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Sun, Apr 27, 2025 - May 11, 2025
10:30am - 1:00pm CDT
Class Experience
Looking for input, feedback, direction on your commercial self-tapes and callbacks? This three week hybrid class will take you all the way through the commercial casting process! Kaitlin Shaw of Paskal Rudnicke Casting will work with you in a group setting and discuss strategies for and give feedback on commercial cold reads, self tapes, and in-person callbacks.
This is a 3 session course. The first 2 sessions will be conducted over ZOOM with a focus on self tapes and zoom auditions. The last class will be in person with Kaitlin at Vagabond's Chicago studio and will begin 30 minutes earlier than the previous classes.
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Kaitlin joined Paskal Rudnicke Casting in 2021 after relocating to Chicago from New York City where she worked for Tara Rubin Casting for 11+ years. There, Kaitlin worked on the Broadway productions of The Phantom of the Opera, King Kong, Falsettos, Prince of Broadway, Aladdin, Les Miserables, Bullets Over Broadway, Big Fish, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, and Promises, Promises, as well as several National Tours, Off-Broadway and Regional Productions.
Since joining PR she has worked on the television series The Bear, Emperor of Ocean Park, Mr. Throwback, South Side, Shining Girls, and 61st Street, feature films such as Ghostlight and Perpetrator, as well as dozens of commercials and industrials. She also cast the Chicago theatrical productions of Personality, The Lloyd Price Musical, Emmet Otter's Jug Band Christmas, Bachelor: The Unauthorized Musical Parody, Love Actually?: The Unauthorized Musical Parody, and Winnie the Pooh: The New Musical Stage Adaptation.
Kaitlin won a 2016 Casting Society of America Artios award and was nominated in 2017, 2018, and 2019. Kaitlin hails from Southern California and studied Dramatic Art and American Studies at University of California, Davis.
Notes
This workshop is a learning experience. It is not an audition or employment opportunity. When the workshop is over, the casting director/casting associate/casting director (whichever is applicable) teaching this workshop will not be taking home nor be given access to your headshot, resume or any other of your promotional materials.
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**A note on our waitlists: If a class is sold out, we HIGHLY recommend you join the waitlist. Folks on the waitlist get in all the time to classes. Additionally, if we have the demand, we might open up additional sections of a class and the waitlist always gets first dibs on those. Waitlists work!
Other Things To Know
All classes have a 30% non-refundable deposit that may be credited toward a future class if Cancellation Notice is given 48hours BEFORE the start of class. The full price of the class is forfeited if proper notice is not given.FULL POLICY
Covid-19 Precautions
Safety of our community is our top priority. We follow the guidelines of our local governement when deciding how to run our classes. We reserve the right to adjust class structure as needed.
Reviews for Vagabond School of the Arts
4.9 out of 5
Based on 436 provider ratings
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Mar 11, 2025
Loved:
Heidi brings her real-world professional experience into the classroom, passionately working with each actor to deliver a grounded, true-to-life performance. She also insists that actors leave with recordings to help promote their careers, as she genuinely cares about each actor's success. I learned a lot in a short amount of time, and I highly recommend her class.
Improvements:
Different day/time options. Monday during the day is tough for me.
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Loved:
So many great actors and Heidi encourages collaboration and provides amazing direction in between takes!
Improvements:
Nothing
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Loved:
The amount I learned in this class beats any other class I've taken. Ed makes us so comfortable on camera.
Improvements:
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suzanne j.
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Loved:
Industry professionals giving an honest information about obtaining and having a talent agent. They were very approachable. I liked the Q&A aspect of it.
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Michelle T.
Feb 24, 2025
Loved:
I loved that you let parents learn with their kids. That you shared the videos. My daughter loved the class. She said it was fun and it got her more comfortable filming with other people in the room. Which is a huge plus in a world of Zoom Self-Tapes. My husband and I are both actors so we don't always pay for coaching because we just can't always swing it. My daughter loves doing film, so thank you for providing this space for her to learn with and meet professionals.
Improvements:
NA
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About Vagabond School of the Arts
Vagabond is more than a school; it's a community. The environment that we have cultivated at Vagabond is one of constant encouragement and support. We believe it's not enough to simply take the classes aimed at helping you better your craft, one must also be engaging with their fellow community. Our Professional Adult Classes set up our students for a professional career as an actor. We have kids classes that engage students whether they want to explore and grow or take a professional path. Check out our two locations: Chicago and Elmhurst, IL.
