This class will include a Q&A with LA based Casting Professional Susan Deming, followed by a prepared work session.
Participating actors will be assigned commercial copy in the class by the casting director.
Additional details will be sent upon confirmation.
BIO
Susan Deming, CCDA, has populated stories with dynamic, engaging and memorable characters for directors Peter Farrelly, Christopher Guest, Jody Hill, Ruben Fleischer, Dennie Gordon, Jake Szymanski, Jorma Taccone, H. Jon Benjamin, Tim Nackashi, Mike Bernstein, Parker Seaman, Ethan Scott, Bryan Buckley, Bennet Silverman, LP, Jessie Kahnweiler, Nick & George, George Zwierynski, Hannah & Adriana, Dave Franco and Tim Heidecker & Eric Wareheim, among others.
Feature film credits: 'Hall Pass and The Three Stooges' (as Casting Associate), 'Tim & Eric’s Billion Dollar Movie' for Abso Lutely Productions, millennial rom-com feature, 'The Browsing Effect', for director Michael K. Feinstein for Amazon, gritty noir, 'Watch Jessica Die' for director Rich Nathanson, co-written by and starring magician Penn Jillette and 'First Gens' from director Nahreen Tarzi.
Television Credits: 'The Arsenio Hall Show' on CBS, 'Laff Mobb's Laff Tracks' for TruTV, 'Huluween' for Hulu, 'Shark After Dark' for Discovery Channel, Amazon pilot 'Reality Unscripted', Comedy Central series, 'Jon Benjamin Has a Van', 'Mack Chat' for Disney Channel, 'Democracy Handbook' with Bassem Youssef on F*Comedy, segments for 'Bill Nye Saves the World' on Netflix, 'Carpool Karaoke: The Series' on Apple Music, 'World of Warcraft' on YouTube, 'Conan' (Team Coco) for TBS Online and Roku Channel series 'Responsibility Island' and series pilot, 'Unsolved Sports' with Matt Shively.
Additional credits include: Tribeca Flim Festival 2025 Official Selection podcast, Going Reno, multiple-award-winning festival shorts, 'Curious', 'Clown', 'Da Capo', 'Another You', 'Time is a Place', 'Porch Thieves', 'Another Sea', 'The Heist', 'Green Parrot', 'Echo', 'Clown', 'The Gunfighter', starring Nick Offerman and web series 'Like and Subscribe' for Funny or Die/go90 featuring DJ Dillon Francis, VMA-nominated music videos 'Kevin's Heart' and 'ATM' for R&B artist J. Cole, 'Fusion' documentary, 'The Trump Phenomenon', with director Leighton Woodhouse (nominated for an Emmy Award), along with major commercial campaigns for Apple, Microsoft, CheezIt, Hotel Tonight, Experian, Nike, Quizno’s, Audi, Panasonic, Toyota, Bud Light, Jose Cuervo, Jameson, Cheetos, Red Bull, Canon, Tostito’s and Philadelphia Cream Cheese, among others.
Susan graduated from Northwestern University with a degree in theatre. She is an alumna of The Groundlings Sunday Company, a conservatory graduate of The Second City and a mainstage performer at iO West (RIP). She is a Main Company member, director and teacher at Impro Theatre and teaches and directs unscripted theatre at Outside In Theatre. She loves funny people and wants to keep them all employed.
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.
