TEXT TO SCREEN-TEST with Award Winning Actor KESTIE MORASSI (Home & Away; Black Snow; Underbelly; Wolf Creek) and Special Industry Guest, Powerhouse NYC CASTING DIRECTOR BRIANA DUNLAY “The White Lotus” S3 (Nominated this year for 23 Emmy Awards).
6 Week Program (18 Contact Hours)
Wednesdays I 6:30pm – 9:30pm
Commencing February 4, 2026
This is an exclusive opportunity to showcase your work to Briana Dunlay, the acclaimed Casting Director behind the hit HBO series THE WHITE LOTUS Season 3, recently nominated for 23 Primetime Emmy Awards and drawing a record-breaking 6.2 million U.S. viewers for its season finale — a 51% increase over Season 2.
With a powerhouse casting résumé across film, television, and Broadway, working alongside leading USA casting offices including Meredith Tucker Casting, Erica Hart Casting, Gayle Keller Casting, Julie Schubert Casting, and Caparelliotis Casting, Briana brings a wealth of experience from top-tier productions.
Currently working in conjunction with Nikki Barrett Casting – Sydney (Bay of Fires; The Narrow Road to the Deep North; Black Snow; Eden; Furiousa: A Mad Max Saga; The Moogai; Boy Swallows Universe; Elvis; Picnic at Hanging Rock; Jack Irish; Holding the Man; Mad Max: Fury Road; The Water Diviner; Ride lIke a Girl), with several upcoming projects, and an impressive background in top-tier New York casting offices, Briana brings a wealth of international industry knowledge and hands-on experience to this highly focused session at the end of your 6-Week Program.
This opportunity reflects our long-standing commitment to developing world-class talent with real industry access.
A 6-Week Workshop Series (6 x 3-hour sessions)
This 6-week workshop series (6 x 3-hour sessions) offers actors advanced acting technique in a practical, hands-on masterclass format, held in-studio and on camera, culminating in a screen-testing session with with acclaimed International Casting Director, Briana Dunlay.
Choose your weekly session:
- Tuesday evening with Gold & Silver Logie nominee, award-winning actor, on-set coach, and intimacy coordinator Eve Morey.
- Wednesday evening with award-winning actor and career mentor Kestie Morassi.
- Thursday evening with International Artist Manager, Artistic Director & Mentor Craig McMahon.
- In Week 6, you will showcase your work to USA Casting Director Briana Dunlay.
Whether you’re newly entering the industry or looking to break through a plateau in your career, this immersive program offers an exceptional platform to develop, refine, and present your work at a professional level. In Week 1, you’ll work with Artistic Director and Artist Manager Craig McMahon to select the most powerful scene for your showcase. Weeks 2 to 5 are dedicated to in-depth coaching and scene work with your chosen trainer, followed by an interactive, on-camera performance and industry meet-and-greet with Briana Dunlay in Week 6.
We welcome new students into this dynamic and supportive process, and encourage current students to continue their training with their respective coaches as they build towards real industry outcomes.
YOUR MENTOR: Award Winning Actor & Career Mentor KESTIE MORASSI (Home & Away; Black Snow; Wolf Creek; Underbelly; Harrow).
KESTIE MORASSI is one of Australia’s most prolific actors. Her career has seen her work steadily in the Australian Film and Television industry for over 28 years.
Film Credits include Dirty Deeds, Thunderstruck, Strange Bedfellows, The Wedding Party and Wolf Creek, for which she was nominated for an Australian Film Industry Award for Best Supporting Actress. Other accolades include taking home the Best Actress award in at the Melbourne Underground Film Festival for her role in Canne favourite Birthday. She was also nominated for a Critics Circle Award for her breakout role in Dirty Deeds and scored a nomination at the Monte Carlo TV Awards for her role of Nat in Foxtel’s Satisfaction. Her television appearances include Black Snow; Underbelly; Offspring; The Doctor Blake Mysteries; Harrow; Satisfaction, and most recently playing Maggie Astoni in Home and Away.
Kestie brings a wealth of knowledge, passion and empathy to her sessions: beginning with a variety of script analysis techniques and discussion, culminating in creating dynamic scenes from contemporary scripts and encouraging the actors to fully personalise and ground themselves in their characters and to breathe life, originality and absolute authenticity into the text.
Term Dates: Wednesday Program
Week 1: February 4 , 6:30pm – 9:30pm
Week 2: February 11, 6:30pm – 9:30pm
Week 3: February 18, 6:30pm – 9:30pm
Week 4: February 25, 6:30pm – 9:30pm
Week 5: March 4, 6:30pm – 9:30pm
Week 6: March 7, 2:00pm – 5:00pm // Screen-Test Session with USA Prime-Time Television Casting Director Briana Dunlay.
Course Fee
Instalment Plan: $100.00 Deposit to secure your placement 10 weekly payments of $49.00
Paid in Full: $590.00 (GST Inclusive)
Please see our Terms and Conditions related to our course.