In Person: SUPER SATURDAY AGENT DAY - Showcase to SEVEN NY AGENTS - AM Panel

Saturday, July 26, 2025, 11am ET / 8am PT

In Person in NYC!

Showcase to SEVEN legit agencies 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 given to you after the event to provide even more clarity on your work.

This panel includes:

- Jim Daly, Bloc NY – Bi-Coastal Agency!

- Jaime Jacobs, SMS Talent - An Agency For Actors

- Makayla Koski, Bonafide & Emerging Artists (BEA)

- Katie Murphy, Pantera/Murphy The Agency

- Danny Prather, Hudson Artists Agency

- Jeremy Sickles, DGRW

- Stacey Brooke Schwartz, Made Worldwide Agency – Bi-Coastal Agency!

*Please note that Guests are subject to change.

Please note that this in person showcase will be at:

Pearl Studios NYC

You will be emailed your assigned studio the morning of your event.

Pearl Studios has two addresses:

500 8th Avenue, 3rd and 4th floors
and across the street
519 8th Avenue, 12th floor
(between 35th and 36th)

All studios labeled with numbers are at 500 8th Avenue, 3rd and 4th floors.
All studios labeled with letters are at 519 8th Avenue, 12th floor.

Showcase Overview:

This in-person event will start with a 20-30 minute Q&A with everyone in the studio.

Afterwards, you will be showcasing to the panel by appointment. Q&A is optional to attend but we recommend.

You’ll be given your appointment times in advance in EST.

Please show up at least 10-15 minutes before your scheduled time, and please be aware that timing issues can occur but your host will keep you updated while you are waiting.

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

***Actors Connection provides readers for all events.

WHAT TO PREPARE:

For this event, please bring in your own scene of choice (no more than 2 minutes in length) that you feel best showcases your strengths as an actor. If you do not have your own scene, you can select a scene from the General Sides database (link located in your Actors Connection account upon registration). IN ADDITION: Please bring TWO HARD COPIES of your scene - one highlighted FOR THE READER

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

• The room will be open 30 minutes before the event is scheduled to start. Please arrive at least 10 MINUTES before your event begins as your host will give important information about the event at this time.

Additional Information:

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

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Jim Daly

JIM DALY has been the head of the Theatrical Department at Bloc NYC for 17 years. 

He has clients in most hit Broadway shows including HARRY POTTER, HAMILTON, & JULIET, MJ, ALADDIN, and MOULIN ROUGE!

Bloc clients are also featured on the tours of BEETLEJUICE, TINA, FUNNY GIRL, HAMILTON and THE LION KING along with making regular appearances on episodics ranging from The Equalizer to SVU and FBI to GODFATHER OF HARLEM.

Jim received his BFA from the University of Michigan.

Danny Prather

Formerly at Talent House and Don Buchwald, Danny opened his own office and handles film, television and theatre.

Hudson Artists Agency represents a selective list of developmental and established actors currently on Broadway, Tours, Television and Films.

Working on Broadway and on Tour, clients include: MJ, LION KING, HADESTOWN, HAMILTON, THE GREAT GATSBY, COME FROM AWAY, BOOK OF MORMON, COME FROM AWAY, LES MIZ, ALADDIN, HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, MOULIN ROUGE, ONCE UPON A MATTRESS, THE OUTSIDERS, WATER FOR ELEPHANTS, and WICKED.

On TV, his current clients have appeared on: THE BLACKLIST, FBI, SVU, YOU, BLUE BLOODS, THE EQUALIZER, GODFATHER OF HARLEM(to name a few).

Katie Murphy

Katie Murphy's clients can currently be seen working on many NY TV series including: Brilliant Minds, The Promised Land, Pretty Little Liars, Law and Order, Only Murders in the Building, Mindhunter, Extrapolations, Stranger Things, The Good Nurse, The Gilded Age, Inventing Anna, New Amsterdam, Tulsa King, High Maintenance, Harlem, Succession, M. Night Shyamalan's the Servant, Wu-Tang: An American Saga, Manifest, Girls on the Bus, The Equalizer, Dickinson, I know What You Did Last Summer, Godfather of Harlem, American Rust, Power Book 3: Raising Kanan, Armistead Paupin's Tales of the City, Younger, Bull, For Life, City on a Hill, Evil, FBI: Most Wanted,  FBI, Black Mirror, The Enemy Within, Dear Edward, Blackbird, The Deuce, Daredevil, Gotham, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, The Path, Difficult People, Law and Order SVU, Blindspot, The Blacklist, Elementary, Orange is The New Black, Homeland, and Blue Bloods just to name a few!

