The Virtual Showcase is Up!

August 29, 2017

     The most recent installment of Matt Miller's Virtual Showcase: Second City Teen Edition is now up and running. With school starting back, we had fewer participants than usual. However, we know at least one of the teens has already been contacted by an agent based on their showcase! That's pretty awesome. 

Update (September 15, 2019): Matt Miller’s Virtual Showcase is now known as the Chicago Virtual Showcase. Although we don’t currently have any workshops with Second City, we do try to record a showcase every month. Check out the “Virtual Showcase” tab on this website for more information.

     Thank you to all the students who participated! 

Second City Training Center: Teen Workshop!

August 13, 2017

     It was a small but mighty group today at the Second City Training Center, for another round of the Coaching and Virtual Showcase workshop for teens. Students took turns practicing on camera with monologues and commercial copy, as well as rehearsing their slates to make that memorable - and positive - first impression. They began to realize that commercials, even though they are only a few seconds long, are much harder than they seem! For most of the students, it was their first time seeing themselves on camera - something every actor should get comfortable with. What a fun day!

     Next week they will come in to record their Virtual Showcase, and a link will be sent to all the agents, casting directors, producers, etc. in the Chicago area. I can't wait to see how much more confident they become after having a few days with the material at home and applying all their notes from today. Woot woot!