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In-Person Class Casting Director Coco Kleppinger

  • 847 North Hollywood Way Burbank, CA, 91505 United States (map)

Film Auditions/Scene Study Class with Coco Kleppinger

About Coco’s Class

Ages: 8-18 (18+ To play younger welcome!)

Date: December 6th Time: 10:00am Price: 89.00

*smaller class size


I am passionate about championing actors and I am committed to making casting more equitable, color-conscious and kind. I opened my own office in 2021 and love what I do. I come from Wyoming and currently live in LA.”

About Coco:

She is a professor at UCLA's school of Theater, Film and Television with an MFA from the same. She’s taught guest workshops on auditioning, acting and the industry at USC, NYU, UWYO, and UNI. She regularly teach at various acting schools and workshops around Los Angeles in subjects including: acting for the camera, auditioning technique, actor self care, voice and speech, vocal extremes and dialects.

She believes in helping her students approach scenes with various techniques depending on what the scene calls for including elements of Hagen, Stanislavsky, Meisner, Viewpoints, Alexander, Improv, and more. She includes a great deal of actor self care in her teaching and approach the actor as a whole person in their work. 

Casting:

She is a casting professional who has worked in casting for nearly 11 years. Before that she was an actress for 17 years, which she has found helps greatly in communicating with actors - She know how it is on that side of the camera as well.

She’s worked on every genre and budget level of film, notably  IT and IT Chapter 2, The Disaster Artist, Shazam!, Game Night, Annabelle Comes Home, Unpregnant, and the upcoming indie feature This Too Shall Pass. Winner of the 2019 Heller award for best casting associate, she is a detail-oriented, hard working self starter and love every aspect of casting.


CLASS DETAILS & FORMAT:

BEFORE…

  • Coco will assign scenes before the session

  • Prep your scene as you would for a real audition

  • Arrive 10 minutes before the start time and be ready to take lots of notes!

DURING…

  • Class Starts- with an in-depth and interactive seminar between Coco and the Actors.


Things you will learn:

  • Intro

  • How to make the most of your audition and make it fun

  • What to do before you get the audition - classes, books, movies, games, art, music, ect

  • Research / Homework on the scene - keep it fun!

  • Day of prep, getting to the audition - breathing and taking your time

  • In the room - how to make the most of your time, take your space, ect

  • What to do after the audition - letting it go

  • Working the scenes - living in the moment

  • How to add layers to the scene

  • Q&A ❤️

Coco Kleppinger

Class Materials

  • Coco will assign scenes prior to class. Please make sure to add your headshot when you sign up =)

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