CURRICULUM - Audition Intensive Workshop - May/June 2014

WORKSHOP CURRICULUM - Wednesdays, May 7 - June 14, 2014 (6:30-9:30pm)

Week One - 5/7/14 - MARKETING MATERIALS REVIEW AND WORKSHOP INTRO

 - the group will get to know each other and establish a collective trust.

 - actors will present the marketing materials (headshots/resumes, etc) that they are currently using.

 - we will discuss the importance of having great marketing materials.

 - we will discuss audition experiences and the process in general.

Week Two - 5/14/14 - FIRST AUDITION 

 - sides will be sent out the day before.

 - actors will work on camera.

 - actors will verbalize their impressions of their "audition".

 - actors will receive feedback from myself and guest auditor (casting director).

Week Three - 5/21/14 - FOCUSING ON LOCATION / RELATIONSHIP

 - sides will be sent out the day before.

 - actors will work together on camera.

 - actors will receive feedback from myself and guest auditor (writer/director).

Week Four - 5/28/14 - BUILDING CHARACTER

 - sides will be sent out the week before.

 - we will discuss usage of a unique character choice that is a natural fit for each actor.

 - actors will work on camera.

 - actors will receive feedback from myself and the fellow workshop actors.

Week Five - 6/4/14 - COLD READ

 - character description will be sent out the morning of the workshop.

 - actors will receive sides on arrival, and cold read on camera.

 - actors will decide who amongst them would be called back, and why.

 - Actors will receive feedback from myself and guest auditor (talent representative).

Week Six - 6/11/14 - CALL BACKS

 - sides will be the same from the cold read workshop.

 - we will discuss the need to step things up a notch for call backs, while staying true to original read.

 - actors will work on camera.

 - actors will decide who amongst them would book the part, and why.

 - actors will receive feedback from myself and guest auditor (director or producer).

"If you want real world practical advice from a 'work-your-fingers-to-the-bone-actor', he is your man. No one works harder or wants it more than Todd Robinson" - writer/director Todd E. Freeman

"Todd helped me shape my monologues for my PATA audition and it made all the difference in the world :) Thanks to that session, I've gotten quite a few callbacks! Todd gives the one on one attention that you need in a session like that - take him up on it!" - actress Kristi Bogart

*Guest and location announcements will be made when confirmed.