Film credits include: Babes, I Think I'm Sick, Capsized, Desert Warrior, The Goldfinch, The Kitchen, Bros, Ben is Back, Tick.. Tick.. Boom, The Storied Life of AJ Fikry, Bar Fight, The Boy, Somewhere in Queens, Swan Song, Tender Bar, Don't Look Up, Better Nate Than Ever, Maggie Moores, Man From U.N.C.L.E., Precious, It's Complicated, Arthur, Mildred Pierce, Burn After Reading, Michael Clayton and many small indie films.

Current Broadway and National Tours credits include: Sunset Boulevard, Boop, Moulin Rouge, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Aladdin, The Great Gatsby, Shucked, Some Like it Hot, A Beautiful Noise, Funny Girl, Come From Away, Hadestown, Shrek, The Cher Show, Pretty Woman. Clients from The Agency work in all regional theaters as well.

Jeremy Sickles

Jeremy works as a talent agent at DGRW. Prior to DGRW, he was a talent agent at the Daniel Hoff Agency for just under 5 years.  

DGRW is a boutique talent agency representing clients in Theatre, Film, and Television. DGRW was established in 1988 by the four original partners, with a long history of representing some of New York's finest talents including Academy, Tony, Emmy, and Golden Globe Award winners and nominees.

DGRW clients can be seen in:

Feature Film, TV Series: FBI (CBS), LAW & ORDER: ORGANIZED CRIME (NBC), FBI: MOST WANTED (CBS), AMERICAN RUST (Amazon), DIFFICULT PEOPLE (Hulu), BLUE BLOODS (CBS), CHICAGO PD (NBC), and LAW & ORDER (NBC).

and on Broadway: THE NOTEBOOK, WICKED, A BEAUTIFUL NOISE, WATER FOR ELEPHANTS, THE WHO'S TOMMY and more.

Stacey Brooke Schwartz

Stacey heads the NY office for this bi-coastal full service agency that has offices in both NY, LA and soon Miami.

She represents talent for film, TV, theater, commercials and print.

Clients can be seen on TV series: BLUE BLOODS, LAW & ORDER, FBI, EVIL LIVES HERE, GLADIATOR AMERICAN SPORTS STORY as well as in features and indie films.

Clients can also be seen in commercials and print ads for McDonald's, Starbucks, Lowes, Volvo, Bank of America, Harry's Razors, Babbel, NY Rangers, Dunkin, Princess Cruise Lines, Google Play, Michelob Ultra, SONY, and Ferrari to name a few.

Makayla Koski

Makayla’s career started on stage when she began performing in elementary school. After graduating from a specialized performing arts high school, Makayla obtained her BBA in Arts and Entertainment Management and her MS in Social Media Marketing from the renowned Lubin School of Business at Pace University. Making her way into the entertainment world, Makayla worked in Public Relations at Lehman Center for The Performing Arts and Live One Entertainment before finding her way back to the arts as an Agent Assistant at Bonafide and Emerging Artists, where she is strongly in tune with their commitment to diversity and inclusivity in the arts. She handles commercials and musical theater for this office.

Jaime Jacobs

Jaime Jacobs began working at Amerifilm Casting in 1997, where she worked on print, commercials, and helped with the extras casting for Sylvester Stallone's film Copland, fun fact she worked as an extra on the film too! She then worked as an assistant at DGRW Talent Agency for a year before working on independent films as an Extras Casting Director. Some films she worked on include On the QT with James Earl Jones and Dummy with Adrien Brody.

In 2000, she began working at Silver Massetti and Szatmary at the front desk, then moved up to assistant within the year. After Monty Silver’s retirement, Silver, Massetti & Szatmary became Leading Artists. Jaime left in 2005 to start a family and returned 10 years later. When Leading Artists closed their doors due to Covid, she worked as a manager at Unified Management for two years. Jaime’s path ultimately led her to reconnect with Donna Massetti of SMS Talent, where she is currently a Talent Agent.