Self-Tape Audition Bootcamp

Ready to level up your auditions and learn strategies for your next career steps? This two-day intensive is designed to sharpen your self-tape and in-room audition skills while giving you a solid foundation for the business side of your career giving you the tools to book the room and build momentum.

Day 1: You’ll work through sides with expert guidance — focusing on delivering a strong, authentic performance — and learn what makes a competitive self-tape.

Day 2: Come back for an in-room “callback,” where you’ll make adjustments and refine your performance. After that, we’ll dive into the business side — talking next steps, career strategy, and how to position yourself for success.

Patrick Mulvey trained at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, Patrick spent his early career in the UK where he starred in the BBC series River City and worked with, among others, Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre in London. After returning to the US he went on to play Tony in the nine-time Tony award-winning Billy Elliot the Musical on Broadway and to originate the role in David Auburn's stage adaptation of The Adventures of Augie March, and was Jeff nominated for his role as Bob in the Chicago production of Midsummer (A play with songs). Previous For the Record Credits include For the Record: John Hughes, For the Record: Baz Luhrmann, For the Record: Scorcese, and For the Record: Robert Zemeckis. Television credits include Magnum PI, NCIS, Proven Innocent, Fargo, Empire, Chicago Fire, The Girlfriend Experience, 61st street, Bull, and This is Us. He can next be seen in the feature film Crime 101 opposite Halle Berry. He also proudly runs 5 by 12 films, a full service film and commercial production company.

Marika Engelhardt has her Master of Fine Arts from the DePaul Theatre School in Chicago. Television credits include NCIS, Empire, Chicago Fire, The Chi, Easy on Netflix, Law and Order SVU, and recurring roles on Amazon's Patriot and Paper Girls. Notable film roles include the feature Come as You Are which premiered at SXSW, and a starring role in the feature film Knives and Skin, which premiered at the Berlin and Tribeca film festivals. Her performance was singled out as one of the "Top Ten Performances of Tribeca 2019" by Entertainment Tonight. Most recently, she starred in the world premiere of Fever dreams (of animals on the verge of extinction) by Jeffrey Lieber at the Contemporary American Theatre Festival's 2023 season. She is a producer at 5 by 12 films, and an adjunct professor at DePaul University.

Class length is determined by enrollment numbers but can go up to 4 hours.