In Person: MUSICAL THEATER Masterclass with HOLLY BUCZEK CSA, Casting Director, HDB Casting and Wojcik Casting Team

Tuesday, December 17, 2024, 6:30pm ET / 3:30pm PT

AC is thrilled to welcome Holly in to teach this One Night Only Musical Theater Master Class!

Over the years, she has worked on the casting for Broadway, Off-Broadway, National Touring Companies, Regional Theatre, Family-branded shows, Film/TV and more. One of her casts was Olivier Award Nominated in 2023!

Her recent credits include: SHREK National Tour, ON YOUR FEET with Riverside Theatre, THE LITTLE PRINCE (B-way), MAD APPLE For Cirque Du Soleil Vegas, The National tours of JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR, ROCK OF AGES, SOMETHING ROTTEN!, RENT, and KINKY BOOTS. Regional: AUSTEN'S PRIDE, THE LITTLE MERMAID, THE BOY FROM OZ, MAN OF LaMANCHA, GOD OF CARNAGE, GREASE and more!

Off-Broadway: THE EVOLUTION OF MANN, CHURCH AND STATE, OTHELLO: THE REMIX, THE PORTAL, TRIASSIC PARQ, 666, Tennessee Williams' THE TWO CHARACTER PLAY, HANDLE WITH CARE, PHILOSOPHY FOR GANGSTERS and NATIONAL PASTIME.

Other Tours: MOTOWN: THE MUSICAL, VOCALOSITY, FLASHDANCE, NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT, JEKYLL AND HYDE (National and Korean tour), DREAMGIRLS (Korean tour), JOSEPH...DREAMCOAT, OKLAHOMA! and A CHORUS LINE. They are also resident casting for Midtown Direct Rep in South Orange (midtowndirectrep.org).

For this Master Class, please prepare 16-32 bars of a song you LOVE to audition with and that you believe best represents you. Also, please have your full book of music on hand.

The evening will start off with a Q & A, and then each actor will perform for Holly using your prepared material in a group format.  She will coach, give direction and offer honest, constructive feedback on your audition material if what you are currently using doesn't “work".

Holly is interested in working with actors of ALL TYPES - ALL AGES (13+).

An accompanist will be provided. 

This class is limited to 16 ADVANCED Musical Theater actors.

Please note that this in person intensive will be at:

Pearl Studios NYC

You will be emailed your assigned studio the morning of your event.

Pearl Studios has two addresses:

500 8th Avenue, 3rd and 4th floors
and across the street
519 8th Avenue, 12th floor
(between 35th and 36th)

All studios labeled with numbers are at 500 8th Avenue, 3rd and 4th floors.
All studios labeled with letters are at 519 8th Avenue, 12th floor.

WHAT TO PREPARE:

For this Master Class, please prepare 16-32 bars of a song you LOVE to audition with and that you believe best represents you. Also, please have your full book of music on hand.

Please follow the procedures listed below:

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

• The room will be open 30 minutes before the event is scheduled to start. Please arrive at least 10 MINUTES before your event begins as your host will give important information about the event at this time.

Additional Information:

Our online office hours are 9am-6pm Monday-Friday

If you have an emergency for a class you are participating in outside of these hours, please email help@actorsconnection.com and your host will be able to respond.

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

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

**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.**

Holly Buczek

Holly Buczek, CSA (Casting Director) HDB Casting & Wojcik Casting Team: Holly is a full time Casting Director at Wojcik Casting Team and with her own company, HDB Casting.

Recent: Shrek National Tour, On Your Feet with Riverside Theatre, The Little Prince (B-way) & Mad Apple For Cirque Du Soleil Vegas.

National & International tours: Jesus Christ Superstar - 50th Anniversary Tour, Shrek The Musical, Rent, Rock Of Ages, Something Rotten, Motown, Kinky Boots, Jekyll & Hyde, Dreamgirls,Annie, Wizard Of Oz, The Illusionists, Daniel Tiger, PJ Masks, Charlie Brown Christmas, Blippi Live, Baby Shark, Live and more. 

Other Projects: 50 Shades, The Original Parody – off Broadway and Touring Companies, Church & State and Othello, The Remix– off Broadway, The John W. Engeman Theatre, Theatre Aspen, Theatre Raleigh, Tuacahn Performing Arts Center, Riverside Theatre, Arvada Center, The Independents for Fringe 2012 (winner Best-of-the Fest),  iLLA, A Hip-Hop Musical, Deployed -The Musical, The Brain That Wouldn’t Die – In 3D, The Groove Factory and Pirates of Finance for NYMF, and for Bard SummerScape festival, The Ballad of Rom and Julz and Bitter Sweet. 

HDB Casting has been Casting in residence with J2 Spotlight Musical Theatre Company, Musicals Tonight!, Matt Murphy Productions, Vital Theatre Company & Resounding LLC. 

TV: The Hunt With John Walsh on CNN. Films: Naz & Maalik, Diva and Symposium. Web: Commercials for Intel and Lipton, plus others. 

Holly has taught workshops for Barrington Stage, Broadway Kids Auditions, The Wright Way, Broadway Artists Alliance, Actor Therapy, The Growing Studio, Berklee School of Music at Boston Conservatory, NYU, Actors Connection and many other schools. She is the Business of Acting Instructor and Showcase Consultant for American Academy of Dramatic Arts in NYC. Through teaching she strives to help performers navigate the audition process in a way that allows them to bring their unique and authentic self to their work in the audition room.

For more information on Holly visit www.hdbcasting.com or www.wojcasting.com