Slaytember
Are You Ready?
Three weeks. One real casting process — from self-tape submission to callback notes to a live chemistry read with working industry professionals. No hypotheticals. You'll walk away knowing exactly where you stand, and exactly what's next. Class is recorded for playback. Sides release Sept 17.
Real
Casting.
Real Notes.
In this class, working industry professionals from television and film join us for the Week 3 chemistry read and tape review. This isn't just a class about the industry — it's a real seat inside it.
Week 3 · Live Chemistry Read
You Can Control The Room.
The industry is changing fast, and it can feel like so much is out of your control — what's getting made, who's casting, whether there's a place for you at all.
What you can control is everything between now and your next audition: the choices, the read, how you adapt on the spot and build chemistry with a scene partner you just met.
Those are the same skills more actors are leaning on as they self-produce and cast their own work instead of waiting on a narrowing pipeline.
Most actors never get specific feedback on how their tapes are landing — not just the technical checklist, but the storytelling. Slaytember closes that gap: a real casting process, self-tape to callback to chemistry read, with notes from actual industry professionals and working actors who are booking right now.
This isn't a workshop about auditions. It's the audition process itself — with nowhere to hide and nothing to lose.
Real Chemistry.
Meet Our Industry Friends
New this year: perspective from every side of the process — two casting directors and a TV/film director, so you see how casting really works from every chair in the room.
Casting director behind Amazon's Wayne and seasons 2 & 3 of Die Hart. Oscar-nominated for the short Please Hold. Former Head of Talent & Casting at CollegeHumor.
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Director on Netflix's Orange Is the New Black and Gentefied, and Hulu's This Fool. His debut feature La Hora Cero won 35 international festival awards before he brought Latin American storytelling to U.S. television.
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Casting director behind Netflix's Never Have I Ever, Comedy Central's Key & Peele, and NBC's American Auto. Nine years in TV comedy casting, earning Artios and Heller nominations across every major network.
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No pressure to impress. This is a process class designed to help you grow
— without the stress.
When every actor tackles identical material, you see how many true, specific ways there are to play a single character. There's no "right" choice — only your choice, made with conviction.
Every student gets two types of notes. Process notes from working actors who book off self-tape themselves. Results notes from the Industry Professionals deciding how it's landing.
This isn't about hitting every beat "correctly." It's about bringing what only you can bring to the role. Focus on the story you're telling — not the box you think you're supposed to check.
The Casting Process,
Start To Finish
Every week mirrors the different ways a TV pilot casts an actor.
This class, we're working on a comedy pilot.
- Full script provided, choice of two sides
- New sides released for students not in callbacks
- New self-tape sides for students not in chem read callbacks
- Chem read selects receive notes to deepen their work
- Experience how your performance shifts with a different scene partner
- Direct insight into what stands out for decision makers
You'll receive full sides, the pilot script, and submission instructions through the course. Sides for Week 1 release Sept 17.
Choose Your Access
Everyone gets access to all class materials and the replay. The difference is whether your work is in the process.
30 spots. Once they're gone, they're gone.
Anna & Alyshia
Working actors, not coaches who used to act.
They're in the industry in real time.
The Bridge for Actors
Best known for The Rehearsal (HBO). Owner of Put Me On Self-Tape. MFA from University of Washington.
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The Bridge for Actors
Best known for True Detective (HBO). Author & Podcaster. Featured in The Other Black Girl (Hulu).
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Who is this class for?
What's the difference between Participate and Audit?
Do I need to attend live?
When do sides go out?
What if I'm not selected for a chemistry read?
This Is Where You Find Out.
Real casting process. Real feedback. Only 30 participating spots — once they're gone, they're gone.