FILM AND TV: NAILING BOTH SCRIPTED AND IMPROV AUDITIONS 5-Week On-Camera Class with Brette Goldstein, Casting Director/Producer - Credits include USA's DONNY!, Lifetime's I LOVED YOU BUT I LIED and Multiple Films!

Thursday, August 3, 2017, 7pm ET / 4pm PT

Here's your chance to work with one of NY's busiest indie film and TV casting directors, teaching YOU the skills necessary to break into these very exciting areas of the business!

Recent credits include: feature films REACHING HOME (with Debra Monk) CRAZY FAMOUS (with Ajay Naidu and Catherine Curtin) and HEDGEHOG (with Madeline Brewer and Ann Dowd), the series I LOVE YOU… BUT I LIED (LMN), THE UNTITLED AFFAIR PROJECT (LMN), DONNY! (USA), I, WITNESS, ADFIRM and several pilot presentations, including the "Untitled Micah Sherman Project" for Left/Right. She has several film, new media series and pilot presentations in the works.

Each week you'll polish your film/TV audition technique by working intensively on-camera, performing both cold, prepared and improvised scenes from television scripts and indie features with a reader.

Week 1 - Cold sides - Film Week 2 - Prepared sides - Film Week 3 - TV - Prepared sides with Comedic Improv Week 4- TV - Prepared sides with Dramatic Improv Week 5 - Marketing yourself for television and film

Brette casts for predominately for film, TV and commercials. Additional credits include: HOUSTON WE HAVE A PROBLEM (Netflix - Summer 2017), SHARKNADO 2, CERESIA (with Angelique Cabral), ENGRAM (with Isabel Lucas), DEAL TRAVIS IN (with Nick Sandow); TV: THE KARATE TORTOISE (with Gilbert Gottfried), NO HOOKUPS PLEASE, SMALL MIRACLES (with Judd Hirsch and Katryn Kates); PILOT PRESENTATIONS: UNTITLED MICAH SHERMAN PROJECT, DONNY!, ODD MOM OUT, MY BAD TRIP, TEN-ONE; Over 100 national and local commercial campaigns within the last two years. FILM: HELLO LONESOME (with Lynn Cohen, James Urbaniak and Sabrina Lloyd), QUEEN CITY (with Vivica A. Fox), HERMAN AND SHELLY, FRANK THE BASTARD (with Chris Sarandon, William Sadler and Rachel Miner), VIVIENNE AGAIN, THE ONES THAT HAVE FALLEN, LIVE AT FIVE (with Dylan Baker, Annie Golden and Katie Finnegan), GOD DON'T MAKE THE LAWS (with Paul Sorvino, Robert Prescott and Peter Vack), BUFFALO BUSHIDO (with Jesse L. Martin, Frederick Weller and John Savage), THE DAVID DANCE and EL CAMINO (with Elisabeth Moss, Christopher Denham and Wes Studi). Brette's films have been featured in almost every major film festival including Sundance, Toronto, Tribeca and Cannes.

Please click this link to view Brette's IMDB page to see her full profile of film casting!

*** Scenes will be recorded on-camera. As a courtesy, your video clips will be made available to you within a week. An email notification will be sent when the clips are available to view and download from your Actors Connection account. Please note: from time to time technical issues do occur. As a result video clips are a courtesy, not a guarantee.***

Register now as this class will fill quickly!

TESTIMONIALS:

"Thank you for having her here. Her fun spirit and appropriate scenes and suggestions were spot on." -Donna Cherry

"Brette was great!" -George Gerard

"Brette is fabulous. She is direct, spot on and communicates in a caring way." -Deborah Selby

"Brette was fun and honest. She tells it like it is, which is great when it comes to feedback." -Matthew Stephen Weber

"Brette's candid feedback and inspiring energy throughout every class kept me super engaged - I feel so empowered and learned so much!" -Sarah Haruko

"I would absolutely recommend Brette's class and already have to all my friends. She's freaking hilarious. She somehow balances being tactful while being honest and funny! I really feel she's a great teacher and her insight was phenomenal. Thank you so much!" -Zulla Berhe

"Brette is GREAT!" -Cameron Moir

"Brette has a wealth of info. and very willing to share." -Greg Rusin

"Love this. Love her. Learned so much!" -Vanessa Koppel

"Brette is truly an actor's advocate. I learned so much about auditioning with improv - the traps we can fall in and also how to prepare. She gave us tremendous insight about both the indie film and network TV casting process." -Mark Garner

"Brette is precise in what she sees in your scene or improv. She is extremely warm and supportive. Makes you feel encouraging about your work." -Michael Twaine

"Brette Goldstein bluntly tells you how it is. She lets you know how this business works and what's expected of you. I learned some great audition tips. She is awesome! I love her honesty and sense of humor." -Nicole Dos Santos

"Brette gave lots of helpful feedback. She is straightforward but also very compassionate." -Melanie Gallo

