New! Zoom: TV COMEDY / SITCOM TRAINING 2-Week Online Class with Allen Hooper, Top Casting Professional - FIRST TIME GUEST!

Wednesday, April 30, 2025, 7pm ET / 4pm PT

Calling all Comedy actors!

Don't miss our newest TV Comedy / Sitcom Class with Allen Hooper who was the casting associate on MODERN FAMILY for the run of the show from the pilot to the final episode (250 episodes!)

With other casting associate credits that include FRASIER, CALL ME KAT, SUPERIOR DONUTS and more, Allen knows the ins and outs of auditioning and working on TV comedies and sitcoms.

In your first class, Allen will run a Co-Star Comedy Challenge. The format will be a mock producer session to help you see “behind the curtain.”

As a class, you'll be assigned the same co-star sides.  The various roles will help illustrate how to make the average interesting, how to make the extreme genuine, and how creating your environment through experience, research and imagination can elevate your acting choices.

In your second class, Allen will work with you on TV Comedy and SitcomTraining.
You'll work on prepared one-on-one sides with a reader to better train for the real world.  Allen will assign material or you can choose from a list of provided options. 

The various roles will help illustrate knowing your type, the value of being word perfect, how to bring to life the writer's intent while making it your own, and ways to transition great improv and theatre experience into the acting style of television comedy.

Q&A is interspersed throughout along with a closing Q&A.

Don't miss this chance to work with this TOP Casting Director!

What to Prepare:

For both classes, Allen will assign scenes or provide scenes for you to pick from.

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.

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**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.**

Allen Hooper

Allen Hooper has worked in casting for over 20 years. 

He was the casting associate for “Modern Family” for the run of the series, from pilot to finale.  Most recently he worked on the new "Frasier." 

Casting Director credits include the indie film “Tapawingo” (named best comedy film of 2023 by The Interrobang) which filmed in Richmond and also Sci-Fest: The Los Angeles Science Fiction One-Act Play Festival which ran for three seasons.  

Back in the day, Allen started as an actor, including two shows (“King Lear,” “Our Town”) with the Atlanta Shakespeare Company.  

Check out his IMDb for his full credits.