ACTING AS A BUSINESS-Evening Business Intensive with Brian O'Neil, Author of Acting as a Business and former Talent Agent

Thursday, August 11, 2016, 7:15pm ET / 4:15pm PT

Come spend the evening with Entertainment and Acting Business Guru Brian O'Neil as he shares with you his knowledge and vast arsenal of tips and secrets on how to get ahead in Show BUSINESS!

Brian will cover:

- How to find out who will be casting what in theater, film and TV (up to a year in advance!)

- Proven effective ways to get directly to screenwriters, directors and playwrights in order to get better auditions.

- How to word your correspondence (both traditional and Internet) with information that demands attention.

- The most effective ways to communicate in the digital/social networking age.

- Exactly how to answer the questions agents ask in an interview (from "Which casting directors know your work?" To the dreaded "How do you see yourself?')

- How to get auditions at the theaters agents really go to.

- How to "close the deal" after a good interview with an agent.

- What you need to know about photos, resumes, web sites etc.

- Which New York actors will book 90% of the pilots this season and why.

- And lots more!

Don't miss this awesome opportunity to get your questions answered by a TOP SPECIALIST who knows the world of entertainment inside and out! Brian O'Neil is a former talent agent and author of New York's #1-selling performing arts book, Acting As a Business: Strategies for Success. As New York's top acting career coach, he has guided over 3,000 actors to representation and employment. In the past year alone, actors who have worked with Brian have: won Emmy Awards (The Big Bang Theory); become stars of major television series (Orange Is the New Black, Girls); starred in major motion pictures (Star Wars, X-Men: Apocalypse); won major recurring roles in television (Gossip Girl, Rescue Me, Law & Order SVU) and been represented on Broadway in leading roles (Hamilton, The Color Purple, The Crucible) and more! Brian also specializes in stage fright and performance & audition anxiety reduction for all areas of the performing arts).

Brian O'Neil

Brian O'Neil is the author of "Acting as a Business" and is considered one of the industry's gurus when it comes to both monologues and marketing. Brian helped launch the careers of hundreds of actors including Meg Ryan and Matthew Broderick and has been teaching his ever popular monologue class for over two decades EVERYWHERE from universities including private acting studios and has coached thousands of actors in choosing monologues that fit the roles you are right for! Brian is an expert when it comes to finding material and his unique insight into what theaters and casting directors look for when hearing monologues will bring you one step closer to that coveted job. He has lectured at Yale and is presently a Special Faculty member at Juilliard and currently teaches a monologue classes at NYU/Tisch School of the Arts.

Over 2,000 actors have found representation and work after being coached by Brian!