Registration Opens September 1st
for the
Digital Actor Showcase
See Details Below
The showcase will open September 1st and will end at midnight on September 30th or when 250 submissions have been reached (whichever comes first). All actors will receive a minimum of 2 reviews from members of the panel (3 if they get into the top 50). All feedback will be given to all the actors, and the results will be delivered a maximum of 3 weeks after the close of the showcase. Go to the “Getting Started” page to learn more.
– Each casting director will be sent ALL the top 20 submissions.
– If you make it into the top 10, you will choose which casting director you want to meet with individually.
– The top 20 actors looking for agents will have their submission sent to every agent in the city in which you live.
– NEW: Those who place between 11th and 40th will receive a complimentary 1hr
coaching from Cara McDowell. To learn about the unique work Cara does, click here.
Submission Guidelines:
– Pick one scene that tells a good story with an arc for your character showing your range. (no monologues please)
– Scenes should be between 2-3 mins in length, max.
– Scenes should be framed as a medium to medium close up (head and mid chest). Please do not leave too much head room (the space between the top of your head and the top of frame should be minimal). Eye-lines should be slightly off camera, to your reader. Have your reader positioned off camera just to the left or right of the lens.
– No cuts except for the slate at the end. Slate just your name and city you work out of.
Check out previous top 10 submissions for some ideas here.
To purchase a credit for this showcase, you first need to create a profile. You can then purchase a credit from your profile page, or if you are already signed in, you can purchase a credit by clicking here.
Optional Coaching from the Panel:
When you submit your scene you will be asked if you would like to have a one-on-one zoom coaching session with a panel member of your choice.
You will be able to between a 30min coaching session for $40, or a full hour session for $75.
How you choose to use this coaching is completely up to you.
– Choose to ask questions about the feedback you got in the showcase.
– Record a new version of the submission scene and find out how you integrated the notes you got from the panel into your performance.
– Use the time to shoot another scene or audition with the coach.
It is really up to you.
Casting Director Information:
We are really excited to have such a great line-up of casting directors taking part! Each of them comes to the table with a diverse set of projects and backgrounds but all of them agree that fostering emerging talent is crucial to the life of our industry!
Vancouver:
Kris Woz and Kara Eide
Kris Woz : Imdb
Kara Eide : Imdb
Kris and Kara are a casting duo based in Vancouver, BC. They each have extensive experience in film and television casting, and in their 10-year partnership have collaborated on many projects including Kathleen Hepburn and Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers’ “The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open,” Sophie Jarvis’ “Until Branches Bend,” Anthony Shim’s “Riceboy Sleeps,” and Agam Darshi’s “Donkeyhead.” They have provided Canadian casting for Adele Lim’s “Joy Ride,” Stephen Chbosky’s “Wonder,” Shana Feste’s “Boundaries, ” and Benny Safdie’s “The Smashing Machine,” among other films. Kris and Kara have also worked on various television series, including “Animal Control,” “Two Sentence Horror Stories,” “The Edge of Sleep” and “Happy Face”.
In addition to their feature film and television work, Kris & Kara’s portfolio includes numerous commercial campaigns for a variety of high-profile clients, including Apple, General Motors, FedEx, Reebok, Subaru, Visa, Proctor & Gamble, Pepsi, Lexus, Tylenol, Wealthsimple, Pampers, Nintendo, and Google.
Toronto:
Jason Knight
Jason Knight : Imdb
Jason Knight is a Toronto based casting director. Some recent selected television credits include: “Doc” (Fox), “Ginny & Georgia”(Netflix), “See”(Apple+), “Titans”(HBO Max), “American Gods” & “The Girlfriend Experience”(Starz!), and the feature films “Priscilla”, “Fingernails”, “Dream Scenario”, “Ready or Not” “Away From Her” and the Academy award winning “Spotlight”. He won the CSA Award for Best Achievement in Casting in 2022 & 2023 for the series “Transplant”. Jason and his business partner John also cast “Women Talking” for Plan B / MGM
for which they won the Independent Spirit Robert Altman award.
The Panel
Artist2Artist is thrilled to have assembled such a talented and generous group of industry professionals to give feedback to all the participants and to help determine the top 10 actors being sent to the casting Directors.
Montreal born Actor, Dean has been honing his craft for over 30 years in every medium this industry would let him. Best known for his recurring roles in Davinci’s Inquest and Stargate Atlantis, he has also had the privilege of recurring on Davinci’s City Hall, Intelligence, The 100, The Magicians and Superman and Lois playing the newly minted editor of the Daily Planet, Sam Foswell. Look for Dean in the upcoming Netflix series Sex/Life reccurring as Professor Sumner. Dean is a proud father of two rambunctious boys and is a laser eyed, diamond handed Hodler of Bitcoin. He encourages all to get on the lifeboat!
Melanie Nicholls-King is a Canadian/American actress with Trini roots, best known for playing Cheryl in the HBO series, The Wire; Officer Noelle Williams in the ABC series, Rookie Blue and recently, Hazel LaCroix, in the beloved Netflix series, Anne with an E. She can also be seen in three of the series in the Law & Order franchise, Orphan Black, The Week Of with Adam Sandler and Chris Rock, Star Trek: Discovery and Little Fires Everywhere to name a few. Upcoming, she can be seen in Showtime’s Your Honor with Bryan Cranston.
