A Grand Dame - ACTRA Toronto

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Wired workshops for Members only By Nicole St. Martin ACTRA class for young performers at Members Conference. Photo: Jag Gundu Nearly 500 members attended our one-day, youth-focused fall conference, and many of them were pint-sized powerhouses! ese 7-17 year-olds were coached in the morning by highly esteemed coaches Michael Caruana and Nicola Correia- Damude and then got to strut their stuff in the aernoon for casting directors Larissa Mair and Krisha Bullock Alexander. Their parents, some seasoned professional actors themselves, were surprised at how much they learned about the handling of their offspring's money in the “Whose Money Is It Anyway” session. "Only for the business" is the rule of thumb in a parent or guardian's spending of any minors' earnings. 20 ACTRA TORONTO PERFORMERS
CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS Wendy Anderson led a full-day session in web series creation and le participants raving that it was the best conference session they’d ever attended. “I le feeling educated, curious and empowered!" wrote one member. Asked to name the “Oprah moment” members walked away with, Wendy says: “I would have to say the notion of taking their audience-building, marketing and monetizing into account before they put pen to page. A great idea doesn't make a successful web series — the successful marketing of a great idea makes a successful web series. You need to get your Klout Score up there and get fierce to win at this game!” If you’d ventured to the upstairs lecture rooms you’d have been wowed by the green screen technicians’ transformation of the room into a playground for actors to test their chops, transporting them digitally to other mystical places and times as well as multiplying them ad infinitum. Attendees got to see the wizard behind the curtain. Don't be fooled by the one line audition! Tell-it-like-it-is casting director, Millie Tom, put members’ one-line readings to the test. Did you make character choices? Are the questions you ask smart and relevant? Are you really listening to your reader/director/casting director? A one-liner is still acting and requires skill and preparation. Talking about skill, you should have heard Michael Riley. e award-winning actor and CFC acting instructor spoke about the cra of acting and his approach to the work, all the while waxing philosophical. Whether we are on stage or on screen, we require skill and commitment. His love of the cra resounded and inspired. "What can I do for you?" asks Donna Messer when she shakes your hand, and she means it. Donna served as inspiration and matchmaker at the Networking session. She advised that most people are enthusiastic to help others if they can. Don’t just focus on what you have to offer as an actor, start recognizing what else can make you valuable to others. You’d be surprised to learn what somebody else needs that you have in spades. Make connections in surprising ways. Get ready for the Winter Conference! We will be entering the digital wonderland of video games - an industry with growing opportunities for actors. Toronto is a hotbed for game makers. Find out from lead actors and gaming industry experts how you can be a part of that world. How can you tell the difference between American and Canadian actors, eh? Learn from casting directors and dialect coaches what producers need from you in order to cast Canadians as Americans. Find out how some of our members got their Big Break! Hear their stories and meet the casting directors who brought them in, then get up and perform that life changing scene with them! • Nicole St. Martin is the Chair of the Conference committee and a sitting councillor. Heather Allin says adieu to a standing ovation at Members General Meeting. Photo: Jag Gundu Michael Riley interviewed by David Gale, Members Conference. Photo: Jag Gundu Our fall plenary saw a few laughs and a few tears as Heather Allin addressed the attendees at her final conference as President. Many expressed their gratitude at the mics following her rousing and gracious address. Spring 2013 21
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