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Actors Primary Category

To step inside Hollywood’s door you need an agent. How do you get one? You could spend about $1,000 to have your headshots done, resumes printed and envelopes sent to the 450 agents based in the Los Angeles area – all for an average, 2 percent success rate. Or, you could audition for Best New Talent. BNT gives you the opportunity to perform for the top LA agents, to actually hand deliver your headshot and resume, and to increase your odds of being discovered to 40 percent!

Secondary Categories

Commercial: This is your opportunity to be seen by commercial casting directors and agents. Many actors make a great living doing commercials and often it helps in launching the rest of their career.

Cold Reading: Television actors often have all of a few minutes to learn their lines before an audition! That’s why cold reading skills are essential to auditioning for television. This is your chance to impress our panel of television casting directors/agents with your response to material you have just received.

Classical Theater: If you’re aspiring to a career on the Broadway stage as well as on the silver screen, this category is for you. Many great television and film actors received their best training on the classical theater stage. The judges in this room are Equity theater agents and regional theater casting directors.

Latin Performance: Due to the increasing demand for Spanish speaking actors, we have added this new category this year. Showcase your skills for agents with Latin divisions and casting directors for Spanish television.

Judges from previous years have included representatives from:

20th Century Fox, Stein Entertainment Group, WB, Cunningham-Escott-Dipene, Nickelodeon, Matt Jackson Director of Talent for Television Series Disney Channel, Adriana Porcaro CBS Casting, Beverly Hecht Agency, Ann Waugh Talent Agency, McDonald Selnick Agency, Abrams Artists Agency, Abrams,Rubaloff & Lawrence Agency, Hervey/Grimes Talent Agency, Coast-to-Coast Agency, Kazarian, Spencer & Assoc., Bobby Ball Agency, Acme Talent Agency, Lieberman Patton Casting, Osbrink Talent, Delancy & Associates Casting, Paramount Pictures, Media Artists Group, Hines and Hunt Management, Marilyn Atlas Producer Director “Real Women Have Curves”, Marv Dauer & Associates , Sweet Lorraine Productions, Gold Liedtke Associates, Shelia Conlin Casting Director, Zanuck, Passion & Pace, Simon Productions and Talent Management, Michael Hothorn FOX Casting Director, Cole Management, The Sohl Agency, Shiowitz Clay, Ankrum,&Ross, Inc., Anatruda Benson and Associates, Joan Green Management, Angela Campolla-Sanders Casting Director, House of Representatives.