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professional actor training program

TVI is pleased to announce that we can now sponsor student visas to study acting in the United States.

All applications must be accepted into the Los Angeles or New York Full Time Professional Actor Training Programs before beginning the visa application process.




Brad Maule

Brad Maule, star of the ABC soap opera General Hospital, shares tips on auditioning for daytime TV.




Cathy Reinking

Frasier Casting Director Cathy Reinking teaches students about the realities of the business.

8-Week Program Sample Schedule


Week 1
Monday

 

11:00am - 2:00pm
  

Orientation/reception

  

Orientation/reception

 

3:00pm - 6:00pm

 

Method Acting for Film and TV

 

Working Actor

 

7:30pm - 10:30pm
 

Pilot Season Lecture

 

TV Casting Director
Tuesday

 

10:00am - 1:00pm
  

Acting & Auditioning Competitively

 

TV/Film Personal Manager

 

2:00pm - 5:00pm

 

Soaps: From Audition to On-Set

 

Soap Producer

 

7:30pm - 10:30pm
 

Method Acting for TV/Film

 

Working Actor

Wednesday
11:00am - 2:00pm
 

Accent Reduction

 

Working Actor

3:00pm - 6:00pm
 

Prep for the Agent Evaluation

 

Working Actress
7:30pm - 10:30pm
 

Cold Reading Mastery

 

TV/Film Casting Director

Thursday
10:00am - 1:00pm
 

Mock Shoot

 

Working Actress

1:30pm - 2:30pm
 

Marketing/Strategy Meeting

 

 
3:00pm - 6:00pm
 

Method Acting for TV/Film

 

Working Actor

7:30pm - 10:30pm
 

Cold Reading Mastery

 

TV/Film Casting Director

Friday
10:00am - 1:00pm
 

Improv

  

Improv/Stand-Up Performer

2:00pm - 3:30pm
 

Business of Acting Lecture

 

Film Producer

Week 2
Monday
3:00pm - 6:00pm
 

Method Acting for TV/Film

 

Working Actor

7:30pm - 10:30pm
 

Sitcom Technique

 

Sitcom Casting Director

Tuesday
10:00am - 1:00pm
 

Acting & Auditioning Competitively

 

TV/Film Personal Manager

2:00pm - 5:00pm
 

Soaps: From Audition to On-Set

 

Soap Producer

7:30pm - 10:30pm
 

Method Acting for TV/Film

 

Working Actor

Wednesday
11:00am - 2:00pm
 

Accent Reduction

 

Working Actor

3:00pm - 6:00pm
 

Prep for the Agent Evaluation

 

Working Actress
7:30pm - 10:30pm
 

Cold Reading Mastery

 

TV/Film Casting Director

Thursday
10:00am - 1:00pm
 

Acting in Commercials

 

Working Actress
1:30pm - 2:30pm
 

Marketing/Strategy Meeting

 

 
3:00pm - 6:00pm
 

Method Acting for TV/Film

 

Working Actor

7:30pm - 10:30pm
 

Cold Reading Mastery

 

TV/Film Casting Director

Friday
10:00am - 1:00pm
 

Improv

  

Improve/Stand-Up Performer

Week 3
Monday
3:00pm - 6:00pm
 

Method Acting for TV/Film

  

Working Actor
7:30pm - 10:30pm
 

Sticom Technique

 

Sitcom Casting Director

Tuesday
10:00am - 1:00pm
 

Acting & Auditioning Competitively

 

TV/Film Personal Manager

2:00pm - 5:00pm
 

Soaps: From Audition to On-Set

 

Soap Producer

7:30pm - 10:30pm
 

Method Acting for TV/Film

 

Working Actor
Wednesday
11:00am - 2:00pm
 

Accent Reduction

 

Working Actor

3:00pm - 6:00pm
 

Prep for the Agent Evaluation

 

Working Actress

7:30pm - 10:30pm
 

Cold Reading Mastery

 

TV/Film Casting Director

Thursday
10:00am - 1:00pm
 

Acting in Commercials

 

Working Actress

3:00pm - 6:00pm
 

Method Acting for TV/Film

 

Working Actror
7:30pm - 10:30pm
 

Cold Reading Mastery

 

TV/Film Casting Director

Friday
10:00am - 1:00pm
 

Improv

  

Improv/Stand-Up Performer

2:00pm - 3:30pm
 

Photographer Panel

 

 
Week 4
Monday
3:00pm - 6:00pm
 

Method Acting for TV/Film

 

Working Actor
7:30pm - 10:30pm
 

Sitcom Technique

 

Sitcom Casting Director

Tuesday
10:00am - 1:00pm
 

Acting & Audtioning Competitively

 

TV/Film Personal Manager

2:00pm - 5:00pm
 

Soaps: From Audition to On-Set

 

Soap Producer

7:30pm - 10:30pm
 

Method Acting for TV/Film

 

Working Actor

Wednesday
11:00am - 2:00pm
 

Accent Reduction

 

Working Actor

3:00pm - 6:00pm
 

Prep for the Agent Evaluation

 

Working Actress

7:30pm - 10:30pm
 

Cold Reading Mastery

 

TV/Film Casting Director

Thursday
10:00am - 1:00pm
 

Acting in Commericals

 

Working Actress

3:00pm - 6:00pm
 

Method Acting for TV/Film

 

Working Actor

7:30pm - 10:30pm
 

Cold Reading Mastery

 

