SCHEDULE

DAY 1 | July 25, 2025

Registration

10:30 AM to 12:00 PM

Kick-off

12:15 PM-12:30 PM

Session 1

12:45 PM-1:30 PM

Oddity Improv: Tools for the Auditioning Actor

Chris Guerra & Kelsey Cooke

Break & Networking

1:30 PM-1:45 PM

Session 2

1:45 PM-2:30 PM

Focus Panel: The Talent Rep & the Actor

Jean Wenger/Natalie Dendy

Break & Networking

2:30 PM-2:45 PM

Session 3

2:45 PM-3:30 PM

Focus Panel: From the Actor's POV

Jason Marsden/Laura Osnes/Jesse Hutch/
Joel Smallbone

Break & Networking

3:30 PM-3:45 PM

Session 4

3:45 PM-4:30 PM

Premiere Session: Truths from the Casting Director

Beverly Holloway

Dinner (On Your Own)

4:30 PM-6:00 PM

Keynote Address

6:00 PM-7:00 PM

Kristoffer Polaha

Networking Reception

7:00 PM-8:30 PM

Session 6

9:00 AM-9:45 PM

Oddity Improv: The Fundamental Principles of Character Development

Chris Guerra & Kelsey Cooke

Break & Networking

9:45 AM-10:00 AM

Session 7

10:00 AM-10:45 AM

Focus Panel: From the Casting Director's POV

Beverly Holloway/Deb George/Mark Fincannon/Regina Moore

Break & Networking

10:45 AM-11:00 AM

Session 8

11:00 AM-11:45 AM

Premiere Session: The Biz Outside the Biz

Kelly Collins-Lintz

Lunch on Your Own

(Monologue Showcase)

11:45 AM-1:45 PM

Session 9

1:45 PM-2:30 PM

Premiere Session: With the Actor, For the Actor

Johnathon Schaech

Break & Networking

2:30 PM-2:45 PM

Session 10

2:45 PM-3:30 PM

Focus Panel: From the Writer, Producer, Director POV

Ken Carpenter/Ricky Borba/Ryan Whitaker/ Brock Heasley

Break & Networking

3:30 PM-3:45 PM

Session 11

3:45 PM-4:30 PM

Premiere Session: The Film Actor & the Studio

Rich Peluso

Break & Networking

4:30 PM-4:45 PM

Closing Session

4:45 PM-5:30 PM

DAY 2 | July 26, 2025