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