TV/Film Casting Director

Friday
10:00am - 1:00pm
 

Improv

  

Improv/Stand-Up Performer

3:30pm
 

TV Taping

 

 
Week 5
Monday
3:00pm - 6:00pm
 

Method Acting for TV/Film

 

Working Actor

7:30pm - 10:30pm
 

Sitcom Technique

 

Sitcom Casting Director

Tuesday
10:00am - 1:00pm
 

Acting & Audtioning Competitively

 

TV/Film Personal Manager

2:00pm - 5:00pm
 

Soaps: From Audition to On-Set

 

Soap Producer

7:30pm - 10:30pm
 

Method Acting for TV/Film

 

Working Actor

Wednesday
11:00am - 2:00pm
 

Accent Reduction

 

Working Actor

3:00pm - 6:00pm
 

Prep for the Agent Evaluation

 

Working Actress

7:30pm - 10:30pm
 

Cold Reading Mastery

 

TV/Film Casting Director

Thursday
10:00am - 1:00pm
 

Acting in Commercials

 

Working Actress

3:00pm - 6:00pm
 

Method Acting for TV/Film

 

Working Actor

7:30pm - 10:30pm
 

Cold Reading Mastery

 

TV/Film Casting Director

Friday
10:00am - 1:00pm
 

Improv

  

Improv/Stand-Up Performer

Week 6
Monday
3:00pm - 6:00pm
 

Method Acting for TV/Film

 

Working Actor

7:30pm - 10:30pm
 

Sitcom Technique

 

Sitcom Casting Director

Tuesday
10:00am - 1:00pm
 

Acting & Audtioning Competitively

 

TV/Film Personal Manager

2:00pm - 5:00pm
 

Soaps: From Audition to On-Set

 

Soap Producer

7:30pm - 10:30pm
 

Method Acting for TV/Film

 

Working Actor

Wednesday
11:00am - 2:00pm
 

Accent Reduction

 

Working Actor

3:00pm - 6:00pm
 

Prep for the Agent Evaluation

 

Working Actress

7:30pm - 10:30pm
 

Cold Reading Mastery

 

TV/Film Casting Director

Thursday
10:00am - 1:00pm
 

Acting in Commercials

 

Working Actress

3:00pm - 6:00pm
 

Method Acting for TV/Film

 

Working Actor

7:30pm - 10:30pm
 

Cold Reading Mastery

 

TV/Film Casting Director

Friday
10:00am - 1:00pm
 

Improv

  

Improv/Stand-Up Performer

 
Week 7
Monday
3:00pm - 6:00pm
 

Method Acting for TV/Film

 

Working Actor

7:30pm - 10:30pm
 

Sitcom Technique

 

Sitcom Casting Director

Tuesday
10:00am - 1:00pm
 

Acting & Auditioning Competitively

 

TV/Film Personal Manager

2:00pm - 5:00pm
 

Soaps: From Audition to On-Set

 

Soap Producer

7:30pm - 10:30pm
 

Method Acting for TV/Film

 

Working Actor

Wednesday
11:00am - 2:00pm
 

Accent Reduction

 

Working Actor

3:00pm - 6:00pm
 

Prep for the Agent Evaluation

 

Working Actress
7:30pm - 10:30pm
 

Cold Reading Mastery

 

TV/Film Casting Director

Thursday
10:00am - 1:00pm
 

Prep for the Commercial Evaluation

 

Working Actress

1:30pm - 2:30pm
 

Marketing/Strategy Meeting

  

 
3:00pm - 6:00pm
 

Method Acting for TV/Film

 

Working Actor

7:30pm - 10:30pm
 

Cold Reading Mastery

 

TV/Film Casting Director

Friday
10:00am - 1:00pm
 

Improv

  

Improv/Stand-Up Performer

2:00pm - 5:00pm
 

Film Technique

 

Film Casting Directors

 
Week 8
Monday
3:00pm - 6:00pm
 

Method Acting for TV/Film

 

Working Actor

7:30pm - 10:30pm
 

Agent Evaluation

 

TV/Film Agents

Tuesday
10:00am - 1:00pm
 

Acting & Auditioning Competitively

 

TV/Film Personal Manager

2:00pm - 5:00pm
 

Soaps: From Audition to On-Set

 

Soap Producer

7:30pm - 10:30pm
 

Agent Evaluation

 

Commercial Agents

Wednesday
11:00am - 2:00pm
 

Accent Reduction

 

Working Actor

3:00pm - 6:00pm
 

Applying Technique to Cold Readings

 

Working Actress
7:30pm - 10:30pm
 

Cold Reading Mastery

 

TV/Film Casting Director

Thursday
10:00am - 1:00pm
 

Acting in Voice Overs

 

Working Actress

1:30pm - 2:30pm
 

Marketing/Strategy Meeting

  

 
3:00pm - 6:00pm
 

Method Acting for TV/Film

 

Working Actor

7:30pm - 10:30pm
 

Cold Reading Mastery

 

TV/Film Casting Director

Friday
10:00am - 1:00pm
 

Improv

  

Improv/Stand-Up Performer

2:00pm - 3:00pm
 

Wrap-Up

  

 

 

3:00pm - 3:30pm

 

Party

    
 

 

You are NOT in class every night. Depending on your level, you will be placed in the correct Cold Reading Master and correct Method Acting for TV/Film classes. The schedule above is an approximate schedule of the program. Dates and times are subject to change. The days and evenings could start and end earlier or later than stated.

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