Event Timeline:
Friday, September 25, 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM PT
Saturday, September 26, 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM PT
Are you an actor looking to deepen your craft, make meaningful industry connections, and perform for an audience of working television directors? This is your moment.
We're inviting a select group of performers to join us for an exclusive workshop experience where you'll collaborate with TV directors as they refine their approach to working with actors. This is more than a showcase — it's a creative partnership, a training ground, and a networking event all in one.
We are seeking performers to volunteer to be part of the Directors Peer Group Workshop. Performers will rehearse and perform scenes with/for directors from the Television Academy. You will be notified within three days indicating whether you have or have not been selected to participate.
About the Workshop:
Television Academy Directors and Writers will be participating in a two-day workshop to learn how to understand the acting process and work better with actors. Actors are needed for the culminating project, when directors get a chance to take what they've learned and apply it to rehearsing a scene.
What you will do:
Memorize a two-page, two- or three-person scene before the workshop, which will be furnished to you in advance
Experience a full day of engagement with a director and fellow actor(s) on your scene, capped off with a live showcase of all scenes from 1:45 PM to 4:00 PM. Lunch will be included.
Meet, mingle and network with fellow Directors, Performers and Writers Peer Group members
The workshop will be led by two-time Emmy Award-winning Mary Lou Belli. She has been directing television for over 30 years including NCIS: New Orleans, Black Lightning, Bull, Legacies, Station 19, Sweet Magnolias, Pitch, Monk, Famous in Love, Devious Maids, The Quad, American Woman, and Hart of Dixie, Disney's The Secret of Sulphur Springs, The Ms. Pat Show, Wizards of Waverly Place, Sister, Sister, Girlfriends, and The Game. She is the co-author of four books: The NEW Sitcom Career Book, Acting for Young Actors, Acting for the Screen, and Directors Tell the Story, which she co-wrote with fellow DGA member Bethany Rooney. She is currently serving her second term as co-Governor of the Television Academy’s Directors Peer Group.
If you are feeling ill, please do not attend.
This event is presented and hosted by the Television Academy.