Course Description:
“Cold Reading & Scene Study Mastery”
Focus on nailing the audition. Learn the intricate aspects of auditioning for different formats. Understanding how to prepare for a callback. What gets in the way of booking your callback. Preparing for industry meetings. Week Five will include a guest Theatrical Agent evaluating your prepared monologues.
Week 1 – Genre: ½ hour TV sitcom
Pre-Read – Cold reading
**discuss how to find/pick your monologue
Monologues:
How monologues represent you
Working on how to be ready for meetings
(*guest agent in Week Five) with your monologue
Week 2 – Genre: ½ hour TV sitcom
The Callback – Prepared cold reading scene (from “Week One”)
Week 3 – Genre: episodic drama
The “Pre-Read” – Cold reading
**Start preparing/discussing your monologue
Week 4: – Genre: episodic drama
The Callback – Prepared cold reading scene (from “Week Three”)
Week 5 – Guest Theatrical Talent Agent
Guest Theatrical Talent Agent – Monologue showcase and evaluation
Week 6 –
- Self-Tape Auditions – Creating an exceptional audition performance.
- What is required in your Self-Tape Audition?
- Virtual auditioning – Setting your virtual audition apart from other actors
What is expected
Preparing for Zora’s on-going class
(e.g., self-tape recording to view/critique in class)
About Zora DeHorter, csa
Zora is a Nigerian born, British raised, Los Angeles independent/freelance film, television, and commercial casting director. She is on the Board of Directors of the “Casting Society of America.”
Zora was a casting director for MGM Television, casting series such as “She Spies,” “Dead Like Me,” and “Jeremiah.”
Zora is currently working on 13 projects in development and has recently cast 3 films and 1 TV show, which are now in production. She has 65 credits to her name to date.
She was also a casting consultant on the MGM feature film entitled “Max.”
Her depth of film casting is numerous. See IMDB for a list of all her film casting credits.
https://pro.imdb.com/name/nm0215008/about
Next 6-Week Session:
- Thursday, December 10th at 7:00 pm (pst)
- Thursday, December 17th at 7:00 pm (pst)
- Thursday, January 7th at 7:00 pm (pst)
- Thursday, January 14th at 7:00 pm (pst)
- Thursday, January 21st at 7:00 pm (pst)
- Thursday, January 28th at 7:00 pm (pst)
