Actor Workout
with Director
Meg Swertlow
Work on scenes with director Meg Swertlow on zoom! Meg is a USC-educated film director who has directed Alyssa Milano and French Stewart, among others. She’s a trained actor and improviser too, so she gets you!
MEG SWERTLOW is a Los Angeles-born and raised screenwriter/director on a mission to tell female-driven genre stories. In the past four years, Meg has directed nine short films, seven of which she wrote. She is attached to direct her first features later this year. In November 2022, she participated in the Ryan Murphy Half Initiative Director program, shadowing an episode of Lone Star: 911 while nine months pregnant.
Read more on megswertlow.com
Deadline to register: July 20, 2024
Date: July 24, 2024
Time: 5pm PDT / 8pm EDT
Place: Zoom (link provided upon registration)
Maximum # of actors: 12
Why work with directors?
Experience the next best thing to being on a professional set. Get notes from a director and get practice making adjustments in real-time.
Flex your acting and audition muscles while the industry is slow
Get on directors' radar like you do with casting directors. While casting directors are important gatekeepers, remember that directors are the decision-makers.
Format
2 hours
Each actor performs in two scenes
4-6 scenes total
Timeline
4 days before workout: Deadline to register. Send your materials to pat@patrickchou.me for casting purposes
2 days before workout: Scenes and role assignments distributed
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I’m an actor myself, and a sometimes writer and musician.
I’m also a Silicon Valley veteran who helps young professionals with communication skills.
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