New! Online Film/TV Intensive with Jeremy O'Keefe, Associate Casting Director, Major TV Office

Tuesday, May 18, 2021, 10pm ET / 7pm PT

This is an amazing opportunity to work with Jeremy from one of the most respected and busiest TV casting offices in LA! This office is currently casting casting numerous multi & single cams, as well as an hour long drama for both network and cable.

His projects include working on a PRIMETIME NETWORK show and an upcoming STREAMING series.

The event will start off with an informative virtual Q&A, followed by your presentation of the scene with a reader in a group. Be prepared to take feedback and adjustments. 

Jeremy requests that your scene should be 2 pages in script format, with only ONE other person in the scene, comedy or drama is fine.

This intensive is for actors (18+).

What to Prepare:

For this intensive, please prepare a scene of choice that you feel best showcases your strengths as an actor. Jeremy requests that your scene should be 2 pages in script format, with only ONE other person in the scene, comedy or drama is fine. You can select a scene from the General Sides database (link located in your Actors Connection account upon registration), OR bring in your own 2 page scene. 

Please email jess@actorsconnection.com your scene choice AS AN ATTACHMENT (file should be labeled YourName_CHARACTER) by 5pm (EST) the DAY BEFORE the event.

Please follow the procedures listed below:

• Please update your headshot and fill out the MY INFO section of your AC account upon registration.

• Arrive at least 10 MINUTES before your event is slated to start. Your host will give important information about the event at this time.

• Instructions and the ZOOM link for access to this online event will be emailed to you in advance. If you have not received the link by 12pm (EST) the day-of the event, please reach out to registration@actorsconnection.com at least one hour PRIOR to the start of class.

**Actors Connection classes and programming are for ADULTS (18+). With permission, some teens (14+) are allowed to take adult programming. To inquire about getting permission, please send an email to: info@actorsconnection.com**

**No recording of any kind is permitted by participants during class.**

**Please keep in mind that all programs at Actors Connection are for educational and professional development purposes. Participating in any class or event is not a promise of employment.**

 

Jeremy O'Keefe

Jeremy O'Keefe, CSA  has spent over nine years in TV comedy with Greenstein | Daniel Casting in Los Angeles,earning him both Artios and Heller nominations.

He's worked with every major network and streaming platform with credits including upwards of 25 shows for NBC, CBS,ABC, Comedy Central, Fox, Netflix, Hulu, Amazon, Peacock, Freeform, BET, TBS, and more.

Highlights include the ground-breaking Never Have I Ever for Netflix, the Carol Burnett/Amy Poehler pilot Household Name, and the final 2 seasons of Key & Peele (with Sherie Hernandez). Additionally, he cast two features being released in 2023 -The Bell Keeper (Lionsgate) and 40 (Vertical/Starz). 

He is currently casting two features, as well as industrials for brands like Lexus, Mazda and Volkswagen.

In addition to casting, Jeremy is an award-winning filmmaker, producer and educator. His feature, Somewhere Slow (starring Jessalyn Gilsig, Graham Patrick Martin, Wally Langham, David Costabile and Robert Forster) won Best Narrative Feature at the Brooklyn Film Festival and was released by Screen Media in 2014. His unscripted series, American Spirit with Cody Rhodes is in development with Fremantle. His documentary, A Place to Be Somebody is in development with Aubrey Plaza’s Evil Hag and Believe LTD.  

As an educator, he has been on the faculty at AMDA and teaches mindfulness-based audition technique across the country. He is committed discovering and fostering original, authentic talent thus maximizing the positive impact tv and film can have on its audiences, and the world.

Follow this link to view his credits on IMDB