ERICA SLIVERMAN: AIA workshop

location: AIA
(for more locations see entry FACILITIES)

cost: $150 (non-member)
time: about 6 hours over three weeks
actors called in: 4
actors booked: 2




I took a three week workshop through AIA studios with Erica Silverman titled: BOOKING CO-STAR ROLES. I thought this would be perfect for me! I am SAG-eligible, I have some indie film credits and smaller TV show credits, but no network co-star or guest star credits. I chose this workshop because i thought that i could establish a better relationship with the casting office over the course a few weeks, rather than just one reading.

I highly recommend this workshop to anyone in a similar situation!
Between weeks two and three of the workshop, FOUR actors in class were called in to audition for Criminal Minds (I was one of them!). TWO of the actors in our class booked roles on that episode!
Fantastic.

First off, AIA has their system linked up with Now Casting. So before the workshop even began, Erica was given our names and now casting profile with resume/headshots/website.

Erica is a casting associate in Scott David & April Webster's office. The way their office works, she explained, is that they keep very good records and files of actors from the workshops. They refer to them often, and when they bring actors in, they usually bring them in to producers; the workshop has served as a pre read. It seems like her opinion is given equal weight when they are putting together their casting session.

Erica is also the reader in their casting sessions. So when we are called in to audition, we read with her....just like we did with her in class.

Erica's disposition is open, happy, warm; she has a great sense of humor and is willing to tell fun details about likes and dislikes. When she shared information, she would always start with "Ask me a question" and go from there. I never felt like she was looking down on us for taking the workshop. I felt she respected us as actors and was happy to give us tips and insights for better booking co-star roles.


TWO THUMBS UP from this actor!