Emmy-Award-winning and Network TV/Film & Broadway director/producer Michael Pressman (DGA), is coming to ATNY for an exciting young actor’s workshop. Dramatic Scripts emailed one week ahead of workshop by ATNY.
You will learn how to breathe life into your character, and identify choices that will elevate your role to a new level and make top casting directors on both coasts take notice. ATNY will partner actors as we send scenes the week before this workshop. You will have a chance to work together as much as you like via Zoom before presenting to Michael Pressman. And, of course, we’ll culminate in a Q/A that invites questions from both you and your parents.
Michel’s Bio: Michael has worked across most entertainment genres and mediums, including comedies, dramas, social commentaries, short films, feature length studio and indie films, series television and movies, Broadway stage productions, and regional theater. He directed the sequel to the then cultural phenomenon Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, winning a number of Broadcast Music Awards, Kids Choice Awards and Young Artists Awards, indicative of its popularity with younger audiences. He has produced and directed numerous network series, including multiple episodes of the Emmy Award-winning series Law & Order SVU, and two seasons of the series Blue Bloods. He also directed the final two hours of the Emmy-nominated TV mini-series Law & Order True Crime: The Menendez Murders, starring Edie Falco and Heather Graham. He executive produced the fifth and sixth season of NBC’s Chicago Med, earning that show its highest ratings to date.
Michael’s stage work includes directing the Los Angeles premiere of To Gillian on her 37th Birthday, which he then directed as a feature film starring Claire Danes, Michelle Pfeifer, and Peter Gallagher. He also directed the 2008 Broadway revival of Come Back, Little Sheba, for which he cast S. Epatha Merkerson, in the role of the lead character, Lola. Merkerson went on to be Tony nominated for her performance in this role.
7:00pm – 7:30pm: ATNY Prep for Michael Pressman
7:30pm – 9:00pm: Scene Presentations & Final Actor/Parent Q&A
Michael will be sharing his experiences as a television, film, and stage director, as well as discussing an actor’s job on set, and what you must bring into your booking. He will give insights to what directors look for in young actors, as well as the everchanging landscape in the industry, with regards to streaming, commercials, and social media.
Registration limited for Quality. If you have a dramatic scene you’d like to use, please let us know.
