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Audition Workshop for Actors

Buffalo Audition Workshop: Your 3-Week Path to Audition Success

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Jan 5, 2026
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7:00 pm
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Audition Workshop for Actors

The mysterious audition process is one of the actor's greatest challenges. What do they want? Who are they looking for? What should I do? How should I prepare? We're here to help streamline the process and walk you through practical skills for your next audition. Start 2026 with our focused three-week audition workshop.​ Designed to give you the edge, this program provides practical skills, personalized coaching, and essential industry insights to master your auditions.

Get practical advice that you can apply to your next audition.

Details

  • Total cost $175
  • Mondays 7-9pm
  • All experience levels are welcome. Ages 18+

Dates

  • Winter Session: January 5, 12, 19, 2026

A limited amount of partial scholarships are available annually to those students in need. Please contact us to inquire, or reach out to make a contribution to the scholarship fund to make our classes more accessible to all WNYers!

Karen McDonald

A professional actor for over three decades, Karen has performed in major theatres across North America, Asia, and Eastern Europe.

In New York: Funny Girl, Othello, Those Were The Days, and Tap Your Troubles Away. In Toronto: Fiddler on the Roof, Mame, 42nd St., Singin' in the Rain, and Hello Dolly. Regional Theatres: Studio Arena, Alleyway, Forbes, Dominion Rep, Theatre Orangeville, Capitol Theatre, Drayton Entertainment, Red Barn Theatre, Rainbow Stage, Thousand Islands Playhouse, Stage West, Show Boat, Bristol Valley Playhouse, and STC.

She has taught in performing arts schools for twenty years and has been a teaching artist in public schools in Toronto, Western New York, and the Bronx. She has written for as well as directed and choreographed shows with disabled artists. Her plays have been produced in Canada and the United States, most notably her one woman show "Up In A Balloon" which premiered at the Metropolitan Room in Manhattan and subsequently played at Cape May Stage and Dominion Rep.

A proud member of Actor's Equity, ACTRA, and the Dramatists Guild, Karen is the first recipient of the Senator Dale Vulcar Award for Excellence in the Arts.