NEW! 4 WEEK ADV TV/FILM CLASS - "In the Room or Selftape- How to Land The Role!" with Meghan Rafferty, CD, M&M Casting - CASTING FOUR FILMS!

Monday, November 25, 2019, 6:30pm ET / 3:30pm PT

Here's your opportunity to work with this TOP NY CD who is one of the most actor friendly CD's in the biz!

In this 4 week class, each week will build on the last and all sessions will be on-camera. The course will start off with cold sides so that Meghan can get a "feel" for your type as well as an opportunity to focus on each actor's individual on-camera habits and how this could affect your audition. From there, she will focus on both prepared sides including feature/indie films as well as television sides.

You will also self-tape and submit to see how well you are coming across to casting directors who you don't know you as an actor.

Week 1-  Cold Sides 

Week 2- Prepared sides 

Weeks 3 & 4- Self Tape Assignment - Learn what can make or break your on-line auditions

*Based off of your training with Meghan, she will suggest scenes best suited for you and your reel!

Please click this link to view Meghan's current and recent projects!

Assignments will be emailed 1-3 days in advance from sides@actorsconnection.com. Please bring in TWO copies of your sides - one for you, and one for your reader to EACH CLASS (with the reader's lines highlighted). 

Always bring a hardcopy of your headshot/resume to class for feedback purposes. 

Scenes will be recorded on-camera and made available to you within one week. An email notification will be sent from videos@actorsconnection.com when the clips are available to view and download from your AC account. Videos are for educational purposes only and are NOT to be posted on YouTube, Facebook, or any other public viewing site. Please note: Occasionally technical issues do occur, as a result video clips are a courtesy, not a guarantee. 

**Please keep in mind that all programs at Actors Connection are for educational and professional development purposes. Participating in any class or event is not a promise of employment.**

Meghan Rafferty

Meghan is a casting director and actor who, over the past 17 years has worked with some of the most respected directors, writers and producers in the television and film industry.

She's working on TWO INDIE FILMS with casting partner Mia Cusumano: AWAKEN HER and BRUISER. They are also casting a staged reading of a pilot titled THE HARVARD COMPUTERS.

Some past projects include: I Feel Pretty, The Scrapper, Paint, Antarctica, Team
Marco, Centigrade, Lez Bomb (winner of the Bentonville Film Festival), American..ish, season 1 of Falling Water for NBC/Universal, the Cannes Film Festival GoldenLion award winner for web-series Lily -vs- Margo and Saving Grace starring Ann Dowd.

Past casting director projects include: Paterson directed by Jim Jarmusch, and the
pilot episode and season 1 of the HBO series The Leftovers. Some associate
casting director credits include: Woody Allen’s Café Society, The Wolf of Wall
Street, Hugo, Shutter Island, the pilot episode of Boardwalk Empire and Extremely
Loud & Incredibly Close. Meghan also has a passion for teaching, and has taught
hundreds of on-camera classes in and around New York City and at numerous
universities and colleges across the county. Meghan received her BFA in acting
from Adelphi University and an MFA degree from the FSU/Asolo Theatre
Conservatory.

When she is not casting or teaching, Meghan continues to pursue her first love,
acting. Being an actor has enriched her career as a casting director and visa
versa. She knows first hand the challenges and frustrations that come with
pursuing a career in this very competitive business. This career combination
allows her to share personal experiences with her students from both
perspectives. Meghan’s combination of assertiveness, warmth and humor enables
her to get the best out of actors. When an actor is relaxed, comfortable and having
fun, the audition results are inevitably more positive.