Bill Marchant is an actor, writer, producer, director and educator with over forty years of experience in the entertainment industry. Film and television credits include “Chappie”, “Godzilla” and “Volition” in addition to regular and recurring roles on such shows as “Stargate SG-1”, “DaVinci’s Inquest”, “Millennium”, “Intelligence” and “Strange Empire”. His directorial debut, the feature film “Everyone”, which he also wrote, won the Zenith D’or at the Montreal World Film Festival. Theatre goers will recognize him from appearances in local productions including “Adrift on the Nile” with Neworld Theatre and “Herr Beckman’s People” at Touchstone Theatre. As a playwright, Marchant is best known for scribing shows including “Ashes”, “Clown Elections”, “Gift of Screws” and “Pot Kettle Black”. His original play, “Blaze Orange”, won the Theatre BC prize for best full-length drama. Other award winners include his scripts “Summerteeth” for the Solo Collective Competition and “Husk” chosen for inclusion in the Clean Sheets festival by The Frank Theatre Company. Marchant has also been a teacher for the past thirty years, first as co-founder of The Company We Keep with Kate Twa and the past twenty-three years at Vancouver Film School where he currently serves as Creative Specialist and Instructor.
Brittany Willacy is an actor, musician, photographer and audition coach originally from friendly Winnipeg! Currently moonlighting in the country band “Chase Coulee,” Brittany also actively auditions and runs Greens Department Studio in Mount Pleasant, Vancouver. Some life highlights include working as a reader and camera operator for Vancouver casting directors Sean Cossey and JJ Ogilvy, touring coast to coast in the rock band Head of the Herd, and landing a recurring guest star for 3 seasons of Hallmark’s “Chesapeake Shores.”
Based in Vancouver, Geoff Gustafson has been featured in numerous commercial campaigns including Busch Beer, BMO, Volkswagen, Weisers and Visa. Geoff has played Norman Dorman on Hallmark’s Signed Sealed Delivered for the past 8 years. His work has garnered him three Leo nominations. He most recently appeared in “The 27 Hour Day” along side Autumn Reeser and Andrew Walker for Hallmark. Gustafson had a recurring arc on “Rogue” as well as “Once Upon a Time” and has guest starred on episodes of “Emily Owens M.D.,” “Psych,” “Package Deal” and “Bates Motel.” In addition, Gustafson worked as a series regular on “Primeval: New World” for SyFy. When not onset Geoff is an acting instructor and is responsible for developing curriculum and managing the full time acting programs at Vancouver Acting School as the Director of Performing Arts.
Francesca Bianchi is an established actor and dialect coach here in Vancouver. Since arriving in Vancouver in 2019 Francesca has appeared on multiple TV series and films, including The Irrational, Allegiance, Project Blue Book, Five More Minutes and many others. Most recently she was the dialect coach on the Providence Falls Trilogy and has coached on multiple shows here and in Australia where she began her theatre career and earned her Bachelors in Fine Arts.
Francesca will be the first panelist who has (proudly) participated in Artist 2 Artist as an actor. After having achieved a place in the top ten in the Vancouver and the Toronto showcases multiple times, it’s time for her to lend her expertise to the panel.
Hiro Kanagawa is a Vancouver-based actor and writer. His most recent play Indian Arm received the 2017 Governor-General’s Literary Award for Drama. Other distinctions include Jessie Richardson Awards for both acting and playwriting, an Asians on Film Award, and an MFA from Simon Fraser University. He is perhaps best known for his recurring roles and guest appearances on popular American television series such as Altered Carbon, The X-Files, iZombie and Smallville and comedic turns in Best in Show and the legendary Supernatural episode Changing Channels. A sought-after script doctor and consultant, he was story editor on the critically-acclaimed Canadian series Da Vinci’s Inquest, Da Vinci’s City Hall, Intelligence, and Blackstone.
Jessica Clement is a Hamilton-based actor with over 20 years of experience. Jess started as a child in commercials and day player roles and has gradually climbed her way to the big leagues. With leading roles alongside Nicolas Cage, Julianne Nicholson, Richard Gere, Bryan Cranston, and Marcia Gay Harden, her work speaks for itself. Jess has recently opened her own film acting school in Hamilton to help others hone their craft and carve their career paths. Catch her recent work in Dream Scenario, and Longing. Her upcoming movies Doin’ It and Everything’s Going to be Great, and series CROSS (Nov 14). She is being kept busy on set for Gen V season 2 this summer and fall.
Kimberly Huie an is an award winning actor, writer and producer. Recent and memorable screen credits include SELF MADE for Netflix with Octavia Spencer and PRIVATE EYES (Ion/GlobalTV) with Jason Priestly. Kimberly’s career has spanned across Canada and the US with an extensive list of television credits. Highlights include Grey’s Anatomy, The Blacklist, Rookie Blue, CSI Miami and Andromeda. Kimberly is a graduate of the Second City Toronto Improvisation program and trained at Circle in the Square Theatre School in NYC. A love of language and laughter inspired her short film, the intervention. It has shown in Film Festivals across North America and the Caribbean and won multiple awards. Born in Jamaica, raised in Canada, Kimberly Huie came of age in France. She speaks both French and English fluently and divides her time between Toronto and New York.
Kurt has appeared in over 100 film and television roles over the years including reoccurring roles in iZOMBIE, SUPERNATURAL, BATTLESTAR GALACTICA, ROGUE, LEVEL UP, SANCTUARY and EXE’S and OH’s and has been nominated for a LEO for Best Male Guest star twice for his work in MAN IN THE HIGH CASTLE and TIES THAT BIND. Kurt has also appeared on stage across western Canada and is a voice actor, writer, director and teacher. It is a highlight of his career to bring Artist2Artist to life!