Save money on some of the most popular acting classes in NY, Los Angeles, London and Australia. Fill out the form and mention the TVI Actors Studio Holiday coupon. Here is the form. You can also call TVI in NY at 212-302-1900 or in Los Angeles at 818-784-6500.

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After 10 days of TVI Actors Studio in Australia, 2 time “Emmy” award winner, Los Angeles Casting Director of “24″, Debi Manwiller and I are heading back to Los Angeles. Debi is in the midst of casting the 8th season of “24″. On behalf of TVI, words can not express our gratitude to the inspiration and education to the Australian actors that attended the events in Sydney, Melbourne and Gold Coast.

Additionally, the events could not been as successful without the guidance of Lee Donehue from Quiet on Set, and one of Australia’s most resected actors and founder of TAFTA, John Orcsik.

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One hundred plus actors and Queensland talent agents and casting directors converged at Bond University in Robina, Australia tonight to meet and hear two time Emmy Award winning casting Director Debi Manwiller speak about casting the Hit TV series “24” and about the casting process in Los Aneles.

Special guests that showed up included Lee Donehue from the popular industry newsletter “Quiet on Set“, former American Casting director Tom McSweeney who has been casting the past 12 years in Australia and John Stewart from TAFTA in the Gold Coast,TVI’s Alan S Nusbaum moderated the event this evening.

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TVI Actors Studio in New York and Los Angeles will be on holiday for Independence Day Weekend. The studios in New York and Los Angeles will re-open on Monday, the 6th of July.

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A recent post on our twitter page, (@LionsLoveLambs) stated that she just mails her headshot to the casting director as opposed to doing showcases. Both are good ideas and as an actorpreneur you need to utilize all the tools to gain acting employment. Whether that be mailing out your acting headshots to relevant casting directors* and talent agents, producers that are currently working on a film project or a graduate student film directors work. All are people who can give you opportunities, aka auditions.

* where to mail your acting headshots?

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It is important and as actorpreneur that when mailing to Film. TV, Theatre or Commercial casting directors or to talent agents, that you research the casting directors that are looking for your type.

For instance, back when I was a talent agent at Cunningham, Escott, Slevin and Dogherty (back then it was Cunningham, Escott and Dipene) I would receive actors headshots from actors seeking Theatrical representation. The same holds true with sending to casting directors. iCarly, Hannah Montana, Tru Jackson rarely hire adult actors, so it would be best to spend your time and money in marketing to casting directors that hire many actors in your range. Now obviosley, casting directors are always getting hired to cast new projects, so one season that may be casting a Kids show, and the next year that can be doing an action adventure film. But as an actor, you need to target, research and define who the best persons to market to.

For addition tips take a look at The Headshot Blog and for samples of great headshots take a look at the TVI Actors Studio Headshot Gallery.

Well it may not be 5 star dining, but the Sydney Airport First class lounge serves beautiful salads, a massive collection of Australian wines and good old American Hots Dogs!

Not a bad way to start a 15 hour flight back to Los Angeles.

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Spent the day in meetings in what some consider Hollywood North, Vancouver, Canada. Spent the morning with Vancouver Casting Director Laura Brooke Toplass who casts between Vancouver and Los Angeles.

Laura Brooke Toplass has been the casting director at Insight Films for numerous years in Vancouver Canada. Ms Toplass is considered one of Vancouver’s most successful Casting Directors. The following are just some of the projects Laura Cast; Battle In Seattle (2007), Painkiller Jane TV Series (2007), Numb (2007), When A Man Falls In The Forest (2007), Valentine Carol (2006), Under The Mistletoe (2006), Holiday Wishes (2006), Sisters (2006), All She Wants For Christmas (2006), Not My Life (2006), To Have And To Hold (2006), The Secrets Of Comfort House (2006), Her Fatal Flaw (2006), Family In Hiding (2006), 12 Hours To Live (2006) Veiled Truth (2006), Max Havoc: Ring Of Fire (2006), Dark Storm (2006), Ties That Bind (2006), Lesser Evil (2006) Double Cross (2006)…

What TVI Actors Studio stated in March of 1986 has become a huge industry in NY, LA and around the work – all mistakenly telling and promoting to actors that doing casting director workshops, many with associates who just retired their unsuccessful acting career is THE best way to meet and get hired for an acting job is to do one night casting workshops!

I can not disagree more. The mission and goal of the TVI Actors Studio casting director workshops is an opportunity to see what you are doing wrong in an audition experience, so when you have an actual audition the chances of booking the role is far greater.

This is not a time to impress the casting director! This is a time to have fun, learn, take risks and best of all, workout. And, hopefully wherever you do CD workshops hopefully this is a time you can watch your colleagues make do good work, make mistakes and be given corrections – watch what other actors do right and wrong so you do not make the same mistakes!Don’t leave after your scene is done. That is plain rude to your fellow actors and you miss the educational part of why you are in the workshop in the first place.

These workshops are not auditions, (though you may feel good telling your friends they are) but of course you can tell you mother or boyfriend you just “auditioned for so and so? It really will not make a difference.

Lastly, do not try to impress the casting director , they have seen it all, All they want to do in these sessions is assist actors in making corrections and giving them an edge over the competition. Afterwards, leave the seminar and have the small talk with your dog or car back at home, and please do not follow the casting directors to their cars, etc, (unless they ask for security of assistance )

For more information on the TVI Actors Studio Acting Schools One night Casting Director workshops you can go see them here. (This is an example of the Los Angeles upcoming ones – and they are as low as $15! You can also call TVI in NY at 212-302-1900, or in Los Angeles Acting School number is 818-784-6500. You can also email the NY and LA acting schools.