7-week Self-Taping Workshop w/ global talent agent Jessica Polsky

Don’t get caught unprepared when the TX film incentives yield more local on-camera auditions!Jessica Polsky, an international talent agent with Dry Blue Agency in London, watches, critiques, and submits hundreds of self-tapes each week to casting directors for the actors she represents. Dry Blue actors have recently appeared in:Jessica remote-offices internationally, which enabled her to move back to her hometown: Austin!ATX Theatre and The Actor’s School are partnering to bring Jessica in for an in-depth, 7-week self-taping workshop — to help Austin actors get ready for all the auditions coming down the pike, thanks to the Texas Moving Image Industry Incentive Program (TMIIIP), which was expanded in late 2025 by Senate Bill 22.This workshop series is intended for trained/experienced/working actors and for those just on the cusp of working. Actors as young as 16 can sign up for this adult class if they have serious training and experience. PLEASE NOTE: This workshop is not for beginners. Sign up today before the limited seats in this class disappear! Over these 7 weeks, you will:1. get to know and be known by a Senior Agent from a global rep group2. up your “castability” many-fold with positive and constructive feedback, mentorship, and career guidance3. improve your self-tapes (to a level that Jessica would submit to casting directors) in seven in-depth, 2.5-hour workshop sessions4. hear industry tips/practical strategies/wild stories you can't get anywhere else in Austin5. get to know a new crowd of creatives, and support each other in the class and forever more... because...Collaboration + Community > Competition + Isolation!The class runs from 2:30-5 pm on seven Sundays, May 31 - July 19, 2026. May 31, 2:30-5 pmJune 7, 2:30-5 pmJune 14, 2:30-5 pm(No class on Sunday, June 21 ~ Father's Day)June 28, 2:30-5 pmJuly 5, 2:30-5 pmJuly 12, 2:30-5 pmJuly 19, 2:30-5 pmTuition: $325 Questions? Just email us at [email protected] JESSICA:Jessica Polsky Alotto’s career has taken her both around the world, and up every rung of the entertainment industry ladder. She began as a dancer and Broadway musical theatre artist with many successful years in NYC, and then was brought to Italy where she enjoyed almost 2 decades of a celebrity-profile primetime network TV career in Europe. She went on to shift behind the scenes as producer, director, casting professional, on-set acting coach, and close business partner with the very television executives who had been casting her as an actor on their networks for years. The culmination of this lifetime of experience has come together as Senior Agent for the premier agency worldwide, DBA, specializing in international talent. The company maintains HQ in London with offices worldwide, and Jessica oversees North American operations for DBA’s 700 actors — now from home in Austin, while also taking engagements as a guest lecturer, private coach, and seminar leader for pre-professional training in university, conservatory, and performing arts academies the world over.’Can't wait to see you at Jessica’s Self-Taping workshop!By completing this transaction, you agree to attend all 7 weeks of Jessica Polsky’s Self-Taping Workshp and to abide by these policies when you are in and around the building at 1110 Guadalupe St, Austin, TX 78701:1. Enter and exit via the rear door of the building only. For the safety of all within The Sanctuary, always fully close and latch the door.2. No door propping. 3. Use the elevator only as a freight elevator. The elevator is not for general use.4. No animals in the building except service animals.5. Stay in the area of your scheduled activity. Don’t wander the buildings or give yourself tours. A CCC staffer can provide tours during office hours.6. No smoking (anything) in the buildings.7. No use of alcohol or controlled substances is permitted anywhere on campus.8. If you see ANYTHING amiss in the building (drips, leaks, smoke, toilet running, smell of gas), please text the church facilities manager. His # will be provided during the first class It's an old building. All who use it are its stewards. Thank you!

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