ONLINE LEGIT AGENT NIGHT - Showcase to 3 NYC Agencies!

Monday, November 28, 2022, 6:30pm ET / 3:30pm PT

Showcase to THREE legit agencies in NYC and get immediate feedback on your performance so you can continue to make smarter and more powerful choices in this ever-changing career.

You'll also receive written feedback that will be emailed to you days after the event to provide even more clarity on your work.

This panel includes:

- Jack Bowdan, Professional Artists

- Shirley Faison, Adunni Rose Talent Agency - New NY Office!

- Jackie Gubow, Gray Talent Group - (New NY Agency) - New to Office!

*Please note that Guests are subject to change.

EVENT OVERVIEW:

The afternoon of the event, you’ll be given your appointment times in EST.

The event will start with a 30 minute Q&A with everyone in the room. Then you will be admitted one by one and get 5 minutes in the room with the panel, including your performance. After your time slot you are free to leave for the evening (hit “Leave Meeting” button).

Please show up at least 5-10 minutes before your scheduled time, and please be aware that technical issues can occur but your host will keep you updated while you are in the waiting room.

We kindly ask that you do not request to alter your appointment time.

-The host will open the ‘room’ at least 30 minutes before the start of class. You’re welcome to arrive during this time to run your scene with the host.

-Actors will be automatically sent to the ‘waiting room’. The host will admit the actors as they arrive. 

-The host or the panel will give the spiel on how the class will run with any special notes, and begin the lesson plan.

What to Prepare:

Please email jess@actorsconnection.com your scene choice AS AN ATTACHMENT (file should be labeled YourName_CHARACTER) by 5pm (EST) the DAY BEFORE the event.

Please follow the procedures listed below:

• Please update your headshot and fill out the MY INFO section of your AC account upon registration.

• Arrive at least 10 MINUTES before your event is slated to start. Your host will give important information about the event at this time.

• Instructions and the ZOOM link for access to this online event will be emailed to you in advance. If you have not received the link by one hour before the event, please reach out to registration@actorsconnection.com.

Our online office hours are 9am-6pm Monday-Friday

If you have an emergency for a class you are participating in outside of these hours, please email help@actorsconnection.com and your host will be able to respond.

**No recording of any kind is permitted by participants during class.**

**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.**

**Actors Connection classes and programming are for ADULTS (18+). Unless it is disclosed above, with permission, some teens (14+) are allowed to take adult programming. To inquire about getting permission, please send an email to: info@actorsconnection.com**

Jack Bowdan

Jack is now the newest agent at Professional Artists representing actors for film, TV and theater.

Previosly, he was working for Mark Saks Casting with recent TV series casting include PRODIGAL SON on FOX and THE CODE on CBS.

Previously, Jack was at Binder casting where his projects included BROADWAY: Nice Work If You Can Get It, Born Yesterday, Brighton Beach Memoirs/Broadway Bound, The Miracle Worker, The 39 Steps, Is He Dead?, Inherit the Wind, Journey's End, Butley, The Times They Are-A-Changin', Well, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, Movin' Out, Sixteen Wounded, 45 Seconds From Broadway, Urban Cowboy, A Class Act, The Dinner Party, Wrong Mountain, The Iceman Cometh, …Charlie Brown, High Society, Golden Child, The Sound of Music, Triumph of Love, Proposals, Last Night of Ballyhoo, King David, On the Waterfront, Damn Yankees, Laughter on the 23rd Floor, Lost in Yonkers, Jerome Robbins' Broadway, Jake's Women, The Goodbye Girl, Rumors.

FILM: Nine, Dreamgirls, Chicago, Everything Relative

TELEVISION: The Code (CBS series and pilot), Opening Doors/HBO. The television films Once Upon A Mattress, The Music Man, Young at Heart, Chasing the Dragon. The series New York News, Going to Extremes, I'll Fly Away. East Coast casting for Warner Bros. Television (all pilots and TV films, 5 years), Sony Pictures Television, the pilots Cold Feet and Lateline.

SPECIAL THEATRICAL EVENTS: the Encores! Series at City Center

OFF-BROADWAY: The Body of An American (Primary Stages), The 39 Steps (Union Square Theatre and New World Stages), I And You (59E59Theatre), Desperate Writers, The Marvelous Wonderettes, Portraits, Barbara's Wedding, My Old Lady, Surviving Grace, Time and Again (MTC), A Class Act (MTC), Things You Shouldn't Say Past Midnight, London Suite, Hyde in Hollywood, Oil City Symphony

LONDON WEST END: The Lady From Dubuque, The Old Vic Theatre

ASIA: Sister Act

REGIONAL THEATRE: includes work at Hartford Stage (2012-2017), Mark Taper Forum (LA, CA), Long Wharf Theatre (New Haven, CT), A.C.T. (San Francisco, CA), Old Globe Theatre (San Diego, CA), Shakespeare Theatre Company (Washington, D.C.), A Contemporary Theatre (Seattle, WA), Arena Stage (Washington, D.C.), Actors Theatre of Louisville (Louisville, KY), Huntington Theatre (Boston, MA), Alliance Theatre (Atlanta, GA), Williamstown Theatre Festival, Philadelphia Theatre Company, among many others.

Shirley Faison

A former actress, director, producer, and artistic director for a theatre company, Faison is a discerning talent scout with proven savvy discovering and nurturing new talent and launching and guiding their early careers. Her broad-based experience in entertainment informs the talent development, career consultation, and personal attention that is her hallmark and supports a talent roster that books.

Known as an agent who listens to what producers and casting directors are looking for and a talent developer who keenly interprets the needs. Faison has earned the respect of leading casting professionals in theatre, film, and television.

Equally respected by her clients, Faison is proud of her track record building a career ladder for the actor from their first job. She specializes in talent of all ages and engages them as partners in the enterprise. “I look at their strongest asset and market that,” she stresses. “I ask them how they want their career to develop and make a plan to get them jobs. I narrow the playing field by getting them in where they ‘fit.’ So even where there may be a lot of great actors who have more credits, I look for the strategy most likely to secure the job for my client. Then, I work with them to eliminate the blocks that can stall their progress from one stage to the next.”

Actors represented by Shirley Faison have booked lead and supporting roles in feature films and parts in television pilots, episodic, and series. Her clients have also booked countless lead and supporting roles on Broadway, Off-Broadway, national tours, and regional theater companies across the U.S.

Faison is proud to have developed and launched the careers of successful actors, including Eden Duncan-Smith, Constance Wu, Donald Faison, Ryan Toby, Horace V. Rogers, Reza Salazar, Laz Alonso, Annabelle Attanasio, Dorian Missick, and Jeannette Bayardelle. 

Shirley Faison is a Rutgers University Douglass College graduate and is the author of 7 Rules To Thrive As A Performer: A Workbook Experience. She is a proud mother of three sons and a grandmother of eleven.

Jackie Gubow

Jackie Gubow is the New York Theatre Agent at Gray Talent Group, a full service office in Chicago, LA, and NY.   Her clients can be seen on and off-Broadway, National Tours, and in regional theatre all over the country. 

Jackie was previously an agent at Professional Artists, where she worked for almost six years.  She began her time in the city with internships at the casting office of Stewart/Whitley, Tara Rubin Casting, and The Growing Studio, giving her an eye for many aspects of the industry.

She holds a BA in Psychology from the University of Michigan and a BM in Music Education from Oakland University.