A four week, online, audition and business intensive.

 Auditions have started again. Television shows are shooting and theaters are holding virtual appointments. Dust off your audition technique all while learning how the business operates from the inside out. Each week we will provide a mock audition appointment, coach your audition, and explore essential business and industry concepts. The intensive culminates in a showcase and meeting with previous, high profile guests of The Breakdown podcast

The intensive meets once per week online for 2-3 hours beginning June 7th 2021. Enrollment is limited to insure individualized attention. 

WEEK ONE

Finding the Perfect Monologue and ‘How To Book At An Open Call/ EPA’. 

* Special guest, Michael Rader, Producing Artistic Director of The Cape Playhouse. 

WEEK TWO

 How to Nail Television Sides and ‘All Things Agents’

WEEK THREE

 Callbacks & Confidence and ‘All Things AEA— how and when to join, EMC, health insurance etc. 

*Special Guest, Hannah Corneau, recent Elphaba in Wicked on Broadway.

WEEK FOUR

Showcase Performance and meeting with Industry Leaders

THE COACH

Robbie Simpson is the former Associate Artistic Director of The Cape Playhouse and an actor, director, and podcaster based in New York City. As an actor he has worked on Hulu, AMC and SciFi television shows as well as on stages in New York City and the nation’s leading regional theaters. As a director, Robbie had worked from LA to New York and as an associate on the Broadway National tours of Chicago and A Christmas Story. Robbie is a guest lecturer at the Columbia University MFA Acting Program, Syracuse University, and The University of San Diego. www.RobbieSimpsonActor.com 

THE PODCAST

The Breakdown with Robbie is a weekly podcast featuring conversations with today’s top casting directors, directors, managers, producers, artistic directors, high profile actors etc. The podcast is a free resource not just for actors but for everyone seeking to further their knowledge of the theater and television industry through candid and engaging conversations with the leaders of our industry. Previous guests include two-time Tony Award winner Joe Mantello; Tony, Grammy, and Oliver award winner Steven Sater; Tony Award nominees Jeff Calhoun, Marcia Milgrom Dodge, Hunter Foster; casting directors Stephanie Klapper, Benton Whitley, Geoff Josselson among many others.

“I attribute my success in this business to knowing each side of the industry and how it all works”

- Jeff Calhoun, two- time Tony Award nominee, Episode 18

“Part of being lucky in this business is being ready, and I was ready.”

- Chukwudi Iwuji, two- time Oliver Award winner, Episode 24

TUTION

$225 for the four week class

$175 if you sign up with a friend. 

To apply, email a headshot and resume to

info@TheBreakdownPodcast.com