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Teen Auditioning for Film & TV Workshop (ages 12-17)
Instructor: James Cummings & Jere Shea (currently on Showtime's CITY ON A HILL)
Sunday, October 27, 2019 at 10:00AM

Boston Casting
129 Braintree Street
Boston, MA 02134

One-Day Workshop: Sunday, October 27, 2019 (10:00am - 2:00pm)

Ages 12-17

Build your auditioning skills with entertainment veterans James Michael Cummings and Jere Shea (currently on Showtime's CITY ON A HILL!)

This workshop is your opportunity to learn and develop skills and techniques for all aspects of auditioning for film and television. Learn how to find and effectively prepare for professional acting auditions, breakdown scripted material, learn lines efficiently, and deliver a powerful performance that puts you in the best light. Discussion will include cold readings, making strong choices, receiving notes and making adjustments, self-taped auditions, wardrobe and appearance, transitioning from theater to tv/film, recalibrating your perfomance for the camera, and expectations 'on the day' of your audition.

Students will practice their skills on camera and receive feedback in class (scipts will be provided).

ABOUT JERE SHEA: Jere Shea is a Tony Award nominated actor, musician, and teacher. He is best known for appearing in the Showtime series CITY ON A HILL with Kevin Bacon. Jere’s film and tv credits also include BLUE BLOODS (CBS), JUNGLELAND (2019), SOUTHIE (Best Film, Seattle Film Festival), LAW & ORDER, and A SEASON IN PURGATORY (CBS miniseries). Jere has performed leading roles on Broadway and in theaters throughout the United States. Stage credits include the world premiere of Stephen Sondheim’s Broadway musical “Passion” (Tony Nomination),"Guys and Dolls” (Broadway), "Damn Yankees” (Old Globe), and the world premiere of “High Society” (ACT). Jere trained at NYU’s Graduate Acting Program (MFA, Acting), Stanislavski's Moscow Art Theatre School, the Abbey Theatre in Dublin, and Boston College (BA, Theater Arts). He has taught acting and coached performers at every level for over 30 years, and has served on the faculties of Boston College, Northeastern University, Emerson College, and the College of the Holy Cross. Jere has also been a visiting artist and lecturer at schools and performing arts organizations throughout the Northeast, specializing in preparing aspiring actors for the conservatory admissions process, and coaching professional actors for high stakes auditions and performances.

ABOUT JAMES CUMMINGS: Over his 30-year career in the entertainment industry James Michael Cummings has earned a reputation as a gifted artist who understands the entirety of the development process necessary to transform a 'good idea' into entertainment, for both the big and small screens alike. With a keen eye for spotting talent and intuitive instincts for knowing what makes for a good story, Cummings honed skills allow him to be more than just a one-note producer. Instead, he's an all-around force of nature contributing every step of the way, from conceptualizing a marketable idea, to script development, casting, securing financing, distribution, marketing, publicity and beyond. Cummings plays "Tommy Hayes" in the Showtime hit CITY ON A HILL (produced by Matt Damon & Ben Affleck). Cummings has worked alongside and learned from such industry icons as Academy Award nominated director and cinematographer Andrzej Bartkowiak, producers Gale Anne Hurd, director M. Night Shyamalan and director/actor John Shea, and Warner Brothers' studio executive Jim Cardwell. He has had a hand, in various capacities, on a number of successful film projects including THE SIXTH SENSE, THE FIGHTER, DIAMOND MEN, and THE TAKING OF PELHAM 1,2,3. He also played a vital role in the development and sale of Comedy Central's primetime breakout hit WORK-A-HOLICS. In 2016, James played Detective Marty Maloney in John Shea's film, GREY LADY (with Eric Dane, Amy Madigan and Natalie Zea). James began his career studying acting at the prestigious HB Studios and The Lee Strasberg Theatre Institutes in New York City and Los Angeles. After auditioning and landing roles in films such THE COMPULSION and Sundance favorite ED'S NEXT MOVE, Cummings co-wrote, produced and starred in SOUTHIE with Donnie Wahlberg, Rose McGowan, Lawrence Tierney and Amanda Peet. Everything James has learned in the entertainment industry has been through experience and the one thing he know is greatness can happen for anybody with talent, but if they’re not in practice and ready… opportunity is lost. An actors has one job: to prepare. Always a student, and a lover of acting, James is preparing. www.james-michael-cummings.com