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The
Youth Actors Expo offers enlightening and informative one-hour talks that
include a Q & A session on essential topics for child actors and their
families.
Sessions
are led by
leaders in the stage and screen communities.
Register
today!
Check
back often as more speakers are added!
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Youth
Actors Expo Seminar Schedule
10:00am
A:
A Discussion with Young Celebrity Actors
Panelists:
Christa B. Allen, 13 Going On 30...Young Jenna
Cody Arens, "The Guiding Light"...Jason Frederick Marler, D-War...Young
Ethan
Jordan-Claire Green, The School of Rock...Michelle, Come Away
Home...Annie
Vincent Martella, "Everybody Hates Chris"...Greg
Moderators:
Paula Dorn, BizParentz.com
Anne Henry, BizParentz.com
B: Learning from the Coaches - Advice from Acting Coaches
Panelists:
Marnie Cooper, Marnie
Cooper School of Acting
Diane Hill Hardin, Diane
Hardin Acting
Terrance Hines, Hines and Hunt Management
Kevin McDermott, The
Actors Circle
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11:00am
A:
Talent Agents 101
Panelists:
Margot Klar, CESD
Judy Savage, The Savage Agency
Pamela Fisher, Talent Works
Moderator:
Justin Shenkarow, Screen
Actors Guild Young Performers Committee
B: FREE SEMINAR - The Ins and Outs of The Coogan Law:
A Must Attend for Parents of Child Actors
Speakers:
Paula Dorn, BizParentz.com
Anne Henry,
BizParentz.com
C: Marketing Tools for the Child Actor
Panelists:
Jason Buyer, Marketing
the Actor
Cassie Carpenter, Backstage
West
Kristina Hughes, Holdon
Log
Gary Marsh, Breakdown
Services
Moderator:
Kevin Craig West, Mo'Betta
Films
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12:00pm
A:
FREE Lunchtime Screening by the International
Family Film Festival - Screening of Winning Films Produced by Kids
B: FREE Performance by Hip
Hop Kidz.
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1:00pm
A: Meet the Parents: A Talk with Moms & Dads of Working Child Actors
Moderators:
Paula Dorn, BizParentz.com
Anne Henry, BizParentz.com
B: A Guide to Voiceover Work
Panelists:
David Bourgeois, Creative
Voice Development Group
Ben Diskin, Voiceover Artist
Anndi McAfee, Actress and
Voiceover Artist
Dave Sebastian Williams, Voiceover
Resouce Guide; Dave
& Dave Incorporated
Moderator:
Maria Estrada, Voiceover and Casting Director
C: Audition Techniques Seminar
Speakers:
Margie Haber, Margie
Haber Studios
Tess Skorczewski, Kids Acting Coach, Margie Haber Studios
Saxon Trainor, Teens Acting Coach, Margie Haber Studios
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2:00pm
- 4:00pm - FEATURED
SEMINAR
FREE
SEMINAR - The Right to Know - Union Membership, Industry Insight and
How to Avoid Scams: A Panel Discussion with the Better Business
Bureau, SAG, AFTRA, and Actors Equity
Panelists:
Gary Almond, Better
Business Bureau of the Southland
Jean Frost, AFTRA
John Holly, Actors
Equity
Mark Lambert, Los Angeles Deputy City Attorney
Justin Shenkarow, Screen
Actors Guild Young Performers Committee
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4:00pm
A: Staying Smart: Education for Child Actors
Panelists:
Nora Eckstein, Young
Actors Space
Jim Konantz, California Virtual
Academies
Dr. Norman Isaacs, CHAMPS Charter High School of the Arts
Wes Staples and Polly Businger, The
Studio Teachers
Moderator:
Macy Gray, Recording Artist;
Founder, M. Gray
Music Academy
B: Insight from Casting Directors in TV, Film, and
Commercials
Panelists:
Wendy Kurtzman, Casting Director
Michael Sanford, Casting Director
Francene Selkirk, Casting Director
Mark Sikes, Casting Director
Kathryn Taylor, Casting Director
April Webster,
Casting Director
Moderator:
Bonnie Gillespie, Author, Casting Director, Cricket
Feet
C: The Business Side of Acting / Interactive
Workshop for Kids
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5:00pm
A: The Supporting Cast: A Talk with Managers, Publicists & Photographers
Panelists:
Betty McCormick Aggas, Midwest
Talent Management
Karen Bradford, Publicist
Kelsey Edwards, Kelsey
Edwards Photography
Bill Ballerini, Ballerini
Cooley Studios
Brad Lemack, Lemack and Company Public Relations/Talent Management
Moderator:
Bob Luke, Bob Luke Studios
B: Financial Advising for Families of Young
Actors
Panelists:
Ruth Crofton, Crofton Management
Donna Hurst, AFTRA-SAG
Federal Credit Union
Phil Kal, Accountant
Moderator:
Marc Durso, Act True
C: Dare to Dream: Developing Your Child's Dreams
and Aspirations
Speaker:
Marilyn Mosley, Laurel
Springs School
Check
back often as more speakers are added!
(Speakers and seminars are subject change)
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