Class Details

Manning Workshops, created by award winning casting director Sheila Manning with Dorn Reppert, will cover just about everything that your child will encounter in the world of commercials.  Perfect for kids just starting out, as well as those already in the action and wanting to make the most of their audition opportunities.


Sunday Commercial Workshops 
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Each commercial on-camera class will be taught by casting directors Sheila Manning and Dorn Reppert, with multiple on-camera opportunities for each student, using real commercial copy.

Your child will experience and learn the whole commercial audition process plus much more:

• Growth in confidence and concentration in a realistic casting room environment

• Types of auditions- interviews, reading copy & cue cards, improv

• Interacting & Reacting without dialogue- Auditioning with other actors

• Eating & drinking on-camera (yes, there are specific ways to do this)

• Preparing for the Callback- what the people who hire you are looking for

• Honest feedback and discussions with parents

• How to have fun and be yourself while the camera is rolling

• Multiple recorded on-camera opportunities in each class with casting director, using real commercial copy

• Audition videos of your child available for viewing after each class

*NEW* Kid's Voice Over Workshop with Marco Rea 
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Each week, we will identify the Actors’ voice quality for characters that suit their age and personality.
Week 1-2 Commercial Voice Overs
Week 3    Video Games
Week 4-5 Animated Films & Animated Series

• Growth in confidence and concentration in a realistic casting room environment

• Honest feedback and discussions with parents

• Multiple recorded voice over opportunities in each class, using real copy

• Audition voice over clips of your child available after each class

Marco A. Rea has been working with Commercial Casting Directors for over 15 years both in the English and Spanish Markets. He has worked with Sheila Manning for over 10 years. This experience allowed him to learn the process of selecting actors from various leading Advertising and Production Execs. In 2006, Marco joined the William Morris Agency (now known as WME Entertainment). At WME Entertainment, Marco became a Voice Over Talent Director. He directed WME clients for various Voice Over projects including but not limited to TV & Radio Commercials, Animated Series, Animated Films, Video Games, Movie Trailers and Narration.

Our 3rd Annual Commercial Acting Summer Camp for kids is right around the corner: 
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Think of it as a commercial acting boot camp for kids, taken from the success of our Sunday Workshops.  This 5 day intensive summer program gives aspiring, as well as seasoned auditionees a boost to their on-camera skills.  We pack in 2 years of auditioning experience in 5 consecutive days of 3 hour classes.  Students will emerge from the week with a stronger sense of confidence and focus during the audition process.

This is the only kids commercial acting workshops where every minute of every class is taught by actual working casting directors, Sheila Manning and Dorn Reppert.

Our classes have been a huge success, and the kids are having a blast.  Our students are booking as early as their first week into our workshops, and are emailing us continued success stories well after the sessions have ended.

Our Students are booking!  Check out our recommendations page.