date are expected to comply. You must cancel your reservation before the start date if you cannot comply, or you will face a six month ineligibility period.  DO NOT BE LATE.  Check-in begins 15 minutes to the class start time.  If you arrive after the start time, you will not be admitted and it will be counted as a no-show.

Please note that the 30-day frequency restriction applies to this workshop. Your last frequency-restricted workshop must have taken place no less than 30 (thirty) days prior to this event to be eligible to register

This program is for educational purposes only.