Mn Acting Studio, headed up by New York–based acting coach and Backstage Expert Matt Newton, is launching a new program focused on the business of acting. The Actor Forums, beginning June 7 and continuing every Sunday throughout the summer, will be 90-minute crash courses covering various aspects of the business not already offered at the busy city studio. The workshops, just $10–$20, will be able to accommodate about 10–15 students per class, and topics slated to be addressed include how to get an agent, a course in self-taping, how to nail audition monologues, what makes a good headshot, the art of the television audition, and several others. Newton will be joined by industry professionals across the business for his forums: Andy Roth will lead a workshop about breaking into voiceover acting on June 14, while Mike Francis from Leading Artists Agency will teach actors how to land an agent later that day. Since...
- 6/3/2015
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- 9/3/2014
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