FREE! ZOOM: SHOWCASE PREP: MATERIAL SELECTION ADVICE FROM NYC AGENTS
Wednesday, October 7, 2026, 6:30pm ET / 3:30pm PT
You've been training and now you feel ready to work. It's NOW time to find the perfect talent agent to help you build a career. If you are preparing to showcase your abilities to professional reps, this FREE seminar should be on your MUST DO list.
When preparing to showcase, selecting the right material is VITALLY IMPORTANT. You need to educate potential reps on your abilities, marketability and readiness in just a short performance. Selecting material that is perfect for you will make all the difference.
In this free seminar, come chat with our small agent panel about how to find the right material for YOUR showcase opportunities.
WHAT TO PREPARE:
No materials need to be prepared for this Q&A event.
Please follow the procedures listed below:
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Please update your headshot and fill out the MY INFO section of your AC account upon registration.
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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.
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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.
Additional Information:
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.**
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**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.**
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.
Erika Karnell
Erika Karnell is an agent with BRS/Gage Talent Agency, a bi-coastal agency representing actors in the areas of theater, film and television.
BRS/Gage clients include series regulars and recurring actors on series including Ghosts, Abbott Elementary, Station 19, SuperKitties, Fallout, and The Gilded Age, as well as recent films such as Thelma, Sing Sing, Joker: Folie a Deux, Inside Out 2, and Deadpool & Wolverine.
BRS/Gage clients have appeared in nearly every musical on Broadway, including leading roles in Gypsy, Dead Outlaw, The Who’s Tommy, Hadestown, Chicago, SIX, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, The Book of Mormon, Glengarry Glen Ross, Aladdin, Hamilton, Hadestown, Kimberly Akimbo, The Lion King, & Juliet, Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends, and Moulin Rouge.
Arbender Robinson
Arbender Robinson is a Talent Agent and Client Mentor with Firestarter Entertainment (FSE Talent). FSE is a full-service talent agency in NYC and Los Angeles. Arbender transitioned to Agent after a successful career performing on stage, working in the Regional Market and Cruise Lines before a 21-year career on Broadway. Broadway Shows include Hairspray, Hair, Disney’s The Little Mermaid, Ragtime, The Book of Mormon, Disney’s The Lion King, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, Les Misérables, In Transit, and Shuffle Along. Arbender has 1st hand knowledge of THE CRAFT of Acting, The Business of The Business, the Nuance of the Submission/Audition Process, and the tools needed for a long career.
The following disclaimer is provided specifically at the request of and in accordance with SAG/AFTRA: Seminars or classes are for educational purposes only and will not secure or provide opportunity for employment in the field or representation by an agent or casting director.