"Brette was an amazing teacher and I am very happy I took this class." -Laura Natoli

"Loved Brette's class - she's really great, intelligent, funny, has great insights into the business that she shares!" -Kenan Wei

"Mrs. Goldstein workshop was the first class that I've taken at Actors Connection. I'm very please with the training. Her advice is golden. She gives you tools that's they don't teach in college. This is definitely the class to take if you need improve help." -Darlene Dues

"Brette was a very kind and funny teacher who gave very specific and helpful adjustments." -Lynne Lori Sylvan

"Brette is amazing at getting to know you as a person and casting you. She sees your potential and range then challenges you. She is honest and blunt about the casting world and let's you in on great secrets to succeed in your career." -Christophe Morabito

"Brette is awesome and has no problem giving real feedback." -Joseph Cleary

"Brette is so down to earth and cool." -Catherine Cela

"Brette is incredibly sharp, zones in on exactly what each actor can improve... She's hilarious, and gets so much information out there with efficiency and warmth." -Jessamine Kelley

"Brette is unflinchingly honest in her feedback while maintaining a safe and fun atmosphere." -Synnove Eriksen

"Brette is a breath of fresh air. She is a force of nature and full of the most valuable and straight up advice about the business. She knows character and helps you to shine and considers your character analysis." -Jana Sintschnig

"I feel like learned a ltf from working with her. She helped us make our characters more specific." -Talisa Patterson

"I think your class ROCKS and I am so glad I took it. You have such a positive way of saying things and you are so good at talking to actors. You never belittle, only encourage. Believe me, that is rare. Extremely. Thank you." -Larry Daggett

"I can't tell you enough how much I've enjoyed your classes. The feedback and adjustments that you've given, not only to me but to everyone, are sooooo insightful. You have helped me to get to another level.... thank you! My wife who has seen or read most of my scenes from your classes as well as past classes that I've taken at AC said 'SHE GETS YOU!.' She knows the scenes that you have given me are the kinds of scenes and characters that I want to play. So, thank you for 'GETTING ME!' " -Ted Oyama

"I just wanted to thank you for your class. I learned SOOOOO much. I am very green when it comes to film and I'm glad I was able to see myself on camera and I picked up so much watching you direct others and having you direct me. Also, I want to thank you for being so human and open with your thoughts on the business. I've recommended you to all my friends." -Salvador Chevez

"Thank you so much for a great five weeks of class! I learned a lot, and certainly appreciated (and thoroughly enjoyed) your honest... enthusiasm. You speak an "acting language" I really understand, and I left each class with a more specific approach to my work, which only makes me feel more excited and prepared for auditions to come. Thank you!" -Erin Gilliand

"Just wanted to send you a quick note to let you know how much I enjoyed Brette Goldstein's "Indie Film Intensive" at Actors Connection. Brette truly has a special knack for creating a supportive, inspiring, and fun environment to work and learn in... I guarantee that everyone who takes a class with Brette will learn something about themselves as an actor. Thank you for this opportunity!" -Gwyn Hervochon

"Brette's fantastic at typing actors and helping them to key into who they are and how they are perceived. I loved that I got full scripts not just scenes, so I really felt that it was more like the actual audition process. She's also excellent at coaching and fine tuning your scene to perfect the audition. Her down to earth, no-nonsense description of the indie film business was immensely helpful and I would recommend this class to anyone who is interested in indies!" -Kristen Riley

"I've really learned a lot in your class over the past few weeks... have gotten a lot out of it and you have a great knack (whether it comes naturally or you try and create such an ambiance) for helping to create a great, safe, and exploratory learning space for your participants! Thanks so much for your enthusiasm, realness, and comedy provided along the way... it was a super cool experience!" -Kristin Pilgreen

"Brette Goldstein's workshop was a tremendous experience. She takes all her industry, casting and acting knowledge and and generously presents it to her class in an energetic, caring, smart, funny, and thoughtful way that is uniquely Brette. Her honest critique is given with such love, support, and guidance that you have no choice but to walk away a better on-camera actor no matter where you started. Oh, yes, and she is LOL funny, too!" -Catherine Cobb Ryan

Brette Goldstein

Brette has cast six television series (HBO, USA, LMN, Lifetime, History Channel, Investigation Discovery), over 50 independent films, 300 commercials, 100 plays, seven pilot presentations (including “Odd Mom Out” for Bravo) and various new media projects, and was the resident casting director at Washington, DC’s Folger Elizabethan Theatre for ten seasons.

Her recent projects include Season 2 of HBO's THE JINX and a movie for HULU.

Films Brette has cast have won awards and been official selections at most of the major film festivals, including Sundance, Tribeca and Cannes. Brette is the former Co-Producing Director of Washington Jewish Theatre, Production Manager at Washington Shakespeare Co., and Associate Producer of the Washington Theatre Festival.

She is currently working on four indie films in development and some commercials.